Peridinin

Peridinin

Peridinin is a light-harvesting carotenoid, a pigment related to chlorophyll which appears in the peridinin-chlorophyll-protein (PCP) light-harvesting complex in dinoflagellates, best studied in "Amphidinium carterae". The PCP complex is unique in its high ratio of peridinin to chlorophyll; most light-harvesting complexes contain more chlorophyll than other carotenoids, but the PCP contains eight peridinin and two chlorophyll molecules arranged to promote peridinin-chlorophyll energy transfer. The PCP complex is a protein trimer with an unusual alpha solenoid protein fold.

References

* Hofmann E, Wrench PM, Sharples FP, Hiller RG, Welte W, Diederichs K. (1996). Structural basis of light harvesting by carotenoids: peridinin-chlorophyll-protein from Amphidinium carterae. Science 272(5269):1788-91.


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать реферат

Look at other dictionaries:

  • peridinin — noun A light harvesting carotenoid, a pigment related to chlorophyll which appears in the peridinin chlorophyll protein (PCP) light harvesting complex in dinoflagellates …   Wiktionary

  • perCP — peridinin chlorophyll protein …   Medical dictionary

  • perCP — • peridinin chlorophyll protein …   Dictionary of medical acronyms & abbreviations

  • Alpha solenoid — An alpha solenoid is a protein fold found in the protein subunits of light harvesting complexes, particularly in the peridinin chlorophyll proteins of dinoflagellates, and as domains of larger eukaryotic proteins that make up the nuclear pore… …   Wikipedia

  • Эукариоты — ? Ядерные …   Википедия

  • Dinoflagellate — Dinoflagellates Temporal range: 440–0 Ma …   Wikipedia

  • Isotretinoin — Systematic (IUPAC) name (13cis) …   Wikipedia

  • Carotenoid — Carotenoids are organic pigments that are naturally occurring in chromoplasts of plants and some other photosynthetic organisms like algae, some types of fungus and some bacteria.There are over 600 known carotenoids; they are split into two… …   Wikipedia

  • Tretinoin — Systematic (IUPAC) name retinoic acid …   Wikipedia

  • Zeaxanthin — IUPAC name 4 [18 (4 hydroxy 2,6,6 trimethyl 1 cyclohexenyl) 3,7,12,16 tetramethyl octadeca 1,3,5,7,9,11,13,15,17 nonaenyl] 3,5,5 trimethy …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”