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Imaging the supermolecular architechture of photosynthetic membranes II: electostatic and chemical difference mapping

ReferenceC19467
Principal Investigator / Supervisor Professor David Klug
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Institution Imperial College London
DepartmentChemistry
Funding typeResearch
Value (£) 308,316
StatusCompleted
TypeResearch Grant
Start date 06/05/2003
End date 05/08/2005
Duration27 months

Abstract

The supramolecular organisation of photosynthetic membranes is of great importance to the efficiency and regulatability of photosynthesis in higher plants and cyanobacteria, and is vital to the efficiency of purple bacteria. Examples include mobile light harvesting systems which control energy flow, electron transport and functional heterogeneity. Knowing the organisation of various membrane proteins is thus important in gaining an understanding of the photosynthetic process as a whole. We will apply chemical difference and electrostatic mapping methods, already successfully developed and used in my group, to further our understanding of this supramolecular architecture.

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Committee Closed Committee - Biochemistry & Cell Biology (BCB)
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