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Using the crystal structure of allophycocyanin from cyanobacteriumSpirulina platensis (APC-SP) as a search model, the crystal structure of allophycocyanin from red algaePorphyra yezoensis (APC-PY) has been studied by molecular replacement methods. The APC-PY crystals (Form 3) belong to the space group of R32, cell dimensions a =b = 10.53 nm,c = 18.94 nm, α= β = 90 °, γ= 120 °; there is one αβ monomer in each crystallographic asymmetric unit in the cell. The translation function search gave a unique peak with a correlation coefficient (Cc) of 67.0% and an R-factor of 36.1 % for reflection data from 1.0 to 0.4 nm. Using the results by molecular replacement, the initial model of APC-PY was built, and the coincidence of the chromophore in APC-PY initial model with its2F o- Fc OMIT map further confirms the results by molecular replacement.
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Liu, J., Jiang, T., Zhang, J. et al. Molecular replacement studies on crystal structure of allophycocyanin from red algaePorphyra yezoensis . Sci. China Ser. C.-Life Sci. 43, 287–292 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02879288
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