Subcellular distribution of carbonic anhydrase in Solanum tuberosum L. leaves |
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Authors: | Dominique Rumeau Stephan Cuiné Laurent Fina Nathalie Gault Michel Nicole Gilles Peltier |
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Institution: | (1) Département d'Ecophysiologie Végétale et Microbiologie, CEA-CNRS, UMR-CNRS 163, F-13108 Saint-Paul-lez-Durance Cedex, France;(2) ORSTOM, Laboratoire de Phythopathologie, Centre de Montpellier, 911 Avenue Agropolis, F-34032 Montpellier Cedex, France |
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Abstract: | The intracellular compartmentation of carbonic anhydrase (CA; EC 4.2.1.1), an enzyme that catalyses the reversible hydration of CO2 to bicarbonate, has been investigated in potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) leaves. Although enzyme activity was mainly located in chloroplasts (87% of total cellular activity), significant activity (13%) was also found in the cytosol. The corresponding CA isoforms were purified either from chloroplasts or crude leaf extracts, respectively. The cytosolic isoenzyme has a molecular mass of 255 000 and is composed of eight identical subunits with an estimated M
r of 30000. The chloroplastic isoenzyme (M
r 220000) is also an octamer composed of two different subunits with M
r estimated at 27 000 and 27 500, respectively. The N-terminal amino acid sequences of both chloroplastic CA subunits demonstrated that they were identical except that the M
r-27 000 subunit was three amino acids shorter than that of the M
r-27 500 subunit. Cytosolic and chloroplastic CA isoenzymes were found to be similarly inhibited by monovalent anions (Cl–, I–, N
3
-
and NO
3
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) and by sulfonamides (ethoxyzolamide and acetozolamide). Both CA isoforms were found to be dependent on a reducing agent such as cysteine or dithiothreitol in order to retain the catalytic activity, but 2-mercaptoethanol was found to be a potent inhibitor. A polyclonal antibody directed against a synthetic peptide corresponding to the N-terminal amino acid sequence of the chloroplastic CA monomers also recognized the cytosolic CA isoform. This antibody was used for immunocytolocalization experiments which confirmed the intracellular compartmentation of CA: within chloroplasts, CA is restricted to the stroma and appears randomly distributed in the cytosol.Abbreviations BSA
bovine serum albumin
- CA
carbonic anhydrase
- PMSF
phenylmethylsulphonyl fluoride
- BAM
benzamidine
- DTT
dithiothreitol
- 2-ME
2-mercaptoethanol
- PVDF
polyvinylidene difluoride
The authors thanks P. Carrier and Dr. B. Dimon for technical assistance with the mass-spectrometry measurements. |
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Keywords: | Carbonic anhydrase purification Intracellular compartmentation Solanum |
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