Peptide sequence tags and method of using same

摘要

Peptide sequence tags are identified and used to produce a class of global antibodies, which recognize all members of key protein subunit families for the PSI complex with uniform specificity, regardless of the species of origin. The tags are used to create antibodies to the key PsaC or PsaA proteins of the PSI complex catalyzing carbon fixation. The antibodies have a range of applications as diagnostic detection reagents for the major environmental process of photosynthesis.