The ultrastructure of Chlorobaculum tepidum revealed by cryo-electron tomography.
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serval:BIB_7BE04ABA8546
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
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Publications
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Title
The ultrastructure of Chlorobaculum tepidum revealed by cryo-electron tomography.
Journal
Biochimica et biophysica acta
ISSN
0006-3002 (Print)
ISSN-L
0006-3002
Publication state
Published
Issued date
10/2014
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
1837
Number
10
Pages
1635-1642
Language
english
Notes
Publication types: Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Publication Status: ppublish
Publication Status: ppublish
Abstract
Chlorobaculum (Cba) tepidum is a green sulfur bacterium that oxidizes sulfide, elemental sulfur, and thiosulfate for photosynthetic growth. As other anoxygenic green photosynthetic bacteria, Cba tepidum synthesizes bacteriochlorophylls for the assembly of a large light-harvesting antenna structure, the chlorosome. Chlorosomes are sac-like structures that are connected to the reaction centers in the cytoplasmic membrane through the BChl α-containing Fenna-Matthews-Olson protein. Most components of the photosynthetic machinery are known on a biophysical level, however, the structural integration of light harvesting with charge separation is still not fully understood. Despite over two decades of research, gaps in our understanding of cellular architecture exist. Here we present an in-depth analysis of the cellular architecture of the thermophilic photosynthetic green sulfur bacterium of Cba tepidum by cryo-electron tomography. We examined whole hydrated cells grown under different electron donor conditions. Our results reveal the distribution of chlorosomes in 3D in an unperturbed cell, connecting elements between chlorosomes and the cytoplasmic membrane and the distribution of reaction centers in the cytoplasmic membrane.
Keywords
Chlorobi/physiology, Chlorobi/ultrastructure, Cold Temperature, Electron Microscope Tomography/methods, Photosynthesis, Chlorosome, Cryo-electron tomography, Electron microscopy, Green sulfur bacteria
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Web of science
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Yes
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