ELECTRON TOMOGRAPHY OF THE PHOTOSYNTHETIC APPARATUS OF CHLOROTHRIX HAL

绿丝菌 HAL 光合装置的电子断层扫描

• 批准号: 7358131
• 负责人: ROBERT BLANKENSHIP
• 金额: $ 0.1万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2006-05-01 至 2007-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7358131
• 关键词: ELECTRON; TOMOGRAPHY; PHOTOSYNTHETIC; APPARATUS; CHLOROTHRIX

This subproject is one of many research subprojects utilizing the resources provided by a Center grant funded by NIH/NCRR. The subproject and investigator (PI) may have received primary funding from another NIH source, and thus could be represented in other CRISP entries. The institution listed is for the Center, which is not necessarily the institution for the investigator. Chlorothrix halophila is a newly discovered anoxygenic photosynthetic bacterium with a unique photosynthetic apparatus. The in situ structure of this photosynthetic apparatus is being investigated to help us to understand how this organism undertakes photosynthesis and how there is transfer of energy from the chlorosome antenna complex to harvest the sun¿s energy. The question of how bacteriochlorophyll is packed into the chlorosomes for efficient energy transfer would also be addressed by investigating the structure of isolated chlorosomes by cryo electron tomography.

该子项目是利用NIH/NCRR资助的中心赠款提供的资源的许多研究子项目之一。子项目和研究者（PI）可能从另一个NIH来源获得主要资金，因此可以在其他CRISP条目中表示。所列机构为中心，不一定是研究者所在机构。嗜盐绿丝菌（Chlorothrix halophila）是一种新发现的具有独特光合机构的光合细菌。正在研究这种光合装置的原位结构，以帮助我们了解这种生物如何进行光合作用，以及如何从叶绿体天线复合体转移能量以收获太阳的能量。细菌叶绿素如何包装成有效的能量转移的叶绿体的问题也将通过研究孤立的叶绿体的结构，通过低温电子断层扫描。