Purification and Characterization of a 70-Kilodalton Polyadenylate-Binding Protein from Pea (Pisum sativum)
- 1 March 1992
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Plant Physiology
- Vol. 98 (3) , 1115-1120
- https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.98.3.1115
Abstract
A polyadenylate-binding protein (PABP) was purified from cell-free extracts prepared from pea seedlings (Pisum sativum) by ammonium sulfate precipitation and Affi-Gel Blue and polyadenylate-Sepharose 4B affinity chromatography. The final preparation from polyadenylate-Sepharose 4B columns contained a single 70-kilodalton polypeptide with high polyadenylate-binding activity. The purified protein was active over a broad range of ionic strengths and showed temperature and pH optima of 37 degrees C and pH 6.5, respectively. Specificity studies indicated that the pea PABP was most active with polyadenylic acids, showed some activity with polyguanylic acid, and did not bind to polycytidylic acid. Moreover, longer polyadenylate molecules were bound more effectively than shorter ones. Because these properties are similar to PABPs isolated from other sources, we conclude that we have identified, purified, and characterized a plant PABP analogous to those described in yeast and animal systems.Keywords
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