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Molecular Interactions of the Stromal Subunit PsaC with the PsaA/PsaB Heterodimer

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Photosystem I

Part of the book series: Advances in Photosynthesis and Respiration ((AIPH,volume 24))

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The X-ray crystal structure of cyanobacterial Photosystem I (PS I) has been solved to atomic resolution (PDB entry 1JB0). It provides a structural model for the subunits PsaC, PsaD, and PsaE that comprise the stromal ridge of PS I. Independently, the three-dimensional solution structures of unbound, recombinant PsaC (PDB entry 1K0T) and PsaE (PDB entries 1PSF, 1QP2, and 1GXI) have been solved using NMR spectroscopy.

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Antonkine, M.L., Golbeck, J.H. (2006). Molecular Interactions of the Stromal Subunit PsaC with the PsaA/PsaB Heterodimer. In: Golbeck, J.H. (eds) Photosystem I. Advances in Photosynthesis and Respiration, vol 24. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-4256-0_8

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