Structural Stability of Light-harvesting Protein LH2 Adsorbed on Mesoporous Silica Supports
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Structural Stability of Light-harvesting Protein LH2 Adsorbed on Mesoporous Silica Supports.
In the present study, we examined the reversible thermal deformation of the membrane protein light-harvesting complex LH2 adsorbed on mesoporous silica (MPS) supports. The LH2 complex from Thermochromatium tepidum cells was conjugated to MPS supports with a series of pore diameter (2.4 to 10.6 nm), and absorption spectra of the resulting LH2/MPS conjugates were observed over a temperature range...
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عنوان ژورنال: Analytical Sciences
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0910-6340,1348-2246
DOI: 10.2116/analsci.31.1069