Research on photosynthetic reaction centers from 1932 to 1987 |
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Authors: | Clayton Roderick K |
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Institution: | (1) Liberty Hyde Bailey Professor Emeritus of Biophysics, Section of Plant Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York;(2) 176 Mountain Vista Circle, Santa Rosa, CA 95409, USA |
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Abstract: | The history of research on photosynthetic reaction centers is outlined, starting with the implication of their existence through
the discovery of the photosynthetic unit, as reported by R. Emerson and W. Arnold in 1932, and culminating in the crystallization
and X-ray analysis of the anoxygenic bacterial reaction centers, reported by J. Deisenhofer, H. Michel, and coworkers, over
the period 1982–1987. Reaction centers of purple photosynthetic bacteria have received the most attention because they have
been well purified and characterized. Structures of cyanobacterial reaction centers of Photosystems I and II are now available
from the laboratories of H. Witt and W. Saenger.
This revised version was published online in June 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. |
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Keywords: | W Arnold R K Clayton J Deisenhofer L N M Duysens isolation of reaction centers H Michel photosynthetic bacteria Rhodobacter sphaeroides Rhodopseudomonas viridis C B van Niel |
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