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Discovery of a small protein factor involved in the coordinated degradation of phycobilisomes in cyanobacteria.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 2 Feb 2021
Krauspe Vanessa, Fahrner Matthias, Spät Philipp, Steglich Claudia, Frankenberg-Dinkel Nicole, Maček Boris, Schilling Oliver, Hess Wolfgang R
Abstract excerpt
Phycobilisomes are the major pigment-protein antenna complexes that perform photosynthetic light harvesting in cyanobacteria, rhodophyte, and glaucophyte algae. Up to 50% of the cellular nitrogen can be stored in their giant structures. Accordingly, upon nitrogen depletion, phycobilisomes are rapidly degraded following an intricate genetic program. Here, we describe the role of NblD, a cysteine-rich, small...
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