[HTML][HTML] The amazing phycobilisome

N Adir, S Bar-Zvi, D Harris - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) …, 2020 - Elsevier
Cyanobacteria and red-algae share a common light-harvesting complex which is different
than all other complexes that serve as photosynthetic antennas–the Phycobilisome (PBS) …

Changing color for photoprotection: the orange carotenoid protein

F Muzzopappa, D Kirilovsky - Trends in Plant Science, 2020 - cell.com
Under high irradiance, light becomes dangerous for photosynthetic organisms and they
must protect themselves. Cyanobacteria have developed a simple mechanism, involving a …

Microalgal protein AstaP is a potent carotenoid solubilizer and delivery module with a broad carotenoid binding repertoire

YB Slonimskiy, NA Egorkin, T Friedrich… - The FEBS …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Carotenoids are lipophilic substances with many biological functions, from coloration to
photoprotection. Being potent antioxidants, carotenoids have multiple biomedical …

Structural analysis of a new carotenoid-binding protein: the C-terminal domain homolog of the OCP

MA Dominguez-Martin, M Hammel, S Gupta… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Abstract The Orange Carotenoid Protein (OCP) is a water-soluble protein that governs
photoprotection in many cyanobacteria. The 35 kDa OCP is structurally and functionally …

Oligomerization processes limit photoactivation and recovery of the orange carotenoid protein

EA Andreeva, S Niziński, A Wilson, M Levantino… - Biophysical …, 2022 - cell.com
The orange carotenoid protein (OCP) is a photoactive protein involved in cyanobacterial
photoprotection by quenching of the excess of light-harvested energy. The photoactivation …

Effector Sntf2 Interacted with Chloroplast-Related Protein Mdycf39 Promoting the Colonization of Colletotrichum gloeosporioides in Apple Leaf

M Wang, Z Ji, H Yan, J Xu, X Zhao, Z Zhou - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Glomerella leaf spot of apple, caused by Colletotrichum gloeosporioides, is a devastating
disease that leads to severe defoliation and fruit spots. The Colletotrichum species secretes …

Functional specialization of expanded orange carotenoid protein paralogs in subaerial Nostoc species

YW Yang, K Liu, D Huang, C Yu, SZ Chen… - Plant …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Orange carotenoid protein (OCP) is a photoactive protein that participates in the
photoprotection of cyanobacteria. There are 2 full-length OCP proteins, 4 N-terminal …

Comparative ultrafast spectroscopy and structural analysis of OCP1 and OCP2 from Tolypothrix

V Kuznetsova, MA Dominguez-Martin, H Bao… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2020 - Elsevier
The orange carotenoid protein (OCP) is a structurally and functionally modular photoactive
protein involved in cyanobacterial photoprotection. Recently, based on bioinformatic …

Excited-state properties of canthaxanthin in cyanobacterial carotenoid-binding proteins HCP2 and HCP3

T Khan, MA Dominguez-Martin, I Simova… - The Journal of …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Recently a new family of carotenoproteins, homologues of the N-terminal domain of the
orange carotenoid protein (NTD-OCP), have been identified in cyanobacteria. These …

Structural basis for the ligand promiscuity of the neofunctionalized, carotenoid-binding fasciclin domain protein AstaP

FD Kornilov, YB Slonimskiy, DA Lunegova… - Communications …, 2023 - nature.com
Fasciclins (FAS1) are ancient adhesion protein domains with no common small ligand
binding reported. A unique microalgal FAS1-containing astaxanthin (AXT)-binding protein …