STRUCTURAL-CHANGES IN THYLAKOID PROTEINS DURING COLD-ACCLIMATION AND FREEZING OF WINTER RYE (SECALE-CEREALE L-CV PUMA)
STRUCTURAL-CHANGES IN THYLAKOID PROTEINS DURING COLD-ACCLIMATION AND FREEZING OF WINTER RYE (SECALE-CEREALE L-CV PUMA)
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DOI:
10.1104/pp.70.2.418
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发表时间:
1982-01-01
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影响因子:
7.4
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HUNER, NPA
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作者:
GRIFFITH, M;BROWN, GN;HUNER, NPA
Thylakoids were isolated from nonhardened and cold-hardened winter rye (S. cereale L. cv. Puma), and subjected to sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis [SDS-PAGE] in the presence and absence of sylfhydryl reagents. Electrophoresis of cold-hardened rye thylakoid proteins revealed the presence of a 35 kilodalton [Kd] polypeptide and the absence of a 51 Kd polypeptide found in nonhardened rye thylakoid proteins. The 35 Kd band could be induced by adding .beta.-mercaptoethanol to nonhardened rye thylakoid proteins, whereas the 51 Kd band could be formed by adding cupric phenanthroline to these same proteins. Sulfhydryl group titration showed that cold-hardened rye thylakoid proteins contained more free sulfhydryls than nonhardened rye proteins. Although amino acid analysis of thylakoid proteins revealed quantitative differences in several amino acid residues, the polarity of thylakoid proteins did not change during cold acclimation. No significant change in SDS-PAGE gels of thylakoid proteins appeared when either nonhardened or cold-hardened plants were frozen in vivo or in vitro. Thylakoid proteins did aggregate when frozen in the presence of .beta.-mercaptoethanol. Although thylakoid proteins isolated from cold-hardened rye contained more reduced thiols, a general state of reduction did not act as a cryoprotectant. Conformational changes of specific proteins may be important for low temperature growth of rye.