a blue protein found in green plants and in some bacteria
Examples of 'plastocyanin' in a sentence
plastocyanin
The decrease in photosynthetic capacity was correlated with a reduction in plastocyanin protein levels.
Muhammad eShahbaz, Karl eRavet, Graham ePeers, Marinus ePilon 2015, 'Prioritization of copper for the use in photosynthetic electron transport in developingleaves of hybrid poplar', Frontiers in Plant Sciencehttp://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpls.2015.00407/full. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Flavodoxin and plastocyanin transcripts indicate possible alternative redox metal strategies.
Ryan D. Groussman, Micaela S. Parker, E. Virginia Armbrust 2015, 'Diversity and Evolutionary History of Iron Metabolism Genes in Diatoms', PLOS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0129081. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Hence, significant conformational and/or solvation changes accompany the redox conversion of plastocyanin.
José Luis Olloqui-Sariego, Estrella Frutos-Beltrán, Emilio Roldán, Miguel A. De laRosa, Juan José Calvente, Antonio Díaz-Quintana, Rafael Andreu 2012, 'Voltammetric study of the adsorbed thermophilic plastocyanin from Phormidium laminosumup to 90 °C', Electrochemistry Communicationshttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1388248112001117. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Compared to older leaves, plastocyanin decreased more strongly in developing leaves, whichalso lost more photosynthetic electron transport capacity.
Muhammad eShahbaz, Karl eRavet, Graham ePeers, Marinus ePilon 2015, 'Prioritization of copper for the use in photosynthetic electron transport in developingleaves of hybrid poplar', Frontiers in Plant Sciencehttp://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpls.2015.00407/full. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)