Post-translational transport into intact chloroplasts of a precursor to the small subunit of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase
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- 1 December 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Vol. 75 (12) , 6110-6114
- https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.75.12.6110
Abstract
A precursor to the small subunit of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase [3-phospho-D-glycerate carboxylase (dimerizing), EC 4.1.1.39] was identified among the products of cell-free translation of polyadenylated RNA from spinach [Spinacia oberacea] and pea [Pisum sativum cv. Alaska]. In both cases, the precursor is larger than the mature protein by 4000-5000 daltons. Upon incubation of postribosomal supernatants of the in vitro protein synthesis mixtures with purified intact chloroplasts, the pea and spinach precursors are transported interchangeably into the chloroplasts and processed to the mature size and charge. The newly transported small subunits assemble with endogenous large subunits to form the holoenzyme. A precursor to the Chlamydomonas reinhardtii small subunit is not taken up by higher plant chloroplasts, indicating the specificity of the transport events. These results demonstrate that the in vitro reconstruction of the post-translational transport of the higher plant precursors is physiologically significant.This publication has 20 references indexed in Scilit:
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