E homologs to all known chlorophyll a biosynthesis genes. The two proteins responsible for the biosynthesis of Chl a from protoporphyrin IX, magnesium-protoporphyrin IX monomethyl ester oxidative cyclase (AcsF) and chlorophyll synthase (ChlG) (30), are highly homologous to those in other cyanobacteria, including a common conserved duplication of acsF. This indicates that Chl d is likely synthesize
Ed in Na -transport. However, it is clear that this class of ATP synthase does not share any greater degree of similarity to Na -transport systems in Ilyobacter tartaricus and others (27) than to other ATP synthases. The primary sequences of these proteins are so divergent from other ATP synthases that a thorough biochemical study is needed to confidently propose a functional role.Chlorophyll Bios
Ed in Na -transport. However, it is clear that this class of ATP synthase does not share any greater degree of similarity to Na -transport systems in Ilyobacter tartaricus and others (27) than to other ATP synthases. The primary sequences of these proteins are so divergent from other ATP synthases that a thorough biochemical study is needed to confidently propose a functional role.Chlorophyll Bios
Ed in Na -transport. However, it is clear that this class of ATP synthase does not share any greater degree of similarity to Na -transport systems in Ilyobacter tartaricus and others (27) than to other ATP synthases. The primary sequences of these proteins are so divergent from other ATP synthases that a thorough biochemical study is needed to confidently propose a functional role.Chlorophyll Bios
Ed transposable regions for 20 of the genes, significantly lower than the 70 found in Nostoc sp. PCC7120 (2). This is partly because of the vast disparity in transposable elements in the two similarly sized genomes, with nearly 1,300 detected in Nostoc and only 500 in A. marina. Surprisingly, a large number of transposases and integrases in A. marina cluster together in regions with no detectabl
R plants also synthesize both - and -carotene; however, -carotene is used primarily as a precursor of lutein, and only -carotene is found in reaction centers. Future biochemical work may indicate whether a preferential interaction between Chl d and -carotene (rather than -carotene) could account for its exclusivity in the reaction center. The chromosome of A. marina codes for 11 proteins predicted
To water oxidation. Acaryochloris ecotypes have been found in marine environments in close association with other oxygenic phototrophs such as Prochloron (associate with colonial ascidians) (3, 5, 10), eukaryotic macroalgae (11, 12), and in a microbial mat in the Salton Sea, a saline and highly eutrophic California lake (13). In each environment, the photosynthetically available radiation is likel
To water oxidation. Acaryochloris ecotypes have been found in marine environments in close association with other oxygenic phototrophs such as Prochloron (associate with colonial ascidians) (3, 5, 10), eukaryotic macroalgae (11, 12), and in a microbial mat in the Salton Sea, a saline and highly eutrophic California lake (13). In each environment, the photosynthetically available radiation is likel