Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Prochlorophytes twenty years on. / Pinevich, A. B.; Velichko, N. B.; Bazanova, A. V.
In: Russian Journal of Plant Physiology, Vol. 47, No. 5, 01.09.2000, p. 639-643.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
}
TY - JOUR
T1 - Prochlorophytes twenty years on
AU - Pinevich, A. B.
AU - Velichko, N. B.
AU - Bazanova, A. V.
PY - 2000/9/1
Y1 - 2000/9/1
N2 - Prochlorophytes constitute a polyphyletic "pigment" group of Oxyphotobacteria, which are characterized by a diverse molecular structure and contrasting functional properties of the light-harvesting complex. The genes for Chl a/b apoproteins of prochlorophytes are homologous to the isaA gene of cyanobacteria and are not homologous to chloroplast Cab-polypeptides; i.e., the antennae of Oxyphotobacteria and plastids have a diverse evolutionary origin. An investigation of the prochlorophytes indicates multiple variants of light-harvesting complexes in the primitive form and their selective reduction in diverged lineages of Oxyphotobacteria. Evidence in favor of the global role of Prochlorococcus marinus in primary oceanic production is among the major achievements of biology at the end of the 20th century.
AB - Prochlorophytes constitute a polyphyletic "pigment" group of Oxyphotobacteria, which are characterized by a diverse molecular structure and contrasting functional properties of the light-harvesting complex. The genes for Chl a/b apoproteins of prochlorophytes are homologous to the isaA gene of cyanobacteria and are not homologous to chloroplast Cab-polypeptides; i.e., the antennae of Oxyphotobacteria and plastids have a diverse evolutionary origin. An investigation of the prochlorophytes indicates multiple variants of light-harvesting complexes in the primitive form and their selective reduction in diverged lineages of Oxyphotobacteria. Evidence in favor of the global role of Prochlorococcus marinus in primary oceanic production is among the major achievements of biology at the end of the 20th century.
KW - Acaryochloris marina
KW - Apoprotein
KW - Chlorophyll
KW - Light adaptation
KW - Light-harvesting complex
KW - Oxyphotobacteria
KW - Phycobiliproteins
KW - Phytogeny
KW - Primary production
KW - Prochlorococcus marinus
KW - Prochloron didemni
KW - Prochlorophytes
KW - Prochlorothrix hollandica
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0034337788&partnerID=8YFLogxK
M3 - Article
VL - 47
SP - 639
EP - 643
JO - Russian Journal of Plant Physiology
JF - Russian Journal of Plant Physiology
SN - 1021-4437
IS - 5
ER -
ID: 5089765