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J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 261, Issue 18, 8134-8139, Jun, 1986

Identification and analysis of the maize P700 chlorophyll a apoproteins PSI-A1 and PSI-A2 by high pressure liquid chromatography analysis and partial sequence determination

LE Fish and L Bogorad

We recently described a pair of partially homologous maize chloroplast genes, one of which was shown to code for an apoprotein of the P700 chlorophyll a complex of photosystem I (Fish, L.E., Kuck, U., and Bogorad, L. (1985) J. Biol. Chem. 260, 1413-1421). Two chlorophyll-free apoprotein bands from maize chlorophyll-protein complex I (CPI) can be resolved on lithium dodecyl sulfate (LDS)-urea polyacrylamide gels. Proteins in both bands react with antibodies prepared against CPI, but antibodies prepared against two synthetic peptides corresponding to predicted sequences of PSI-A1 react only with the upper band. The presence of products of the two genes, ps1A1 and ps1A2, in CPI was verified by analysis of cyanogen bromide (CNBr) fragments of the lower apoprotein band obtained from LDS-urea polyacrylamide gels by reverse- phase high pressure liquid chromatography. Amino-terminal sequencing of five CNBr fragments indicates that the lower band contains a product of the ps1A2 gene. The possibility of extensive processing was investigated because the apparent molecular masses of the maize CPI proteins are about 58-70 kDa on LDS-polyacrylamide gels rather than the predicted sizes of about 83 kDa. Antibodies against a synthetic peptide corresponding to a predicted sequence in PSI-A1 were used to determine that the amino-terminal end of PSI-A1 is intact beyond about position 52. The amino-terminal CNBr fragment of PSI-A2 was identified by sequencing, indicating that the amino-terminal end of PSI-A2 is not processed. The carboxyl-terminal CNBr fragment of PSI-A2 was also identified by sequencing. These results indicate that the PSI-A1 and PSI-A2 polypeptides are not extensively processed, although some processing at the carboxyl-terminal end has not been ruled out.
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