Carotenoids are not required to provide protection of bacteriochlorophyll clusters against photooxidation in light-harvesting complexes of photosynthetic bacteria

Dokl Biochem Biophys. 2003 Jul-Aug:391:232-5. doi: 10.1023/a:1025121727283.

Authors

O A Toropygina¹, Z K Makhneva, A A Moskalenko

Affiliation

¹ Institute of Basic Problems in Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, pr. Nauki 2, Pushchino, Moscow Oblast, 142292 Russia.

PMID: 14531076
DOI: 10.1023/a:1025121727283

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Bacteriochlorophylls / metabolism*
Bacteriochlorophylls / radiation effects*
Carotenoids / metabolism*
Light*
Light-Harvesting Protein Complexes / metabolism*
Macromolecular Substances
Mutation
Oxidation-Reduction
Photosynthesis / physiology*
Photosynthesis / radiation effects
Rhodobacter sphaeroides / physiology*
Rhodobacter sphaeroides / radiation effects

Substances

Bacteriochlorophylls
Light-Harvesting Protein Complexes
Macromolecular Substances
Carotenoids