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Functional expression of plastid allophycocyanin genes in a cyanobacterium

Year: 1987

Type: article

Abstract: In Cyanophora paradoxa, the allophycocyanin apoprotein subunits, alpha and beta, are encoded in the cyanelle (plastid) genome. These genes were transferred to the cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002 on a plasmid replicon. Phycobilisomes isolated from transformed cyanobacteria were found to contain C. paradoxa allophycocyanin subunits. Thus, these plastid genes are expressed in the cyanobacterium as polypeptides which become linked to a chromophore and are incorporated into the light-harvesting apparatus.

Source: Journal of Bacteriology

DOI: 10.1128/jb.169.5.1830-1835.1987

Authors: R de Lorimier, G Guglielmi, D A Bryant, S E Stevens

Institution: Pennsylvania State University

Language: English

Topic: Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms

Subfield: Molecular Biology

Field: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Domain: Life Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funders: National Science Foundation, U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of General Medical Sciences

Awards: Genetic Analysis of the Phycobilisome, G3228689542