Pigment interactions in chlorosomes of various green bacteria |
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Authors: | Ute Feiler Delphine Albouy Marc Lutz Bruno Robert |
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Institution: | (1) Section de Biophysique des Protéines et des Membranes, DBCM/CEA et URA 1290 CNRS, C.E. Saclay, 91191 Gif/Yvette Cedex, France |
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Abstract: | Resonance Raman experiments were performed on different green bacteria. With blue excitation, i.e. under Soret resonance or preresonance conditions, resonance Raman contributions were essentially arising from the chlorosome pigments. By comparing these spectra and those of isolated chlorosomes, it is possible to evaluate how the latter retain their native structure during the isolation procedures. The structure of bacteriochlorophyll oligomers in chlorosomes was interspecifically compared, in bacteriochlorophyllc- and bacteriochlorophylle- synthesising bacteria. It appears that interactions assumed by the 9-keto carbonyl group are identical inChlorobium limicola, Chlorobium tepidum, andChlorobium phaeobacteroides. In the latter strain, the 3-formyl carbonyl group of bacteriochlorophylle is kept free from intermolecular interactions. By contrast, resonance Raman spectra unambiguously indicate that the structure of bacteriochlorophyll oligomers is slightly different in chlorosomes fromChloroflexus auranticus, either isolated or in the whole bacteria. |
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Keywords: | Chlorobium Chloroflexus chlorophyll light-harvesting photosynthesis resonance Raman |
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