Abstract:
The deletion mutated core-membrane linker protein ApcE(1-240) from
Anabaena sp.PCC7120 were overexpressed in E.coli.The activities of expressed proteins were studied through in vivo reconstitution tests,where phycocyanobilin-biosynthesizing gene(
ho1 and
pcyA) were transformed into
E.coli.Through the absorption and the fluorescence spectra,the results show ApcE(1-240) could bind covalently phycocyanobilin(PCB) in an autocatalytic reaction.The presence of 4 mol/L urea is necessary to solubilize the resulting biliprotein,and it has absorption maxima(λ
max=660 nm) and fluorescence maxima(λ
max=668 nm).