Nucleotide sequences of the barley chloroplast psbB, psbC, psbE, psbF, psbH genes coding for the polypeptides of photosystem II

V. A. Efimov, A. V. Andreeva, S. V. Reverdatto, O. G. Chakhmakhcheva

M. M. Shemyakin Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Moscow

Abstract: In order to determine structures of the barley photosystem II subunits, the following genes have been cloned: psbB, encoding 47 kDa chlorophyll-binding subunit; psbH, encoding 7.7 kDa phosphoprotein; psbE and psbF, encoding 9.3 and 4.4 kDa subunits of the cytochrome b₅₅₉ apoprotein, respectively; and a fragment of psbC gene, encoding the 43 kDa chlorophyll-binding subunit. The nucleotide sequences of these genes and the deduced amino acid sequences of their products are highly homologous to the corresponding sequences for other plant species.

Russian Journal of Bioorganic Chemistry 1991, 17 (10):1369-1385

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