Light-dependent degradation of the Q(B)-protein in isolated pea thylakoids |
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| Authors: | Ohad I Kyle D J Hirschberg J |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Biological Chemistry, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel. |
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| Abstract: | The 32 000-dalton QB-protein of photosystem II (PS II) is rapidly damaged and removed from isolated pea thylakoids during incubation in the light resulting in a loss of photosynthetic electron flow through PS II. This in vitro photoinhibition is similar to that previously reported with intact Chlamydomonas cells. The damage occurs at a faster rate in vitro, however, due to the inability of isolated thylakoids to synthesize replacement QB-protein. The removal of the damaged QB-protein does not require any soluble components of the chloroplast stroma and is unaffected by the protease inhibitors phenyl-methylsulfonylfluoride or antipain. Unlike the effect of trypsin, no low mol. wt. membrane-bound or soluble fragments of the labelled QB-protein could be identified either by autoradiography or immunologically using polyclonal antibodies specific for the QB-protein. The lightinduced damage to the QB-protein (indicated by a loss of QB functional activity), preceded the removal of the protein from the membrane. We conclude that photodamage of the QB-protein generates a conformational change which renders the protein susceptible to attack by a highly efficient, intrinsic membrane protease. |
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