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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-2-3
pubmed:abstractText
A gene coding for the photosynthetic reaction center-bound cytochrome subunit, pufC, of Blastochloris viridis, which belongs to the alpha-purple bacteria, was introduced into Rubrivivax gelatinosus, which belongs to the beta-purple bacteria. The cytochrome subunit of B. viridis was synthesized in the R. gelatinosus cells, in which the native pufC gene was knocked out, and formed a chimeric reaction center (RC) complex together with other subunits of R. gelatinosus. The transformant was able to grow photosynthetically. Rapid photo-oxidization of the hemes in the cytochrome subunit was observed in the membrane of the transformant. The soluble electron carrier, cytochrome c(2), isolated from B. viridis was a good electron donor to the chimeric RC. The redox midpoint potentials and the redox difference spectra of four hemes in the cytochrome subunit of the chimeric RC were almost identical with those in the B. viridis RC. The cytochrome subunit of B. viridis seems to retain its structure and function in the R. gelatinosus cell. The chimeric RC and its mutagenesis system should be useful for further studies about the cytochrome subunit of B. viridis.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0021-9258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
7
pubmed:volume
278
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
3921-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2005-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Chimeric photosynthetic reaction center complex of purple bacteria composed of the core subunits of Rubrivivax gelatinosus and the cytochrome subunit of Blastochloris viridis.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biology, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Minamiohsawa 1-1, Hachioji, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article