NCBI Accession #
YP_913182.1
NCBI GenBank Nucleotide #
NC_008641.1
NCBI Official Full Name
PSII D2 protein (chloroplast)
NCBI Official Symbol
psbD
NCBI Protein Information
photosystem II protein D2
UniProt Synonym Gene Names
PSII D2 protein
UniProt Protein Name
Photosystem II D2 protein
UniProt Synonym Protein Names
Photosystem Q(A) protein
UniProt Primary Accession #
A0ZZ30
UniProt Related Accession #
A0ZZ30
UniProt Comments
Photosystem II (PSII) is a light-driven water: plastoquinone oxidoreductase that uses light energy to abstract electrons from H2O, generating O2 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. The D1/D2 (PsbA/PsbA) reaction center heterodimer binds P680, the primary electron donor of PSII as well as several subsequent electron acceptors. D2 is needed for assembly of a stable PSII complex.