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Reviews on structure and function of photosynthetic reaction centres of purple bacteria

Reviews

  1. Allen, J.P. and Williams, J.C. (1995) Relationship between the oxidation potential of the bacteriochlorophyll dimer and electron transfer in photosynthetic reaction centers. J. Bioenerg. Biomembr. 27, 275-283.
  2. Allen, J.P. and Williams, J.C. (1998) Photosynthetic reaction centers. FEBS Lett. 438, 5-9.
  3. Bauer, C., Buggy, J. and Mosley, C. (1993) Control of photosystem genes in Rhodobacter capsulatus. Trends Genet. 9, 56-60.
  4. Blankenship, R.E. (1996) Photosynthetic antennas and reaction centers: Current understanding and prospects for improvement. In Nozik, A.J., Ed. Research Opportunities in Photochemical Sciences. Also published online at http://photoscience.la.asu.edu/photosyn/education/antenna.html.
  5. Borisov, A.Yu., Kotova, E.A. and Samuilov, V.D. (1984) Delayed bacteriochlorophyll luminescence and the primary stages of electron transport in photosynthetic reaction centers of purple bacteria. Mol. Biol. (Moscow) 18, 869-891.
  6. Budil, D.E., Gast, P., Chang, C.­H., Schiffer, M. and Norris, J.R. (1987) Three­dimensional X­ray crystallography of membrane proteins: Insights into electron transfer. Annu. Rev. Phys. Chem. 38, 561-583.
  7. Deisenhofer, J. and Michel, H. (1989) Nobel Lecture. The photosynthetic reaction centre from the purple bacterium Rhodopseudomonas viridis. EMBO J. 8, 2149-2170; Biosci. Rep. 9, 383-419.
  8. Deisenhofer, J. and Michel, H. (1991a) High­resolution structures of photosynthetic reaction centers. Annu. Rev. Biophys. Biophys. Chem. 20, 247-266.
  9. Deisenhofer, J. and Michel, H. (1991b) Structures of bacterial photosynthetic reaction centers. Annu. Rev. Cell Biol. 7, 1-23.
  10. Deisenhofer, J. and Michel, H. (1992) High­resolution crystal structures of bacterial photosynthetic reaction centers. In Ernster, L., Ed. Molecular Mechanisms in Bioenergetics. Elsevier, Amsterdam, pp. 103-120.
  11. Dutton, P.L. (1976) Pheophytins and the photosynthetic reaction center. Photochem. Photobiol. 24, 655-657.
  12. Feher, G. (1992) The Bruker Lecture. Identification and characterization of the primary donor in bacterial photosynthesis: a chronological account of an EPR/ENDOR investigation. J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 2, 1861-1874.
  13. Feher, G. (1998a) Three decades of research in bacterial photosynthesis and the road leading to it: A personal account. Photosynthesis Res. 55, 1-40.
  14. Feher, G. (1998b) The primary and secondary electron acceptors in bacterial photosynthesis: I. A chronological account of their identification by EPR. Appl. Magn. Resonance 15, 23-38.
  15. Feher, G., Allen, J.P., Okamura, M.Y. and Rees, D.C. (1989) Structure and function of bacterial photosynthetic reaction centres. Nature 339, 111-116.
  16. Huber, R. (1989) Nobel Lecture. A structural basis of light energy and electron transfer in biology. EMBO J. 8, 2125-2147; Biosci. Rep. 9, 635-673.
  17. Huber, R. (1990) E. Antonini Plenary Lecture. A structural basis of light energy and electron transfer in biology. Eur. J. Biochem. 187, 283-305.
  18. Ichiye, T. (1996) A dawning light: the beginnings of an understanding of the photosynthetic reaction center. Structure 4, 1009-1012.
  19. Jones, M.R. (1997) A new twist to biological solar power. Curr. Biol. 7, R541-R543.
  20. Krause, G.H. and Weis, E. (1991) Chlorophyll fluorescence and photosynthesis: the basics. Annu. Rev. Plant Physiol. Plant Mol. Biol. 42, 313-349.
  21. Levanon, H. and Möbius, K. (1997) Advanced EPR spectroscopy on electron transfer processes in photosynthesis and biomimetic model systems. Annu. Rev. Biophys. Biomol. Struct. 26, 495-540.
  22. Nitschke, W. and Rutherford, A.W. (1991) Photosynthetic reaction centres: variations on a common structural theme? Trends. Biochem. Sci. 16, 241-245.
  23. Olson, J.M. (1981) Evolution of photosynthetic reaction centers. Biosystems 14, 89-94.
  24. Olson, J.M. and Pierson, B.K. (1987) Evolution of reaction centers in photosynthetic prokaryotes. Int. Rev. Cytol. 108, 209-248.
  25. Parson, W.W. (1982) Photosynthetic bacterial reaction centers: Interactions among the bacteriochlorophylls and bacteriopheophytins. Annu. Rev. Biophys. Bioeng. 11, 57-80.
  26. Parson, W.W. (1987) The bacterial reaction center. In Amesz, J., Ed. Photosynthesis. Elsevier, Amsterdam, pp. 43-61.
  27. Youvan, D.C. (1991) Photosynthetic reaction centers: interfacing molecular genetics and optical spectroscopy. Trends Biochem. Sci. 16, 145-149.

Books

  1. Breton, J. and Verméglio, A. (1988) The Photosynthetic Bacterial Reaction Center. Plenum, New York.
  2. Breton, J. and Verméglio, A. (1992) The Photosynthetic Bacterial Reaction Center II. Plenum, New York.
  3. Deisenhofer, J. and Norris, J.R., Eds. (1993) The Photosynthetic Reaction Center, vols. I and II. Academic Press, San Diego.
  4. Michel­Beyerle, M.­E., Ed. (1985) Antennas and Reaction Centers of Photosynthetic Bacteria - Structure, Interactions and Dynamics. Springer­Verlag, Berlin.
  5. Michel­Beyerle, M.­E., Ed. (1990) Reaction Centers of Photosynthetic Bacteria. Springer­Verlag, Berlin.
  6. Michel­Beyerle, M.­E., Ed. (1996) The Reaction Center of Photosynthetic Bacteria - Structure and Dynamics. Springer­Verlag, Berlin.

Nobel Prize

  1. Deisenhofer, J., Huber, R. and Michel, H. The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1988 "for the determination of the three­dimensional structure of a photosynthetic reaction centre".
Bibliography on structural studies of photosynthetic reaction centres of purple bacteria
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