Disease relevance of Rhodocyclaceae

• The citric acid cycle enzyme malate dehydrogenase was purified to homogeneity from the nonsulfur purple bacteria Rhodobacter capsulatus, Rhodospirillum rubrum, Rhodomicrobium vannielii, and Rhodocyclus purpureus [1].
• The sequence was similar to the nirS sequences of Thauera mechernichensis (83% similarity) and Azoarcus tolulyticus (83% similarity) both of which belong to the Rhodocyclus group [2].

High impact information on Rhodocyclaceae

• One- and two-dimensional NMR characterization of oxidized and reduced cytochrome c' from Rhodocyclus gelatinosus [3].
• Membrane topography of anaerobic carbon monoxide oxidation in Rhodocyclus gelatinosus [4].
• The photoreceptor complex (B885-RC) and the peripheral antenna complex (B800-860) were isolated from photosynthetic membranes of the purple non-sulfur bacterium Rhodocyclus tenuis DSM 109 using a detergent combination of Deriphate-160 and octyl glucoside and subsequent linear sucrose gradient centrifugation [5].
• Structural and spectral characterisation of the antenna complexes of Rhodocyclus gelatinosus. Indications of a hairpin-like-arranged antenna apoprotein with an unusually high alanine content [6].
• Nitrate removal was accomplished using a Rhodocyclus sp., strain HOD 5, isolated from a sole-source drinking-water aquifer [7].

Chemical compound and disease context of Rhodocyclaceae

• The core antenna/reaction-centre complex RC-B875 and the peripheral antenna complex B800-850 of the two strains DSM 149 and DSM 151 of the purple non-sulphur bacterium Rhodocyclus gelatinosus have been isolated from photosynthetic membranes by means of lauryl-N,N-dimethyl-amineoxide as a detergent and subsequent sucrose-gradient centrifugation [6].

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