Thermostability of Rhodopseudomonas viridis and Rhodospirillum rubrum chromatophores reflecting physiological conditions |
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Authors: | Odahara Takayuki Ishii Noriyuki Ooishi Ayako Honda Shinya Uedaira Hatsuho Hara Masayuki Miyake Jun |
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Institution: | National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba Central-6, 1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8566, Japan. odahara-takayuki@aist.go.jp |
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Abstract: | Relationships between growth conditions and thermostability were examined for photosynthetic inner membranes (chromatophores) from Rhodopseudomonas viridis and Rhodospirillum rubrum of which morphology, lipid composition, and protein/lipid rate are rather mutually different. Signals observed by differential scanning calorimetry of the chromatophores were correlated with thermal state transitions of the membrane components by reference to temperature dependencies of circular dichroism and absorption spectra of the purified supramolecule comprising a photoreaction center and surrounding light-harvesting pigment-protein complexes that are the prominent proteins in both membranes. The differential scanning calorimetry curves of those chromatophores exhibited different dependencies on growth stages and environmental temperatures. The obtained result appeared to reflect the differences in the protein/lipid rate and protein-lipid specificity between the two chromatophores. |
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