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PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH
Volume 104, Issue 2-3, Pages 177-187Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s11120-009-9524-1
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Rieske/cytb complex; b(6)f complex; Photosynthesis; Heme c(i); Bioenergetics; Quinones
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Data on structure and function of the Rieske/cytb complex from Heliobacteria are scarce. They indicate that the complex is related to the b (6) f complex in agreement with the phylogenetic position of the organism. It is composed of a diheme cytochrome c, and a Rieske iron-sulfur protein, together with transmembrane cytochrome b (6) and subunit IV. Additional small subunits may be part of the complex. The cofactor content comprises heme c (i), first discovered in the Q(i) binding pocket of b (6) f complexes. The redox midpoint potentials are more negative than in b (6) f complex in agreement with the lower redox midpoint potentials (by about 150 mV) of its reaction partners, menaquinone, and cytochrome c (553). The enzyme is implicated in cyclic electron transfer around the RCI. Functional studies are favored by the absence of antennae and the simple photosynthetic reaction chain but are hampered by the high oxygen sensitivity of the organism, its chlorophyll, and lipids.
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