2009 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Analysis of light-harvesting supramolecular complexes of green photosynthetic bacteria by regulation of structural changes
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20750143
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Chemistry related to living body
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| Research Institution | Kinki University |
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Principal Investigator |
SAGA Yoshitaka Kinki University, 理工学部, 講師 (60411576)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2008 – 2009
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| Keywords | 生体機能関連化学 |
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| Research Abstract |
Spectral properties and functions of major light-harvesting complexes, chlorosomes, of green photosynthetic bacteria were characterized by induction of changes of their components and supramolecular structures. Isomer composition changes of light-harvesting bacteriochlorophylls in cells of green sulfur photosynthetic bacteria were successfully performed by changes of cultivating conditions. Spectroscopic properties of chlorosomes that were isolated from these bacteria were analyzed. Spectral changes of pigment supramolecules mimicking chlorosomes by external stimuli were also examined. In addition, structure-dependent demetalation properties of light-harvesting bacteriochlorophylls of chlorosomes were unraveled under weakly acidic conditions.
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