The D1 protein of the photosystem II reaction‐centre complex accumulates in the absence of D2: analysis of a mutant of the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 lacking cytochrome d559

The reaction center core of photosystem II, a multi‐protein membrane bound complex, is composed of a heterodimer of two proteins, D1 and D2. A random mutagenesis technique was used to isolate a photosystem II deficient mutant, CP6t16, of the unicellular cyanobacterium, Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. Nucleotide sequence analysis showed that the primary lesion in CP6t16 is an ochre mutation introducing a translational stop codon in the psbE gene, encoding the α‐subunit of cytochrome b 559, an integral component of the PSII complex. Analysis of the protein composition of CP6t16 thylakoid membranes isolated in the presence of serine protease inhibitors revealed that, in the absence of cytochrome b 559, the D2 protein is also absent. However, the D1 protein is stably incorporated in these membranes, suggesting that the synthesis and integration of D1 are independent of those of D2 and cytochrome 6559.

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