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The ability to convert light energy into chemical energy within the Rhodobacter sphaeroldes cell is driven by a photosynthetic unit consisting of two light-harvesting antennae complexes and a reaction center (RC). The genes encoding the RC L and M subunits and those for LHI form a single operon, now termed the puf Operon. The puf operon is known to be composed of six genes puf Q (BChl a synthesis), puf B (LHI ß-polypeptide), puf A (LHI α -polypeptide), puf L (RC L-subunit), puf M (RC M-subunit) and puf X (unknown function) (1).
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Farchaus, J.W., Gruenberg, H., Gray, K.A., Wachtveitl, J., Oesterhelt, D. (1990). The PUF B,A,L,M Genes are not Sufficient to Restore the Photosynthetic Plus Phenotype to a PUF L,M,X Deletion Strain. In: Baltscheffsky, M. (eds) Current Research in Photosynthesis. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-0511-5_44
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