The peptide used to elicit this antibody has a perfect conservation across all full-length PsbD sequences from higher plants, lower plants, cyanobacteria and unicellular algae except: minor substitutions in some Prochlorococcus & Dinoflagellate sequences, The antibody should still work against these taxa, but it has not been tested yet, This antibody does not detect PsbA protein (D1),This product can be sold containing ProClin if requested,There is a confirmed cross-reaction with TLA1 protein in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. For samples with a very low PSII content theremight be detection problems independent of the antibody. PSII proteins can vary in level depending upon liquid culture conditions. When the cells are in a stationary phase PSII content can drop to a very low level.
D2 protein (PsbD) acts as a heterodimer to form PSII(Photosystem II) with D1 protein (PsbA). PsbD is homologous to D1 protein and has a slightly higher molecular weight of about 39.5 kDa. D2 protein accumulation is an important step in the assembly of the PSII reaction center complex.
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