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Polypeptide composition of light‐harvesting complexes from some brown algae and diatoms
Author(s) -
Caron L.,
Remy R.,
Berkaloff C.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
febs letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.593
H-Index - 257
eISSN - 1873-3468
pISSN - 0014-5793
DOI - 10.1016/0014-5793(88)80787-7
Subject(s) - algae , composition (language) , fucus , brown algae , botany , molecular mass , biology , chemistry , biochemistry , enzyme , linguistics , philosophy
The polypeptide composition of some Chromophyte light‐harvesting complexes was investigated by SDS‐PAGE and compared to LHCP of higher plants. According to the species, one or two major polypeptides were found in the range 17–25 kDa, which is noticeably lower than for higher plant LHCP polypeptides. Evidence is provided for three species LH polypeptides possessing different molecular masses that they all possess some immunological analogy with a maize LHCP. In addition, Fucus serratus LH was proved to be able to phosphorylate.