FEATURES

FAMILY

DESCRIPTION

Also known as PSAB_THEEB, psaB. PsaA and PsaB bind P700, the primary electron donor of photosystem I (PSI), as well as the electron acceptors A0, A1 and FX. PSI is a plastocyanin/cytochrome c6-ferredoxin oxidoreductase, converting photonic excitation into a charge separation, which transfers an electron from the donor P700 chlorophyll pair to the spectroscopically characterized acceptors A0, A1, FX, FA and FB in turn. Oxidized P700 is reduced on the lumenal side of the thylakoid membrane by plastocyanin or cytochrome c6. The PsaA/B heterodimer binds the P700 chlorophyll special pair and subsequent electron acceptors. PSI consists of a core antenna complex that captures photons, and an electron transfer chain that converts photonic excitation into a charge separation. The cyanobacterial PSI reaction center is composed of one copy each of PsaA, B, C, D, E, F, I, J, K, L, M and X, and forms trimeric complexes.

EXTERNAL LINKS

psaB

Photosystem I P700 chlorophyll a apoprotein A2

psaB

Molecular Synopsis