Membrane-anchored cytochrome c as an electron carrier in photosynthesis and respiration: past,present and future of an unexpected discovery |
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Authors: | Daldal Fevzi Deshmukh Meenal Prince Roger C. |
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Affiliation: | (1) University of Pennsylvania, Department of Biology, Plant Science Institute, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6018, USA;(2) ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Co., Annandale, NJ 08801, USA |
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Abstract: | In the mid 1980s, it was observed that photosynthesis could still occur in the absence of the diffusible electron carrier cytochrome c 2 in the purple non-sulfur facultative phototrophic bacterium Rhodobacter capsulatus. This serendipic finding led to the discovery of a novel class of membrane-anchored electron carrier cytochromes and their associated electron transfer pathways. Studies of cytochrome c y of R. capsulatus (and its homologues in other species) have modified the previous dogma of electron transfer between photosynthetic and respiratory membrane protein complexes with a new paradigm, in which these proteins and their electron carriers can form `hard-wired' structural super-complexes. Here, we reminisce on the early days of this discovery, its impacts on our understanding of cellular energy transduction pathways and the physiological roles played by the electron carrier cytochromes c, and discuss the current knowledge and emerging future challenges of this field. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. |
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Keywords: | cytochrome c F. Daldal electron transfer B.L. Marrs P. Mathis membrane-anchored c-type cytochrome photosynthesis R.C. Prince respiration D. Zannoni |
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