An integrated approach towards extracting structural characteristics of chlorosomes from a <i>bchQ</i> mutant of <i>Chlorobaculum tepidum</i>
Lolita Dsouza, Xinmeng Li, Vesna Erić, Annemarie Huijser, Thomas L. C. Jansen, Alfred R. Holzwarth, Francesco Buda, Donald A. Bryant, Salima Bahri, Karthick Babu Sai Sankar Gupta, G. J. A. Sevink, Huub J. M. de Groot
Abstract
The structure of the bchQ mutant of Cba. tepidum , with predominantly [8-Et, 12-Et]BChl c , is resolved using solid-state NMR, cryo-EM, and optical spectroscopy. Syn – anti parallel stacks run vertically with a subunit axial displacement of 1.49 nm.
Topics & Concepts
MutantChlorosomeBiologyCrystallographyGeneticsChemistryBacteriaGeneBacteriochlorophyllAdvanced NMR Techniques and ApplicationsNMR spectroscopy and applicationsSpectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies