Protein is processed into mature form (Jansson 1999).
The light harvesting protein Lhca3 is one of the four major and highly conserved chlorophyll a/b binding proteins (Lhca1-4) of the light harvesting antenna (LHCI) of plant light system i. Lhca3 enters the chloroplast from the cytoplasm as a precursor. After integration in the thylakoid membrane, Lhca3 forms a heterodimer with Lhca2 (LHCI-680), which binds to the PSI core near PsaF and PsaK. Biochemical characteristics of plant LHCI antennas can be found in Klimmek et al. (2005). Structure of light harvesting complexes in higher plants I: In vivo properties and structural interdependence of Lhca proteins. Biochemistry 44:3065-3073.
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