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H Matsubara

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PubMed1975

A minor component of ferredoxin from Aphanothece sacrum cells.

About 20% of the total extractable ferredoxin from a blue-green alga, Aphanothece sacrum, was separated as a minor component on a DEAE-cellulose column during the preparation of the major component of the cells. It was always found in cells collected in three different seasons. The chemical properties of the minor component was different from those of the major one. The enzymatic activity and spectral properties were those of typical chloroplast-type ferredoxins. The significance of isozymes in ferredoxin is discussed.

Amino Acids↗
PubMed1975

Evolutionary information involved in primary structures of chloroplast-type ferredoxins.

The complete amino acid sequence of a chloroplast-type ferredoxin from a fresh water prokaryote, Aphanothece sacrum, was determined. The sequence consisted of 96 amino acid residues and was homologous to those of ferredoxins of higher plants. Comparison of eight ferredoxins, including one from a green alga and three from blue-green algae, suggested that the sequences of algal ferredoxins were as different from one another as from those of higher plants. The relationship between the numbers of differences in amino acids and the period since separation from a common ancestor was not linear, even after correction for multiple substitution at an amino acid site in the sequence. It is very likely that the ferredoxins of angiosperms evolved rather rapidly and that those of algae, and particularly blue-green algae evolved rather slowly in the evolutionary scale. Several possible mechanisms of evolution of plants are discussed.

Amino Acid Sequence↗