RECONSTITUTION OF ALLOPHYCOCYANIN FROM Mastigocladus laminosus WITH ISOLATED LINKER POLYPEPTIDE |
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| Authors: | L. Gottschalk F. Lottspeich H. Scheer |
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| Affiliation: | Botanisches Institut der Universität, Menzinger Str. 67, D-80638 München 19, Germany;Max-Plank-Institut für Biochemie, Am Klopferspitz, D-82152 Martinsried, Germany |
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| Abstract: | The core linker polypeptide Lc8.9 was isolated from Mastigocladus laminosus and purified on a preparative scale. A method for the reconstitution of allophycocyanin (AP)—linker complexes from isolated polypeptides was developed. The complex (αAP(βAP)3 Lc8.9 was reconstituted and compared to (αAPβAP) and (αAPβAP)3 by sucrose density gradient ultracentrifugation, absorption, fluorescence emission and circular dichroism spectroscopy. Differences in the spectra of reconstituted and of directly isolated AP complexes are discussed. |
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