Structure, Diversity, and Evolution of a New Family of Soluble Carotenoid-Binding Proteins in Cyanobacteria

Molecular Plant

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 1379-1394

  Melnicki, Matthew R ^a,b   Leverenz, Ryan L ^c   Sutter, Markus ^b,c   López Igual, Rocío ^d,e,g   Wilson, Adjélé ^d,e   Pawlowski, Emily G ^c   Perreau, François ^f   Kirilovsky, Diana ^d,e   Kerfeld, Cheryl A ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Michigan State University   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE FOR INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY OF THE CELL I2BC   (France)

^e SERVICE DE CHIMIE BIOORGANIQUE ET DE MARQUAGE   (France)

^f INSTITUT JEAN PIERRE BOURGIN   (France)

^g INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

carotenoids; cyanobacteria; molecular evolution; photoprotection; phylogenomics; protein structure

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CAROTENOID;

CLASSIFICATION; CYANOBACTERIUM; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CAROTENOIDS; CYANOBACTERIA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 84991728641     PISSN: 16742052     EISSN: 17529867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molp.2016.06.009     Document Type: Article

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