ROLE OF LIPIDS IN THE ORGANIZATION OF PIGMENTED COMPLEXES OF CHROMATIUM-MINUTISSIMUM

Authors
PROKHORENKO IR TOROPYGINA OA MAKHNEVA ZK VISHNIVETSKAYA TA EROKHIN YE
Citation
Ir. Prokhorenko et al., ROLE OF LIPIDS IN THE ORGANIZATION OF PIGMENTED COMPLEXES OF CHROMATIUM-MINUTISSIMUM, Microbiology, 65(1), 1996, pp. 21-25
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology
Journal title
Microbiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00262617
Volume
65
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
21 - 25
Database
ISI
SICI code
0026-2617(1996)65:1<21:ROLITO>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
The amount of phospholipids in the chromatophores and the B800-850 and B890 pigment-protein complexes from the sulfur bacterium Chromatium m inutissimum was measured, and variations in the structure of photosynt hetic membranes induced by the hydrolysis of phospholipids under the a ction of phospholipase A(2) were studied. A new spectral form B820, re lated to the degradation of phospholipids, was revealed. The role of l ipids in the pigmented structures B800, B850, and B890 is discussed.