Characterization of DNA-Binding Proteins from Pea Mitochondria1
- 1 February 1998
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Plant Physiology
- Vol. 116 (2) , 519-527
- https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.116.2.519
Abstract
We studied transcription initiation in the mitochondria of higher plants, with particular respect to promoter structures. Conserved elements of these promoters have been successfully identified by in vitro transcription systems in different species, whereas the involved protein components are still unknown. Proteins binding to double-stranded oligonucleotides representing different parts of the pea (Pisum sativum) mitochondrial atp9were analyzed by denaturation-renaturation chromatography and mobility-shift experiments. Two DNA-protein complexes were detected, which appeared to be sequence specific in competition experiments. Purification by hydroxyapatite, phosphocellulose, and reversed-phase high-pressure liquid chromatography separated two polypeptides with apparent molecular masses of 32 and 44 kD. Both proteins bound to conserved structures of the pea atp9 and the heterologous Oenothera berterianaatp1promoters and to sequences just upstream. Possible functions of these proteins in mitochondrial promoter recognition are discussed.Keywords
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