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[[http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/OCP_ARTMA OCP_ARTMA]] Acts as a photo-protectant. Essential for inhibiting white and blue-green light non-photochemical quenching (NPQ). Binding carotenoids improves OCP's intrinsic photoprotectant activity by broadening its absorption spectrum and facilitating the dissipation of absorbed energy.<ref>PMID:15751975</ref> | [[http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/OCP_ARTMA OCP_ARTMA]] Acts as a photo-protectant. Essential for inhibiting white and blue-green light non-photochemical quenching (NPQ). Binding carotenoids improves OCP's intrinsic photoprotectant activity by broadening its absorption spectrum and facilitating the dissipation of absorbed energy.<ref>PMID:15751975</ref> | ||
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| + | == Publication Abstract from PubMed == | ||
| + | Carotenoids undergo a wide range of photochemical reactions in animal, plant, and microbial systems. In photosynthetic organisms, in addition to light harvesting, they perform an essential role in protecting against light-induced damage by quenching singlet oxygen, superoxide anion radicals, or triplet-state chlorophyll. We have determined the crystal structure of a water-soluble orange carotenoid protein (OCP) isolated from the cyanobacterium Arthrospira maxima at a resolution of 2.1 A. OCP forms a homodimer with one carotenoid molecule per monomer. The carotenoid binding site is lined by a striking number of methionine residues. The structure reveals several possible ways in which the protein environment influences the spectral properties of the pigment and provides insight into how the OCP carries out its putative functions in photoprotection. | ||
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| + | The crystal structure of a cyanobacterial water-soluble carotenoid binding protein.,Kerfeld CA, Sawaya MR, Brahmandam V, Cascio D, Ho KK, Trevithick-Sutton CC, Krogmann DW, Yeates TO Structure. 2003 Jan;11(1):55-65. PMID:12517340<ref>PMID:12517340</ref> | ||
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| + | From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.<br> | ||
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== References == | == References == | ||
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CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF ORANGE CAROTENOID PROTEIN
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