REVERSIBLE CHEMICAL CROSS-LINKING OF THE LIGHT-HARVESTING POLYPEPTIDES OF RHODOPSEUDOMONAS-VIRIDIS
REVERSIBLE CHEMICAL CROSS-LINKING OF THE LIGHT-HARVESTING POLYPEPTIDES OF RHODOPSEUDOMONAS-VIRIDIS
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DOI:
10.1111/j.1432-1033.1985.tb09071.x
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发表时间:
1985-01-01
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JAY, FA
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作者:
LUDWIG, FR;JAY, FA
The topography of the light-harvesting polypeptides of Rhodopseudomonas viridis was investigated using cleavable chemical cross-linkers. To this end a set of succinimidyl esters and surface-specific sulfosuccinimidyl esters of different span widths were synthesized. The cross-linking reagents have been characterized using NMR and infrared spectroscopy and thin-layer chromatography. The cross-linking reaction was carried out under physiological conditions and the aggregates were analyzed by the methods of one- and two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and by immunoblot analysis. We found cross-linkage between B1015-.alpha. and B1015-.beta., between B1015-.alpha. and B1015-.beta. and B1015-.beta. and B1015-.beta.. Aggregates of higher molecular mass were hetero-oligomers of B1015-.alpha. and B1015-.beta. containing three and four polypeptides, respectively. The results obtained in this work indicate a very tight contact among the light-harvesting polypeptides. We assume that the light-harvesting polypeptides are localized alternately as dimers of B1015-.alpha. and B1015-.beta. around the reaction centre core.