FEATURES

FAMILY

DESCRIPTION

Also known as PSBU_THEVL, psbU. Stabilizes the structure of photosystem II (PSII) oxygen-evolving complex (OEC), the ion environment of oxygen evolution and protects the OEC against heat-induced inactivation. Requires cytochrome c-550 (PsbV) or OEC3 (PsbO) to bind to photosystem II (PSII). PSII is a light-driven water plastoquinone oxidoreductase, using light energy to abstract electrons from H(2)O, generating a proton gradient subsequently used for ATP formation. With PsbO, P, Q and V forms the oxygen-evolving complex of photosystem II (Probable). Cyanobacterial PSII is composed of 1 copy each of membrane proteins PsbA, PsbB, PsbC, PsbD, PsbE, PsbF, PsbH, PsbI, PsbJ, PsbK, PsbL, PsbM, PsbT, PsbX, PsbY, PsbZ, Ycf12, 3 peripheral proteins PsbO, PsbU, PsbV and a large number of cofactors. It forms dimeric complexes.

EXTERNAL LINKS

psbU

Photosystem II 12 kDa extrinsic protein

psbU

Molecular Synopsis