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Science 29 September 1989:
Vol. 245. no. 4925, pp. 1463 - 1473
DOI: 10.1126/science.245.4925.1463
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The Photosynthetic Reaction Center from the Purple Bacterium Rhodopseudomonas viridis

JOHANN DEISENHOFER 1 and HARTMUT MICHEL 2

1 Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Department of Biochemistry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd., Dallas, TX 75235-9050.
2 Max-Planck-Institute for Biophysics, Heinrich-Hoffmann-Strasse 7, D-6000 Frankfurt/M 71, Federal Republic of Germany.

The history and methods of membrane protein crystallization are described. The solution of the structure of the photosynthetic reaction center from the bacterium Rhodopseudomonas viridis is described, and the structure of this membrane protein complex is correlated with its function as a light-driven electron pump across the photosynthetic membrane. Conclusions about the structure of the photosystem II reaction center from plants are drawn, and aspects of membrane protein structure are discussed.


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