1.Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 266071, Qingdao, China ;2.Osaka National Research Institute, Agency of Industrial Science and Technology, Osaka 563, Ikeda, Japan ;
Abstract:
The genes coding for the α-and β-subunit of allophycocyanin (apcA andapcB) from the cyanophyteSpirulina maxima were cloned and sequenced. The results revealed 44.4% of nucleotide sequence similarity and 30.4% of similarity of deduced amino acid sequence between them. The amino acid sequence identities betweenS. maxima andS. platensis are 99.4% for α subunit and 100% for β subunit.