MED4 strain

Also known as: CCMP1986/CCMP1378

Subcluster: Pro

Clade/Ecotype: HLI

Subclade: HLI

Phycobiliprotein types: beta-PEIII

Pigment type: low b/a

Habitat: marine

Remark: Strain in which CpeS has been characterized (Wiethaus et al., 2010b). Strain likely co-identical to PCC9511.

Refseq record: NC_005072

Genome status: complete

Sequencing center: JGI

Kettler et al., 2007. Patterns and implications of gene gain and loss in the evolution of Prochlorococcus PLoS Genet, 3, e231.
Rocap et al., 2003. Genome divergence in two Prochlorococcus ecotypes reflects oceanic niche differentiation Nature, 424, 1042-1047.
Wiethaus et al., 2010. Phycobiliproteins in Prochlorococcus marinus: Biosynthesis of pigments and their assembly into proteins Eur J Cell Biol, 89, 1005-1010.
Wiethaus et al., 2010. CpeS is a lyase specific for attachment of 3Z-PEB to Cys82 of {beta}-phycoerythrin from Prochlorococcus marinus MED4 J Biol Chem, 285, 37561-37569.

Gene	Locus tag	Genbank	Remark	Length	Last change
CpeS-ProHL subfamily	PMM0306	NP_892425.1		183	09-26-2011
IaiH family	PMM1480	NP_893597.1		256	10-26-2011

Model strains, Marine strains

Last update: 30 Aug 2012 7:59:08