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Chlorophyll arrangement in a bacteriochlorophyll protein from Chlorobium limicola

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The three-dimensional structure of a chlorophyll-containing protein has been determined by X-ray crystallography and shown to consist of three identical subunits, each containing a core of seven bacteriochlorophylls arranged in an irregular fashion and enclosed within an envelope of protein.

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Fenna, R., Matthews, B. Chlorophyll arrangement in a bacteriochlorophyll protein from Chlorobium limicola. Nature 258, 573–577 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1038/258573a0

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