LhcaR1 of the red alga Porphyridium cruentum encodes a polypeptide of the LHCI complex with seven potential chlorophyll a-binding residues that are conserved in most LHCs

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 157-167

  Tan, Shi ^a   Cunningham Jr , Francis X ^a   Gantt, Elisabeth ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b Department of Microbiology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

chlorophyll a binding protein gene expression; LHC light harvesting complex; photosystem I; rhodophyte

Indexed keywords

ALGAL PROTEIN; CHLOROPHYLL; CHLOROPHYLL A; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; LHCAR1 PROTEIN, PORPHYRIDIUM CRUENTUM; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENE; GENETICS; LIGHT HARVESTING SYSTEM; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYSTEM I; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; RED ALGA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ALGAE, RED; ALGAL PROTEINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CHLOROPHYLL; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENES, PLANT; LIGHT-HARVESTING PROTEIN COMPLEXES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OPEN READING FRAMES; PHOTOSYNTHETIC REACTION CENTER COMPLEX PROTEINS; PHOTOSYSTEM I PROTEIN COMPLEX; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ALGAE; BANGIA; CALLITHAMNION; CYANIDIUM; EMBRYOPHYTA; POLYSIPHONIA; PORPHYRIDIUM CRUENTUM; RHODOPHYTA; SPERMOTHAMNION;

EID: 0031040429     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005715528297     Document Type: Article

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