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Rhodopseudomonas sphaeroides contains three major pigment-protein complexes, B800–850, B875 and reaction centers.B800–850 can be isolated by several procedures and its properties have been characterized rather extensively (Cogdell, Thornber, 1980; Clayton, Clayton, 1981; Breton et al., 1980; Van Grondelle et al., 1982, 1983). B800–850 isolated with lauryl dimethyl amine oxide (B800–850/LDAO) shows a high bacteriochlorophyll (BChl) B800 content and consists of large aggregates of several hundreds of connected BChl’s. However, the complex isolated by means of lithium dodecyl sulfate (B800–850/LDS) contains very little B800 and is much smaller, containing about 30 BChl’s (Van Grondelle et al., 1983). Upon exposure to LDAO the B800–850/LDS regains its normal B800 content (Clayton, Clayton, 1981).
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Kramer, H.J.M., van Grondelle, R., Hunter, C.N., Amesz, J. (1984). Pigment Organization in the Light-Harvesting B800–850 Antenna Complex of Rhodopseudomonas Sphaeroides . In: Sybesma, C. (eds) Advances in Photosynthesis Research. Advances in Agricultural Biotechnology, vol 2. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-6368-4_46
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