Effects of selective inactivation of individual genes for low-molecular-mass subunits on the assembly of photosystem II, as revealed by chloroplast transformation: the psbEFLJ operon in Nicotiana tabacum

• Published in: Molecular genetics and genomics : MGG Vol. 268; no. 6; pp. 699 - 710
• Main Authors: Swiatek, M., Regel, R. E., Meurer, J., Wanner, G., Pakrasi, H. B., Ohad, I., Herrmann, R. G.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Heidelberg Springer Nature B.V 01.03.2003
• Subjects: Chlorophyll; Chloroplasts; Cytochrome; Genomics; Light; Membranes; Photosynthesis; Polypeptides

Photosystem (PSII) is a supramolecular polypeptide complex found in oxygenic photosynthetic membranes, which is capable of extracting electrons from water for the reduction of plastoquinone. An intriguing feature of this assembly is the fact that it includes more than a dozen low-mass polypeptides o...