Identification of the psbH gene product as a 6 kDa phosphoprotein in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis 6803.
The product of the psbH gene has been identified in Synechocystis 6803 thylakoid membranes as a 6 kDa phosphoprotein. This protein becomes phosphorylated in vitro despite the fact that in cyanobacteria it is truncated at the N-terminus such that the phosphorylation site identified in the higher plant protein is missing. Phosphorylation occurred both in the light and in the dark but was inhibited by oxidising conditions, DCMU and zinc ions. The cyanobacterial 6 kDa phosphoprotein degrades when the membranes are subjected to high intensity illumination.
Department of Biochemistry, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London, UK.
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D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D015153:Blotting, Western; D000458:Cyanobacteria / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000235:genetics*; D010766:Phosphorylation; D045332:Photosystem II Protein Complex
D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D010750:Phosphoproteins; D045332:Photosystem II Protein Complex; C063224:photosystem II, psbH subunit