@inbook{061a5a2a457d4c458cb7cad6adc3c164,
title = "Function of sll1906, a member of the bacteriochlorophyll delivery family, in the cyanobacterium synechocystis sp. PCC 6803",
abstract = "A deletion mutation was introduced into the sll1906 gene in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 to examine the function of Sll1906, a member of the putative “bacteriochlorophyll delivery” protein family. The Sll1906 sequence contains possible chlorophyll-binding sites. The pigment profile indicated that the chlorophyll and carotenoids contents were not altered in the mutant, and no chlorophyll precursors accumulated. According to the oxygen evolution and 77 K fluorescence emission spectra, the PSII activity and PSII/PSI ratio remained the same upon deletion of the gene. The sll1906 deletion was also introduced into the chlL− background mutant strain, in which chlorophyll is synthesized in the light only. When grown in light-activated heterotrophic growth (LAHG) conditions, the rate of chlorophyll degradation in the chlL −sll1906−mutant was similar to that in the chlL − background strain. When cells were returned to continuous illumination after a week of growth under LAHG conditions, both the rate of chlorophyll synthesis and chlorophyll-dependent photosystem biogenesis were monitored. The deletion of the sll1906 gene affected neither. Although the sll1906 deletion did not affect chlorophyll degradation/biosynthesis and photosystem assembly, Sll1906 could still be involved in these processes as other pathways may compensate for the absence of Sll1906.",
keywords = "Chlorophyll, PucC, Synechocystis, sll1906",
author = "Yao, {Cheng I.Daniel} and Willem Vermaas",
note = "Funding Information: This research was supported by Energy Biosciences Program of the U.S. Department of Energy (DE-FG02-08ER15543). Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} Zhejiang University Press, Hangzhou and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2013.",
year = "2013",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-642-32034-7_85",
language = "English (US)",
series = "Advanced Topics in Science and Technology in China",
publisher = "Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH",
pages = "409--414",
booktitle = "Advanced Topics in Science and Technology in China",
address = "Germany",
}