Table 1.
Pigments per polypeptide of a rhodophyte LHCaR1 reconstituted with pigments of spinach, a diatom, and a red alga
| Pigment source | mol of pigment/mol of
polypeptide
|
Ratio
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chla | Chlb | Chlc | Zea | Fuco | Diadin | β-car | Lut | Neo | Vio | Chla/b | Car/Chl | |
| P. cruentum* | 8.2 ± 0.2 | — | — | 4.04 | — | — | 0.33 | — | — | — | — | 0.49 |
| Spinach† | 6.2 ± 0.8 | 1.8 ± 0.4 | — | — | — | — | 0.10 | 2.4 | 0.73 | 1.20 | 3.1 ± 0.2 | 0.54 |
| Spinach + Chlb‡ | 3.8 ± 1.1 | 3.7 ± 1.3 | — | — | — | — | 0.20 | 0.8 | 0.20 | 0.30 | 1.2 ± 0.3 | 0.17 |
| T. fluviatilis§ | 7.0 ± 0.4 | — | 1.0 ± 0.1 | — | 8.0 | 1.9 | — | — | — | — | — | 1.20 |
Values of mol of pigment/mol of polypeptide are means ± SD for three to six independent sample determinations.
*
As in Grabowski et al. (22).
†
Chl a/b in reconstitution mixture was 2.8 (mol/mol).
‡
Chl a/b in reconstitution mixture was 0.7 (mol/mol).
§
Chl a/c in reconstitution mixture was 7.5 (mol/mol).