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Internal Structure of Chlorosomes from Brown-Colored Chlorobium Species and the Role of Carotenoids in Their Assembly

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dc.creator Psencik, Jakub
dc.creator Arellano, Juan B.
dc.creator Ikonen, Teemu P.
dc.creator Borrego, Carles M.
dc.creator Laurinmäki, Pasi A.
dc.creator Butcher, Sarah J.
dc.creator Serimaa, Ritva E.
dc.creator Tuma, Roman
dc.date 2008-02-29T15:55:31Z
dc.date 2008-02-29T15:55:31Z
dc.date 2006-08
dc.date.accessioned 2017-01-31T01:00:31Z
dc.date.available 2017-01-31T01:00:31Z
dc.identifier Biophysical Journal Volume 91 August 2006 1433–1440
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10261/3124
dc.identifier 10.1529/biophysj.106.084228
dc.identifier.uri http://dspace.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10261/3124
dc.description http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1518626
dc.description Chlorosomes are the main light harvesting complexes of green photosynthetic bacteria. Recently, a lamellar model was proposed for the arrangement of pigment aggregates in Chlorobium tepidum chlorosomes, which contain bacteriochlorophyll (BChl) c as the main pigment. Here we demonstrate that the lamellar organization is also found in chlorosomes from two brown-colored species (Chl. phaeovibrioides and Chl. phaeobacteroides) containing BChl e as the main pigment. This suggests that the lamellar model is universal among green sulfur bacteria. In contrast to green-colored Chl. tepidum, chlorosomes from the brown-colored species often contain domains of lamellar aggregates that may help them to survive in extremely low light conditions. We suggest that carotenoids are localized between the lamellar planes and drive lamellar assembly by augmenting hydrophobic interactions. A model for chlorosome assembly, which accounts for the role of carotenoids and secondary BChl homologs, is presented.
dc.description This study was supported by Academy of Finland grants (206926 and 211986 to R.T.; 208661 to S.B.) Czech Science Foundation and Czech Ministry of Education, Youth, and Sports (contracts 206/05/2739 and MSM0021620835 to J.P.), and the Spanish Ministry of Education and Science (No. BFU2004-04914-C02-02/BMC).
dc.description Peer reviewed
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dc.language eng
dc.publisher Rockefeller University Press
dc.relation http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1518626&rendertype=abstract
dc.rights openAccess
dc.subject Chlorosomes
dc.subject Brwo-coloured Chlorobium spp
dc.subject Bacteriochlorophyll aggregates
dc.subject lamellar model
dc.title Internal Structure of Chlorosomes from Brown-Colored Chlorobium Species and the Role of Carotenoids in Their Assembly
dc.type Artículo


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