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Auracyanins A and B and similar proteins This subfamily includes both auracyanins A and B from the photosynthetic bacterium Chloroflexus aurantiacus and similar proteins. Auracyanins A and B are very similar blue copper proteins with 38% sequence identity and are homologous to the bacterial redox protein Azurin. However, auracyanin A is expressed only when C. aurantiacus cells are grown in light, whereas auracyanin B is expressed in both dark and light conditions. Thus, auracyanin A may function as a redox partner in photosynthesis, while auracyanin B may function in aerobic respiration.
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