UniProt functional annotation for P06008

UniProt code: P06008.

Organism: Blastochloris viridis (Rhodopseudomonas viridis).
Taxonomy: Bacteria; Proteobacteria; Alphaproteobacteria; Rhizobiales; Hyphomicrobiaceae; Blastochloris.
 
Function: The reaction center is a membrane-bound complex that mediates the initial photochemical event in the electron transfer process of photosynthesis.
 
Cofactor: Name=bacteriochlorophyll; Xref=ChEBI:CHEBI:38201; Note=Binds 4 bacteriochlorophylls per trimer.;
Cofactor: Name=a bacteriopheophytin; Xref=ChEBI:CHEBI:60411; Note=Binds 2 bacteriopheophytins per trimer.;
Cofactor: Name=Fe cation; Xref=ChEBI:CHEBI:24875; Note=Binds 1 Fe cation per trimer.;
Cofactor: Name=Mg(2+); Xref=ChEBI:CHEBI:18420; Note=Binds 4 Mg(2+) ions per trimer.;
Cofactor: Name=a menaquinone; Xref=ChEBI:CHEBI:16374; Note=Binds 1 menaquinone per trimer.;
Cofactor: Name=a ubiquinone; Xref=ChEBI:CHEBI:16389; Note=Binds 1 ubiquinone per trimer.;
Subunit: Heterotrimer composed of subunits L, M, and H.
Subcellular location: Cellular chromatophore membrane; Single-pass membrane protein.
Similarity: Belongs to the reaction center PuhA family. {ECO:0000305}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.