An in vivo approach to define the role of the LCM, the key polypeptide of cyanobacterial phycobilisomes

• Published in: The Journal of biological chemistry Vol. 268; no. 11; pp. 8277 - 8283
• Main Authors: CAPUANO, V, THOMAS, J.-C, TANDEAU DE MARSAC, N, HOUMARD, J
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bethesda, MD American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 15.04.1993
• Subjects: Bacterial Proteins - metabolism; Bacterial Proteins - ultrastructure; Biological and medical sciences; Blotting, Southern; Cell structures and functions; Chloroplast, photosynthetic membrane and photosynthesis; Cyanobacteria - genetics; Cyanobacteria - metabolism; DNA, Bacterial - genetics; DNA, Bacterial - isolation & purification; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Genes, Bacterial; Light-Harvesting Protein Complexes; Macromolecular Substances; Microscopy, Electron; Molecular and cellular biology; Phycobilisomes; Plant Proteins - metabolism; Plant Proteins - ultrastructure; Plasmids; Restriction Mapping; RNA, Bacterial - genetics; RNA, Bacterial - isolation & purification; Density gradient centrifugation; Molecular assembly; Calothrix; Phycobilisome; Cyanobacteria; Synechococcus; Bacteria; Photosynthesis; Electron microscopy

In cyanobacteria, phycobilisomes are regularly arrayed on the surface of the photosynthetic membranes, and their role is to funnel light energy to the underlying photosystem II reaction center. A model has recently been proposed that ascribes to the so-called LCM, a central role in the building up o...