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. 1986 Dec;83(23):8972-6.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.83.23.8972.

Stoichiometric model of the photosynthetic unit of Ectothiorhodospira halochloris

H Engelhardt  1 , A Engel, W Baumeister
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Stoichiometric model of the photosynthetic unit of Ectothiorhodospira halochloris

H Engelhardt et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1986 Dec.

Abstract

A stoichiometric model of the photosynthetic unit of Ectothiorhodospira halochloris has been obtained by means of scanning transmission electron microscope mass determination and mass mapping in conjunction with polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. One reaction center, consisting of four single polypeptides, including one cytochrome, is surrounded by six identical light-harvesting complexes, each containing three polypeptides with 2:2:2 stoichiometry. This stoichiometric model was incorporated into the three-dimensional structure of the photosynthetic unit as derived from surface relief reconstructions of the two surfaces of shadowed membranes. The reaction center protrudes substantially from both membrane surfaces and has the cytochrome attached to the periplasmic face in a noncentrosymmetric fashion. The reaction center may assume various orientations within the photosynthetic complexes.

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