Purification and mass spectrometry‐based sequencing of yellow mustard (Sinapis alba L.) 6 kDa proteins Identification as antifungal proteins

1 June 1996

journal article
Published by Wiley in International Journal of Peptide and Protein Research

Vol. 47 (6) , 437-446
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1399-3011.1996.tb01094.x

Abstract

Three basic proteins, M1, M2A and M2B, that are substrates for plant Ca²⁺ -dependent protein kinase (CDPK) were purified from seeds of yellow mustard (Sinapis alba L.) by a protocol involving batchwise chromatography on carboxymethylcellulose (CM52), cation-exchange HPLC on an SP5PW column and reversed-phase HPLC on a C18 column. The complete amino-acid sequences of these proteins have been determined employing Edman sequencing and electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESMS) applied to the proteins and their tryptic and chymotryptic fragments. M1 (observed mass 5676.8 ± 1.0 Da; calculated mass 5677.57 Da), M2A (observed mass 5704.8 ± 0.8 Da; calculated mass 5704.60 Da) and M2B (observed mass 5839.5 ± 1.2 Da; calculated mass 5838.78 Da) have been identified as γ-thionins, which are potent antifungal proteins. M1, M2A and M2B are phosphorylated by plant CDPK on Ser residues, the site of phosphorylation on M2A being S⁸ as directly confirmed by Edman sequencing and mass spectrometry of the chymotryptically generated phosphopeptide CQRPS(HPO₃)GTW¹¹. M1 and M2A have apparent calmodulin (CaM) antagonist activity with IC₅₀ values of 4.8 ± 1.3 μM and 5.5 ± 1.5 μM, respectively, for inhibition of CaM-dependent myosin light chain kinase (MLCK). M2A and/or M2B interacts with dansyl-CaM in both the presence and absence of calcium. © Munksgaard 1996.

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