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Molecular analysis of the Chlamydomonas nuclear gene encoding PsbW and demonstration that PsbW is a subunit of photosystem II, but not photosystem I

Molecular analysis of the Chlamydomonas nuclear gene encoding PsbW and demonstration that PsbW is... PsbW is a nuclear-encoded protein located in the thylakoid membrane of the chloroplast. Studies in higher plants have provided substantial evidence that PsbW is a core component of photosystem II. However, recent data have been presented to suggest that PsbW is also a subunit of photosystem I. Such a sharing of subunits between the two photosystems would represent a novel phenomenon. To investigate this, we have cloned and characterized the psbW gene from the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. The gene is split by five introns and encodes a polypeptide of 115 residues comprising the 6.1 kDa mature PsbW protein preceded by a 59 amino acid bipartite transit sequence. Using antibodies raised to PsbW we have examined: (1) C. reinhardtii mutants lacking either photosystem and (2) purified photosystem preparations. We find that PsbW is a subunit of photosystem II, but not photosystem I. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Plant Molecular Biology Springer Journals

Molecular analysis of the Chlamydomonas nuclear gene encoding PsbW and demonstration that PsbW is a subunit of photosystem II, but not photosystem I

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Publisher
Springer Journals
Copyright
Copyright © 2003 by Kluwer Academic Publishers
Subject
Life Sciences; Biochemistry, general; Plant Sciences; Plant Pathology
ISSN
0167-4412
eISSN
1573-5028
DOI
10.1023/A:1023963113290
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Abstract

PsbW is a nuclear-encoded protein located in the thylakoid membrane of the chloroplast. Studies in higher plants have provided substantial evidence that PsbW is a core component of photosystem II. However, recent data have been presented to suggest that PsbW is also a subunit of photosystem I. Such a sharing of subunits between the two photosystems would represent a novel phenomenon. To investigate this, we have cloned and characterized the psbW gene from the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. The gene is split by five introns and encodes a polypeptide of 115 residues comprising the 6.1 kDa mature PsbW protein preceded by a 59 amino acid bipartite transit sequence. Using antibodies raised to PsbW we have examined: (1) C. reinhardtii mutants lacking either photosystem and (2) purified photosystem preparations. We find that PsbW is a subunit of photosystem II, but not photosystem I.

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Plant Molecular BiologySpringer Journals

Published: Oct 7, 2004

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