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A model for the N-terminus of the phosphorylated light-harvesting complex


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Ecco.

From Royall Consort Number 1 of William Lawes

The Purcell Quartet with Nigel North and Paul O'Dette

Reproduced, with permission, from Chandos Records CHAN 0584/5

Recorded in St. Bartholomew's Church, Orford, U.K., November 1994

The end of the protein that harvests sunlight in photosynthesis may have a compact, helix-like structure - but only when phosphate (a yellow atom joined to four red ones) is attached. This change in structure regulates the conversion of energy from sunlight, which supports all life on earth.
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