Orange carotenoid protein
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Orange carotenoid protein
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Orange carotenoid protein (OCP) is a water-soluble protein which plays a role in photoprotection in diverse cyanobacteria. It is the only photoactive protein known to use a carotenoid as the photoresponsive chromophore. The protein consists of two domains, with a single keto-carotenoid molecule non-covalently bound between the two domains. It is a very efficient quencher of excitation energy absorbed by the primary light-harvesting antenna complexes of cyanobacteria, the phycobilisomes. The quen
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange_carotenoid_protein
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2023-12-28T18:30:50Z
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