Reconstruction of a Kinetic Model of the Chromatophore Vesicles from Rhodobacter sphaeroides From: Biophysical Journal | Date: August 1, 2006| Author: Geyer, Tihamà © r; Helms, Volkhard | Copyright Biophysical Society Aug 1, 2006. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

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We present a molecular model of a chromatophore vesicle from Rhodobacter sphaeroides. These vesicles are ideal benchmark systems for molecular and systemic simulations, because they have been well studied, they are small, and they are naturally separated from their cellular environment. To set up a photosynthetic chain working under steady-state conditions, we compiled from the experimental literature the specific activities and geometries that have been determined for their c...

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