At3g50820: PSBO2 (PHOTOSYSTEM II SUBUNIT O-2)

Encodes a protein which is an extrinsic subunit of photosystem II and which has been proposed to play a central role in stabilization of the catalytic manganese cluster. In Arabidopsis thaliana the PsbO proteins are encoded by two genes: psbO1 and psbO2. PsbO2 is the minor isoform in the wild-type. Mutants defective in this gene have been shown to be affected in the dephosphorylation of the D1 protein of PSII.