ID   PHAA_CYACA              Reviewed;         161 AA.
AC   Q9TLS7;
DT   01-JUN-2001, integrated into UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot.
DT   01-MAY-2000, sequence version 1.
DT   03-AUG-2022, entry version 79.
DE   RecName: Full=Allophycocyanin alpha chain;
GN   Name=apcA;
OS   Cyanidium caldarium (Red alga).
OG   Plastid; Chloroplast.
OC   Eukaryota; Rhodophyta; Bangiophyceae; Cyanidiales; Cyanidiaceae; Cyanidium.
OX   NCBI_TaxID=2771;
RN   [1]
RP   NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [LARGE SCALE GENOMIC DNA].
RC   STRAIN=RK-1;
RX   PubMed=11040290; DOI=10.1007/s002390010101;
RA   Gloeckner G., Rosenthal A., Valentin K.-U.;
RT   "The structure and gene repertoire of an ancient red algal plastid
RT   genome.";
RL   J. Mol. Evol. 51:382-390(2000).
CC   -!- FUNCTION: Light-harvesting photosynthetic bile pigment-protein from the
CC       phycobiliprotein complex. Allophycocyanin has a maximum absorption at
CC       approximately 650 nanometers.
CC   -!- SUBUNIT: Heterodimer of an alpha and a beta chain. {ECO:0000250}.
CC   -!- SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Plastid, chloroplast thylakoid membrane
CC       {ECO:0000250}; Peripheral membrane protein {ECO:0000250}; Stromal side
CC       {ECO:0000250}. Note=Forms the core of the phycobilisome. {ECO:0000250}.
CC   -!- PTM: Contains one covalently linked phycocyanobilin chromophore.
CC       {ECO:0000250}.
CC   -!- SIMILARITY: Belongs to the phycobiliprotein family. {ECO:0000305}.
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DR   EMBL; AF022186; AAF12902.1; -; Genomic_DNA.
DR   RefSeq; NP_045192.1; NC_001840.1.
DR   AlphaFoldDB; Q9TLS7; -.
DR   SMR; Q9TLS7; -.
DR   GeneID; 800211; -.
DR   GO; GO:0009535; C:chloroplast thylakoid membrane; IEA:UniProtKB-SubCell.
DR   GO; GO:0030089; C:phycobilisome; IEA:UniProtKB-KW.
DR   GO; GO:0015979; P:photosynthesis; IEA:UniProtKB-KW.
DR   Gene3D; 1.10.490.20; -; 1.
DR   InterPro; IPR009050; Globin-like_sf.
DR   InterPro; IPR012128; Phycobilisome_asu/bsu.
DR   InterPro; IPR038719; Phycobilisome_asu/bsu_sf.
DR   Pfam; PF00502; Phycobilisome; 1.
DR   PIRSF; PIRSF000081; Phycocyanin; 1.
DR   SUPFAM; SSF46458; SSF46458; 1.
PE   3: Inferred from homology;
KW   Antenna complex; Bile pigment; Chloroplast; Chromophore;
KW   Electron transport; Membrane; Methylation; Photosynthesis; Phycobilisome;
KW   Plastid; Thylakoid; Transport.
FT   CHAIN           1..161
FT                   /note="Allophycocyanin alpha chain"
FT                   /id="PRO_0000199082"
FT   BINDING         81
FT                   /ligand="(2R,3E)-phycocyanobilin"
FT                   /ligand_id="ChEBI:CHEBI:85275"
FT                   /note="covalent, via 1 link"
FT                   /evidence="ECO:0000250"
FT   MOD_RES         71
FT                   /note="N4-methylasparagine"
FT                   /evidence="ECO:0000250"
SQ   SEQUENCE   161 AA;  17603 MW;  1C69904213842F7B CRC64;
     MSIVTKSIVN ADAEARYLSP GELDRIKSFV MSGQRRLRIA QILTDNRERI VKQAGQQLFQ
     KRPDIVSPGG NAYGEEMTAT CLRDLDYYLR LITYSVVAGD VIPIEEIGLV GVREMYNSLG
     TPLSGVAEGI RSMKSVVSGL LAGDDAAEAS FYFDYAIGAM Q