Core substructure in cyanobacterial phycobilisomes

The tricylindrical core of Synechocystis 6701 phycobilisomes is made up of four types of allophycocyanin‐containing complexes: A, (αAP βAP)3; B, (αAP βAP)3 .10K; C, (α  1APB α  2AP β  3AP ).10K; D, (αAP βAP)2.18.5K.99K; where AP is allophycocyanin, APB is allophycocyanin B, and 10K, 18.5K, and 99K are polypeptides of 10,000, 18,500, and 99,000 daltons, respectively. The 18.5K polypeptide is a hitherto unrecognized biliprotein subunit with a single phycocyanobilin prosthetic group. The tricylindrical core is made up of 12 subcomplexes in the molar ratio of A:B:C:D: of 4:4:2:2. Complexes C and D act as terminal energy acceptors. From these results and previous analysis of the bicylindrical core of Synechococcus 6301 phycobilisomes [14,15] it is proposed that the two cylinders of the Synechocystis 6701 core, proximal to the thylakoid membrane, each have the composition ABCD, and that the distal cylinder has the composition A2B2.

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