| Literature DB >> 8168519 |
C Santini1, V Tidu, G Tognon, A Ghiretti Magaldi, R Bassi.
Abstract
The three-dimensional structure of photosystem II (PSII) has been determined by conventional transmission electron microscopy and computerized three-dimensional reconstruction. Both the complete system and that lacking the oxygen-evolving complex have been analyzed. The PSII complex has a four-lobed structure with twofold symmetry. An estimate of the molecular mass and the results of Deriphat/PAGE analysis suggest that a reaction centre is present in each half of the structure resolved by electron microscopy. Stepwise removal of components of the complex showed that the removal of CP47 (a 47-kDa chlorophyll-protein complex) induces monomerization of PSII, which indicates the importance of this subunit for the dimeric structure.Entities:
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Year: 1994 PMID: 8168519 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1994.tb18742.x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Eur J Biochem ISSN: 0014-2956