NCBI Accession #
YP_740097.1
NCBI GenBank Nucleotide #
NC_008325.1
NCBI Official Full Name
photosystem II protein D1 (chloroplast)
NCBI Official Symbol
psbA
NCBI Protein Information
photosystem II protein D1
UniProt Synonym Gene Names
PSII D1 protein
UniProt Protein Name
Photosystem II protein D1
UniProt Synonym Protein Names
Photosystem II Q(B) protein
UniProt Primary Accession #
Q0G9Y2
UniProt Related Accession #
Q0G9Y2
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.