The molecular basis of the most red-shifted allophycocyanin discovered to date.

ABSTRACT: Allophycocyanin (APC) protein subunits responsible for red-shifted phycobilisomes are induced under far-red light conditions. The ApcB2 (encoded by gene XM38_020890) and ApcD4 (encoded by gene XM38_020900) in H. hongdechloris are paralogous APC subunits encoded in the termed low-light photoacclimation (LoLiP) gene cluster, which are only detected from cells grown under far-red light (FRL) conditions. We examined the function of these allophycocyanin subunits using heterogeneous recombinant E. coli systems. The recombinant chromophorylated ApcB2 showed absorptionpeaking at 618 nm and fluorescence peaking at 642 nm and the chromophorylated ApcD4 demonstrated two absorption peaks of 618 and 676 nm and fluorescence peaks of 625 and 698 nm, respectively. Interestingly, the heterodimer of ApcB2/

SUBMITTER: Chen M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12279586 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature