The fucoxanthin-chlorophyll proteins from a chromophyte alga are part of a large multigene family: structural and evolutionary relationships to other light harvesting antennae |
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Authors: | D G Durnford R Aebersold and B R Green |
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Institution: | (1) Botany Dept., University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, V6T 1Z4., CA;(2) Department of Molecular Biotechnology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98104, USA, US |
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Abstract: | A fucoxanthin-chlorophyll protein (FCP) cDNA from the raphidophyte Heterosigma carterae encodes a 210-amino acid polypeptide that has similarity to other FCPs and to the chlorophyll a/b-binding proteins (CABs) of terrestrial plants and green algae. The putative transit sequence has characteristics that resemble
a signal sequence. The Heterosigma fcp genes are part of a large multigene family which includes members encoding at least two significantly different polypeptides
(Fcp1, Fcp2). Comparison of the FCP sequences to the recently determined three-dimensional structure of the pea LHC II complex
indicates that many of the key amino acids thought to participate in the binding of chlorophyll and the formation of complex-stabilizing
ionic interactions are well conserved. Phylogenetic analyses of sequences of light-harvesting proteins shows that the FCPs
of several chromophyte phyla form a natural group separate from the intrinisic peridinin-chlorophyll proteins (iPCPs) of the
dinoflagellates. Although the FCP and CAB genes shared a common ancestor, these lineages diverged from each other prior to
the separation of the CAB LHC I and LHC II sequences in the green algae and terrestrial plants.
Received: 8 July 1996 / Accepted: 21 August 1996 |
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Keywords: | Light-harvesting antennae Molecular evolution Heterosigma carterae Fucoxanthin Gene family |
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