Thioredoxin-Mediated Reductive Activation of a Protein Kinase for the Regulatory Phosphorylation of C4-form Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxylase from Maize
- 15 December 2001
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Plant and Cell Physiology
- Vol. 42 (12) , 1295-1302
- https://doi.org/10.1093/pcp/pce182
Abstract
The activity of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase (PEPC, EC4.1.1.31) for the C4 photosynthesis is known to be regulated mainly in response to light/dark transitions through reversible phosphorylation by a specific protein kinase (PK). PEPC-PK with an M(r) of 30 kDa was purified about 1.4 million-fold to homogeneity from maize leaves and characterized. The purified PEPC-PK was readily inactivated under mild oxidative conditions, but the activity could be recovered by dithiothreitol (DTT). The recovery by DTT was strongly accelerated by thioredoxin (Trx) from E. coli. Trxs of plant origin such as Trx-m from spinach chloroplast and Trx-h from rice cytoplasm were also effective. These results suggest the possibility of PEPC-PK being redox-regulated via Trx in vivo.Keywords
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