Study of protein-bacteriochlorophyll and protein-lipid interactions of natural and model light-harvesting complex 2 in purple bacterium Rhodobacter sphaeroides [Elektronische Ressource] / submitted by Lee Gyan Kwa

Study of protein-bacteriochlorophyll and protein-lipid interactions of natural and model light-harvesting complex 2 in purple bacterium Rhodobacter sphaeroides DISSERTATION DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGY I BOTANIC LUDWIG-MAXIMILIANS-UNIVERSITÄT MÜNCHEN Submitted by Lee Gyan KWA March 2007 1. Referee: PD. Dr. P. Braun 2. Referee: Prof. Dr. H. Scheer Date of oral defence: 1 June 2007 Acknowledgements I am grateful to my supervisor PD. Dr. Paula Braun, who shared her experience in light-harvesting complex with me and for her advice throughout the years and during the preparation of this dissertation. I would like to express my gratitude to Brigitte Strohmann and Prof. Dr. Hugo Scheer for sharing their expertise with me. Many thanks to Prof. Dr. Gerhard Wanner (LMU, Biology Department I, Munich) for providing the EM facilities; Dr. Dominik Wegmann and PD. Dr. Britta Brügger (University of Heidelberg, Germany) for the ESI-MS measurements; Dr. Wolfgang Doster and Dr. Ronald Gerhardt (Technical University Munich, Germany) for light scattering and high pressure measurements; Ulrike Oster for her help with the TLC analyses; Silvia Dobler for the EM preparations and Dr. Alexander Pazur for his help with the PS statistical analyses. Sources of bacteria, Prof. Dr. Neil Hunter (University Sheffield, UK) is gratefully acknowledged.