Orange carotenoid-binding protein

UniProtKB accession:  P83689

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UniProtKB description:  Acts as a blue-light photoreceptor and photo-protectant. Essential for inhibiting damaged induced by excess blue-green light via a process known as non-photochemical quenching (NPQ). Binding carotenoids improves OCP's intrinsic photoprotectant activity by broadening its absorption spectrum and facilitating the dissipation of absorbed energy (PubMed:15751975). In the dark or dim light the stable inactive form (OCP-O) is orange, upon illumination with blue-green light it converts to a metastable active red form (OCP-R), inducing energy dissipation, quenching cellular fluorescence via NPQ (By similarity).