Abstract
In Cyanophora paradoxa, the allophycocyanin apoprotein subunits, α and β, are encoded in the cyanelle (plastid) genome. These genes were transferred to the cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002 on a plasmid replicon. Phycobilisomes isolated from transformed cyanobacteria were found to contain C. paradoxa allophycocyanin subunits. Thus, these plastid genes are expressed in the cyanobacterium as polypeptides which become linked to a chromophore and are incorporated into the light-harvesting apparatus.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 1830-1835 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Journal of bacteriology |
| Volume | 169 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1987 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Microbiology
- Molecular Biology
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