A Photosynthetic Antenna System which Contains a Protein-Free Chromophore Aggregate
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The interior o f chlorosomes, the main antenna system o f the photosynthesizing bacterium Chloroßexus aurantiacus, is shown to contain no proteins in a fixed ratio to BChl c and in amounts that could be significant o f direct chromophore-protein complexes. This excludes non-covalent chromophore-protein complexing that has so far been found in all other antennae as the main organizational principle o f the interior architecture for chlorosomes o f chlorophyll C. aurantiacus. Rather, these antennae constitute the first case o f a chromophorechromophore aggregate functioning as a photosynthetic light harvesting system.
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