ISSN:
1432-1432
Keywords:
Ribsomal proteins
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Chloroplast
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Two-dimensional gel electrophoresis
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Immunological cross-reactivity
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Protein evolution
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Peptidyltransferase
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Anabaena 7120
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Escherichia coli
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
Notes:
Summary Antibodies to individual chloroplast ribosomal (r-)proteins ofChlamydomonas reinhardtii synthesized in either the chloroplast or the cytoplasm were used to examine the relatedness ofChlamydomonas r-proteins to r-proteins from the spinach (Spinacia oleracea) chloroplast,Escherichia coli, and the cyanobacteriumAnabaena 7120. In addition,35S-labeled chloroplast r-proteins from large and small subunits ofC. reinhardtii were coelectrophoresed on 2-D gels with unlabeled r-proteins from similar subunits of spinach chloroplasts,E. coli, andAnabaena to compare their size and net charge. Comigrating protein pairs were not always immunologically related, whereas immunologically related r-protein pairs often did not comigrate but differed only slightly in charge and molecular weight. In constrast, when35S-labeled chloroplast r-proteins from large and small subunits of a closely related speciesC. smithii were coelectrophoresed with unlabeledC. reinhardtii chloroplast r-proteins, only one pair of proteins from each subunit showed a net displacement in mobility. Analysis of immunoblots of one-dimensional SDS and two-dimensional urea/SDS gels of large and small subunit r-proteins from these species revealed more antigenic conservation among the four species of large subunit r-proteins than small subunit r-proteins.Anabaena r-proteins showed the greatest immunological similarity toC. reinhardtii chloroplast r-proteins. In general, antisera made against chloroplast-synthesized r-proteins inC. reinhardtii showed much higher levels of cross-reactivity with r-proteins fromAnabaena, spinach, andE. coli than did antisera to cytoplasmically synthesized r-proteins. All spinach r-proteins that cross-reacted with antisera to chloroplast-synthesized r-proteins ofC. reinhardtii are known to be made in the chloroplast (Dorne et al. 1984b). FourE. coli r-proteins encoded by the S10 operon (L2, S3, L16, and L23) were found to be conserved immunologically among the four species. Two of the large subunit r-proteins, L2 and L16, are essential for peptidyltransferase activity. The third (L23) and two otherE. coli large subunit r-proteins (L5 and L27) that have immunological equivalents among the four species are functionally related to but not essential for peptidyltransferase activity.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02106183
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