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Oxidizing side of the cyanobacterial Photosystem I: Mutational analysis of the luminal H loop of the PsaB subunit

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PS I core proteins are expected to interact with the electron donor proteins plastocyanin or cytochrome c 6. To investigate the role of the luminal H loop of PsaB in the assembly and function of the PS I complex, we generated 15 deletion and repetition mutations in the H loop of the PsaB protein from Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. The mutant strains differed in their photoautotrophic growth. The PS I proteins could not be detected in the membranes of mutants in which the N438–E448, I453–T464, or S500–G512 region was deleted from the PsaB protein, indicating the essential role of these segments in proper folding of the PsaB protein. Mutants with partial or complete deletion of the L469–D496 segment contained the PS I proteins. These results indicate that the regions near the transmembrane helices are more important for the assembly of PsaB than the middle region of the H loop. The L469-D496 segment in the H loop of PsaB is dispensable in the interaction between the PS I complex and the soluble donor proteins. These results suggested that sections of the H loop of PsaB are crucial for the structural integrity of the PsaB protein.

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  1. Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, 50011, USA

    Jun Sun & Parag R. Chitnis

  2. Instituto de Bioquímica Vegetal y Fotosíntesis, Universidad de Sevilla y CSIC, Sevilla, Spain

    Manuel Hervás, José A. Navarro & Miguel A. De la Rosa

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Sun, J., Hervás, M., Navarro, J.A. et al. Oxidizing side of the cyanobacterial Photosystem I: Mutational analysis of the luminal H loop of the PsaB subunit. Photosynthesis Research 62, 241–250 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1006363211188

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