Abstract

SEQUENCE AND STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS OF ATP SYNTHASE IN SARGASSUM MUTICUM

P. Subashree*, K. Shoba and Dr. B. Hebsibah elsie

ABSTRACT

Marine macro algae or seaweeds, are plant-like organisms that generally live attached to rock or other hard substrata in coastal areas. Red and brown algae are almost exclusively marine, whilst green algae are also common in freshwater (rivers and lakes), and even in terrestrial (rocks, walls, houses, and tree bark in damp places) situations. Sargassum muticum is brown seaweed; normally brown to yellowish with a length up to 10 m. It is an autotroph that uses energy from sunlight. Sargassum muticum growth is unlimited and the size is variable. In agriculture, algae are used as sources of nitrate and potassium for fertilization. Sargassum muticum is able to carry out the bioabsorption of heavy metals like cadmium, chlorophenolic compounds, and nickel. ATP synthase is an enzyme that creates the energy storage molecule Adenosine TriPhosphate (ATP). ATP is the most commonly used "energy currency" of cells for all organisms. It is formed from adenosine diphosphate (ADP) and inorganic phosphate (Pi). The sequence of ATP synthase retrived from National Centre for Biotechnology Information The biophysical characterization and motif analysis were carried out using Bioinformatics tools like Jcat, scan prosite, Saps,and advanced Jcat server are used.

Keywords: Sargassum muticum, NCBI, Bioinformatics, Adenosine TriPhosphate,Jcat server.