title: Prediction of structure and organisation of chlorophyll a/b binding polypeptides in PS I and II.
abstract: Secondary structures, functionally important residues, antigenic sites, membrane spanning segments and hydropathicity of light harvesting chlorophyll a/b binding polypeptides (LHC) are predicted by theoretical methods from the amino acid sequence of the polypeptides. The reported structural features of the Pea LHC (Lhcb 1 gene product) from electron crystallographic studies have been compared by alignment with other types of chlorophyll a/b binding polypeptides for structural prediction. Fifteen conserved residues D85, D89, E113, H116, E/Q133, E/Q181, E189, D/N233, E252, N/H255, Q/E269, E/D/Q280, N281, H285, D288 (number indicates position in the aligned sequence), are identified which are potential ligands to Mg2+ of chlorophylls. Three amino acid residues D89, E/Q131 and D/N 233 are proposed as ligands to chlorophylls b2, a7 and b2 respectively, for which ligands are not identified in electron crystallographic study.
authors.affiliation: Post Graduate Department of Chemistry, Rajendra College, Bolangir, Orissa, India.
authors.forename: L S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Rath
authors.forename: P N
authors.initials: PN
authors.lastname: Joshi
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Raval
authors.forename: U C
authors.initials: UC
authors.lastname: Biswal
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites; D002734:Chlorophyll / Q000378:metabolism*; D045342:Light-Harvesting Protein Complexes; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D045322:Photosynthetic Reaction Center Complex Proteins / Q000737:chemistry*; D017433:Protein Structure, Secondary; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D045342:Light-Harvesting Protein Complexes; D045322:Photosynthetic Reaction Center Complex Proteins; D002734:Chlorophyll