UniProt functional annotation for P59763

UniProt code: P59763.

Organism: Chlamydomonas reinhardtii (Chlamydomonas smithii).
Taxonomy: Eukaryota; Viridiplantae; Chlorophyta; core chlorophytes; Chlorophyceae; CS clade; Chlamydomonadales; Chlamydomonadaceae; Chlamydomonas.
 
Function: One of the components of the core complex of photosystem II (PSII), required for its stability and/or assembly (PubMed:7721898). PSII is a light-driven water:plastoquinone oxidoreductase that uses light energy to abstract electrons from H(2)O, generating O(2) and a proton gradient subsequently used for ATP formation. It consists of a core antenna complex that captures photons, and an electron transfer chain that converts photonic excitation into a charge separation. {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_01316, ECO:0000269|PubMed:7721898}.
 
Subunit: 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, at least 3 peripheral proteins of the oxygen- evolving complex and a large number of cofactors. It forms dimeric complexes. {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_01316}.
Subcellular location: Plastid, chloroplast thylakoid membrane {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_01316}; Single-pass membrane protein {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_01316}.
Disruption phenotype: Able to grow photoautotrophically only in dim light, oxygen evolution is 10-20% of wild-type, reduced accumulation of protein D1 (PsbA). {ECO:0000269|PubMed:7721898}.
Similarity: Belongs to the PsbI family. {ECO:0000255|HAMAP- Rule:MF_01316}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.