UniProt functional annotation for P50030

UniProt code: P50030.

Organism: Thermosynechococcus elongatus (strain BP-1).
Taxonomy: Bacteria; Cyanobacteria; Synechococcales; Synechococcaceae; Thermosynechococcus.
 
Function: Light-harvesting photosynthetic bile pigment-protein from the phycobiliprotein complex. Allophycocyanin has a maximum absorption at approximately 650 nanometers.
 
Subunit: Heterodimer of an alpha and a beta chain. {ECO:0000250}.
Subcellular location: Cellular thylakoid membrane {ECO:0000250}; Peripheral membrane protein {ECO:0000250}; Cytoplasmic side {ECO:0000250}. Note=Forms the core of the phycobilisome. {ECO:0000250}.
Ptm: Contains one covalently linked phycocyanobilin chromophore. {ECO:0000250}.
Similarity: Belongs to the phycobiliprotein family. {ECO:0000305}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.