Table 6. The distances (Å) between adjacent light harvesting (LH)-bound B880s of the native reaction center-LH (nRC-LH) and carotenoid-depleted RC-LH (dRC-LH) complexes from R. castenholzii.
| nRC-LH | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edge-to-edge* | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.8 |
| Edge-to-edge† | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 19.1 |
| Mg-to-Mg* | 10.2 | 9.9 | 9.8 | 9.9 | 9.7 | 9.8 | 9.9 | 10.0 | 9.9 | 9.9 | 9.8 | 9.6 | 9.7 | 9.3 | 9.8 |
| Mg-to-Mg† | 7.6 | 7.5 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.5 | 7.6 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 26.2 |
| dRC-LH | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
| Edge-to-edge* | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 3.7 |
| Edge-to-edge† | 4.1 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 20.2 |
| Mg-to-Mg* | 9.7 | 9.7 | 9.5 | 9.6 | 9.6 | 9.6 | 9.4 | 9.7 | 9.7 | 9.6 | 9.5 | 9.4 | 9.5 | 9.3 | 9.2 |
| Mg-to-Mg† | 9.0 | 8.7 | 8.8 | 8.8 | 8.4 | 8.9 | 8.8 | 8.6 | 8.8 | 8.8 | 8.9 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 8.7 | 27.2 |
*
Distance between the B880 bound by the same transmembrane pairs of LH.
†
Distance between the B880 bound by adjacent transmembrane pairs of LH.