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Determining the macromolecular structure of photosystem II to high resolution
Reference
B13583
Principal Investigator / Supervisor
Professor James Barber
Co-Investigators /
Co-Supervisors
Institution
Imperial College London
Department
Biological Sciences
Funding type
Research
Value (£)
336,220
Status
Completed
Type
Research Grant
Start date
14/05/2001
End date
13/05/2006
Duration
60 months
Abstract
X-ray crystallography will complement ongoing cryoelectron microscopy studies to reveal the macromolecular structure of photosystem II at high resolution. This membrane complex is composed of more than 25 different protein subunits and catalyses the thermodynamically difficult reaction of water oxidation using light energy. Crystallisation trials will be conducted on an individual proteins, sub-core, core and supercore complexes of PSII isolated from spinach, the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii and the thermophilic cyanobacterium Synechococcus elongatus, for which there are already biochemical expertise and emerging structural models ranging from 30 to 8A or better.
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Committee
Closed Committee - Biomolecular Sciences (BMS)
Research Topics
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Research Priority
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Research Initiative
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Funding Scheme
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