ELECTRON TOMOGRAPHY OF THE PHOTOSYNTHETIC APPARATUS OF CHLOROTHRIX HAL

这个子项目是利用由NIH/NCRR资助的中心拨款提供的资源的许多研究子项目之一。子项目和调查员(PI)可能从另一个NIH来源获得了主要资金，因此可能会出现在其他CRISE条目中。列出的机构是针对中心的，而不一定是针对调查员的机构。嗜盐绿藻(Chlorothrix Halophila)是一种新发现的具有独特光合器的产氧光合细菌。人们正在研究这种光合作用装置的原位结构，以帮助我们了解这种有机体是如何进行光合作用的，以及如何从绿体天线复合体转移能量来获取太阳的S能量。通过低温电子断层扫描研究分离的叶绿体的结构，也可以解决细菌叶绿素如何被包装到叶绿体中以进行有效的能量转移的问题。

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.