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Pigment-protein and protein-protein in the LH2 light harvesting complex

Reference	C05767
Principal Investigator / Supervisor	Krebs Professor of B Christopher Hunter
Co-Investigators / Co-Supervisors
Institution	University of Sheffield
Department	Molecular Biology and Biotechnology
Funding type	Research
Value (£)	183,492
Status	Completed
Type	Research Grant
Start date	01/04/1996
End date	01/04/1999
Duration	36 months

Abstract

In photosynthesis, the structure and organisation of the light harvesting (LH) complexes promote efficient energy migration and trapping. The LH system consists of a network of interconnected membrane proteins that holds the pigment molecules in an ordered state. The recent structure of the membrane-bound bacterial LH2 complex at atomic resolution provides the opportunity to define the structural requirements for binding the pigments within a LH complex and the residues that govern the interactions with either the LH1-RC core, or withother LH2 complexes. The proposed work will use mutagenesis and spectroscopy to providea detailed physical understanding of the LH process.

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Committee	Closed Committee - Biochemistry & Cell Biology (BCB)
Research Topics	X – not assigned to a current Research Topic
Research Priority	X – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative	X - not in an Initiative
Funding Scheme	X – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme

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