Nucleotide sequence of psbC, the gene encoding the CP-43 chlorophyll a-binding protein of Photosystem II, in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis 6803.

Abstract:

:The nucleotide sequence for the Photosystem II gene psbC has been determined for the cyanobacterium Synechocystis 6803. The gene overlaps the last 50 bases of the psbD gene, and both genes are transcribed in the same direction, but read in different frames. This arrangement is identical to that found in all chloroplast genomes for which psbC has been sequenced. The Synechocystis nucleotide sequence is 70% homologous to the tobacco gene and the predicted amino acid sequence shows 85% homology. A possible alternative translation start site for psbC has been conserved between seven plant sequences and the cyanobacterial sequence. The hydropathy plot for the cyanobacterial protein is very similar to plots determined for six plant species. Pairs of histidines that may play a role in binding chlorophyll are conserved between the cyanobacterial and plant amino acid sequences.

journal_name

Plant Mol Biol

journal_title

Plant molecular biology

authors

Chisholm D,Williams JG

doi

10.1007/BF00029879

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1988-07-01 00:00:00

pages

293-301

issue

4

eissn

0167-4412

issn

1573-5028

journal_volume

10

pub_type

杂志文章