title: Type I and type II genes for the chlorophyll a/b-binding protein in the gymnosperm Pinus sylvestris (Scots pine): cDNA cloning and sequence analysis.
abstract: A cDNA library was constructed from mRNA prepared from light-treated seedlings of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) and cDNAs for the chlorophyll a/b-binding protein LHC-II were identified using a pea gene as the heterologous probe. Three cDNA clones were sequenced. The deduced amino acid sequences of two of the genes corresponded to Type I and one to Type II LHC-II proteins which were ca. 90% homologous to their angiosperm counterparts. The transit peptides of the Scots pine preLHC-II showed features common to angiosperm transit peptides. The three cDNAs had a 70 to 75% preference for G + C in the third base position. CpG and GpC profiles and degenerate codon position bias suggested that two of the corresponding genes lie within CpG islands.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant Physiology, Umeå University, Sweden.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jansson
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gustafsson
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D002734:Chlorophyll / Q000378:metabolism; D000077194:Chlorophyll A; D003062:Codon / Q000235:genetics; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics*; D045342:Light-Harvesting Protein Complexes; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D045322:Photosynthetic Reaction Center Complex Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D041605:Pinus sylvestris; D010944:Plants / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D003062:Codon; D045342:Light-Harvesting Protein Complexes; D045322:Photosynthetic Reaction Center Complex Proteins; D002734:Chlorophyll; C037184:chlorophyll b; D004247:DNA; D000077194:Chlorophyll A