New linker proteins in phycobilisomes isolated from the cyanobacterium Gloeobacter violaceus PCC 7421

FEBS Lett. 2006 Jun 12;580(14):3457-61. doi: 10.1016/j.febslet.2006.04.098. Epub 2006 May 15.

Abstract

Two new linker proteins were identified by peptide mass fingerprinting in phycobilisomes isolated from the cyanobacterium Gloeobacter violaceus PCC 7421. The proteins were products of glr1262 and glr2806. Three tandem phycocyanin linker motifs similar to CpcC were present in each. The glr1262 product most probably functions as a rod linker connecting phycoerythrin and phycocyanin, while the glr2806 product may function as a rod-core linker. We have designated these two proteins CpeG and CpcJ, respectively. The morphology of phycobilisomes in G. violaceus has been reported to be a bundle-like shape with six rods, consistent with the proposed functions of these linkers.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Bacterial Proteins / chemistry
  • Bacterial Proteins / isolation & purification*
  • Bacterial Proteins / metabolism
  • Cyanobacteria / metabolism*
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Phycobilisomes / metabolism*
  • Spectrometry, Fluorescence

Substances

  • Bacterial Proteins
  • Phycobilisomes