title: The gene for the Mr 10,000 phosphoprotein associated with photosystem II is part of the psbB operon of the spinach plastid chromosome.
abstract: We present the nucleotide and derived amino acid sequence of the gene for the 10 kd phosphoprotein associated with photosystem II. This gene was identified by comparing the recently published first nine amino acid residues for the 10 kd phosphoprotein of spinach (Farchaus and Dilley 1986) with available sequence data from the spinach plastid chromosome. The gene, designated psbH, is part of an operon that encodes the 51 kd chlorophyll a apoprotein of the photosystem II reaction center (psbB), the phosphoprotein (73 codons), cytochrome b6 (petB) and subunit IV (petD) of the cytochrome b/f complex in the order given. Northern blot analysis revealed a complex in vivo RNA pattern for this DNA segment resulting from an extensive modification of a 5.6 kb long putative primary transcript which includes a monocistronic RNA species for the phosphoprotein of approximately 420 bases. The deduced amino acid sequence for the phosphoprotein indicates a polypeptide corresponding to a molecular weight of 7.8 kb. Secondary structure predictions place all potential phosphorylation sites on the stromal side of the membrane.
authors.affiliation: Botanisches Institut, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München, Federal Republic of Germany.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Westhoff
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Farchaus
authors.forename: R G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Herrmann
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D002734:Chlorophyll / Q000235:genetics*; D004262:DNA Restriction Enzymes; D005796:Genes; D045342:Light-Harvesting Protein Complexes; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008970:Molecular Weight; D009876:Operon; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000235:genetics*; D045322:Photosynthetic Reaction Center Complex Proteins; D045332:Photosystem II Protein Complex; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D010944:Plants / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D045342:Light-Harvesting Protein Complexes; D010750:Phosphoproteins; D045322:Photosynthetic Reaction Center Complex Proteins; D045332:Photosystem II Protein Complex; D010940:Plant Proteins; D002734:Chlorophyll; D004262:DNA Restriction Enzymes