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Polypeptide Composition of Envelopes of Spinach Chloroplasts: Two Major Proteins Occupy 90% of Outer Envelope Membranes 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Koike Hiroyuki; Yoshio Maki; Kashino Yasuhiro; Satoh Kazuhiko 《Plant & cell physiology》1998,39(5):526-532
Outer and inner envelope membranes of spinach chloroplasts wereisolated using floatation centrifugation followed by sedimentationsucrose density gradient centrifugation after disruption ofintact chloroplasts by freezing and thawing. Two major fractionswith buoyant densities of 1.11 and 1.08 g cm3 and a minorfraction with a density of 1.15 g cm3 were obtained.They were identified as innei and outer envelope and thylakoidfractions, respectively, by analyzing their polypeptide compositionby high-resolution SDS-PAGE and the N-terminal sequences oftheir protein components. Due to the refinement of the isolation procedure, most of theribulose-l,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenasc (RuBisCO), whichhad always been observed as a contaminant, was eliminated fromthe outer envelope fraction. Application of high-resolutionSDS-PAGE revealed that this fraction was rich in the low-molecular-massouter envelope protein, E6.7 [Salomon et at. (1990) Proc. Natl.Acad. Sci. USA 87: 5778] and a protein with a molecular massof 15 kDa which is homologous to the 16 kDa outer envelope proteinof pea [Pohlmeyer et al. (1997) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 94:9504]. The two proteins account for 90% of the total proteinspresent in outer envelope membranes. Proteins which are suggestedto function in translocation of nuclear-encoded polypeptideswere not identified in the envelopes from spinach in the presentstudy. Differences in the protein composition of outer envelopemembranes arc discussed based on the developemental stages ofchloroplasts.
1Present address: Biological Function Section, Kansai AdvancedResearch Center, Communications Research Laboratory, Ministryof Posts and Telecommunications, Kobe, Hyogo, 651-24 Japan. 相似文献
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Ipomeamarone 15-hydroxylase activity was mainly recovered inthe pellet fraction between centrifugations at 10,000 and 100,000?gfrom a crude extract of Ceratocystis fimbriata-infected sweetpotato root tissue, whereas cinnamic acid 4-hydroxylase activitywas found between centrifugations at 300 and 10,000?g. Whenparticles in the crude extract were fractionated by sucrosedensity gradient centrifugation, the rough-surfaced microsomeswere distributed over a wide density range from 1.09 to 1.14g cm3, judging from the distributions of protein, RNAand NADPH-cytochrome c reductase activity. Phosphorylcholine-glyceridetransferase activity was only in the lighter half of the microsomalfraction (density: 1.091.11 g cm3). Ipomeamarone15-hydroxylase activity was found in heavier half of the microsomalfraction (density: 1.101.14 g cm3). We proposethat this tissue has two rough-surfaced endoplasmic reticulumspecies, only one of which carries phosphorylcholine-glyceridetransferase, and that the cytochrome P-450 system is localizedon the species lacking the enzyme. Cinnamic acid 4-hydroxylaseactivity was mainly found in a fraction that had densities of1.171.19 g cm3 and contained vesicular particlesof various sizes.
1 Present address: Laboratory of Food Hygienics, Faculty ofAgriculture, Kagawa University, Miki-cho, Kida-gun, Kagawa 761-07,Japan. (Received September 6, 1984; Accepted December 27, 1984) 相似文献
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An attempt has been made to separate constituents of marineseston samples: inorganic material, detritus and the algal species,by density gradient centrifugation, without affecting the physiologicalstate of the algae. A relatively inert gradient material, consistingof Percoll, salt and sucrose, was composed. Since the densitiesof detritus and algae as well as those of different algal speciesoften overlapped, only 10 of the 100 samples processed in thecourse of the year showed a reasonable separation. However,an enrichment with respect to one or more species was oftenachieved. Densities of eleven species of marine diatoms andof one dinoflagellate have been determined at different timesof the year. For eight diatom species and for the dinoflagellatethe following specific density ranges were established: Bidduiphiaaurita: 1.181.23 g cm3, Biddulphia sinensis: 1.031.08g cm3, Cerataulina bergonii: 1.031.06 g cm3,Ditylum brightwellii: 1.071.13 g cm3, Rhizosoleniadelicatula: 1.041.09 g cm3, Skeletonema costatum:1.121.17 g cm3, Streptotheca thamensis: 1.041.10g cm3 , Thalassiosira rotula: 1.051.10 g cm3,Peridinium sp.: 1.081.12 g cm3. No seasonal variationin density was demonstrated. Gradients of different compositiondid not influence density measurements. 相似文献
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DAY DAVID A.; ARRON GEOFFREY P.; LATIES GEORGE G. 《Journal of experimental botany》1979,30(3):539-549
Enzyme distribution in potato mitochondria was investigatedby selectively disrupting the outer and inner membranes withdigitonin. Antimycin-insensitive NADH-cytochrome c reductase,an outer membrane marker, was released at low digitonin concentrations(0.1 mg mg1 mitochondrial protein). Soluble matrix enzymes,fumarase and malate dehydrogenase were released at 0.30.4mg digitonin mg1 protein, as the inner membrane ruptured.Very little (about 10%) cytochrome oxidase activity was released,even at higher digitonin concentrations, in accord with thisenzyme being an integral inner membrane protein. By this criterionadenylate kinase is also firmly bound to the inner membrane.Evidence indicates that it faces the intermembrane space. Malic enzyme activity was released by the same digitonin concentrationthat released fumarase and malate dehydrogenase, indicatingthat malic enzyme is a soluble matrix enzyme. No activity wasreleased at low digitonin concentrations which selectively breakthe outer membrane, showing that malic enzyme is not presentin the intermembrane space. Considerable catalase activity (2040 µmol O2 min1mg1 protein) was associated with washed mitochondrialpreparations, but 95% of this was lost upon purification ofmitochondria. The remaining activity was firmly bound to themitochondrial membranes. 相似文献
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The theory and practice of applying the thermodynamics of irreversibleprocesses to mass-flow theories is presented. Onsager coefficientswere measured on cut and uncut phloem and cut xylem strandsof Heracleum muntegazzimum. In 0.3 N sucrose + 1 mN KC1 theyare as follows. In phloem, LEE = 5 ? 104 mho cm1,LpE = 9 ? 106 cm3 s1 cm2 volt1 cm,and LPP = 0.16 cm3 s1 cm2 (J cm3)1cm. In uncut phloem strands LEE is about 1 ? 103 mhocm1. In xylem in 2 x 103 N KCI, Lpp = 50 to 225,LPE = 2 ? 104, and LEE = 4 ? 103. The measurementsare tentative since the blockage of the sieve plates is an interferingfactor, but if they are valid they lead to the conclusion thatneither a pressure-flow nor an electro-kinetic mechanism envisaginga long distance current pathway can be the majormotive force for transport in mature phloem. Measurementsof biopotentials along conducting but laterally detached phloembundles of Heracleum suggest, nevertheless, that there may bea small electro-osmotic component of at least 0.1 mV cm1endogenous in the phloem. 相似文献
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Measurements of the electrical resistance and potential of thecell membranes of Chara australis have been made for over 60cells. In 17 cases the measurements extended over a period ofa few days for each cell. The most important results of theseobservations and calculations are as follows. The mean valueof the intercellular (between cells) resistance is about 1 kcm2. The transcellular (vacuole to external solution) resistanceconsists of two high-resistance layers. The mean value of theelectrical resistance of the outer layer is 7 k cm2. The capacityof the transcellular membrane equals about 2.5 µF cm2. 相似文献
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A membrane fraction from flax cells was able to incorporate[14C]galactose from UDP-D-[14C]galactose in vitro. The productsof the reaction, characterized by methylation analysis, consistedof a rß-1,4-galactan (solubilized mainly in water)and a rß-1,3- rß-1,6-galactan (solubilizedmainly in alkali). These results indicated the presence of severalgalactan synthase complexes, as did a profile of the relationshipbetween pH and activity which revealed both a maximum at pH6.5 and a shoulder at pH 8. Moreover, galactan synthase activitieswere found at two densities: 1.125 g cm3 (Golgi membranes)and 1.071.08 g cm3 (corresponding to low-densityvesicles). Partial characterization of one enzymatic system (maximaly activeat pH 8 in the presence of 5 mM MgCl2) was achieved. The Kmfor UDP-galactose and Vmax were 38 µM and 4.5 nmol h1(mg protein)1, respectively. (Received June 6, 1993; Accepted September 22, 1993) 相似文献
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Journal of Plankton Research, 11, 12731295, 1989. The values of P/U0 (Table I) and fluid velocity used to calculatethe energy required for sieving (pp. 12891290) and severalequations (footnote b of Table I; p. 1290, lines 34)are incorrect. The corrected table appears below: Table I. Filter setule measurements (mean and within specimenstandard deviation) of the gnathobases for the cladocerans studiedaGnathobaseof trunklimb number. bP = 8µU0/(b(1 21nt + 1/6(t2) - 1/144(t4))), whereP = pressure drop in dyn cm2, =3.1416, U0 = fluid velocityin cm s1, b = distance between setule centres in cm,t = ( x setule diameter)/b and µ = 0.0101 dyn s1cm2. Formula from Jørgensen (1983). The text (p. 1289, line 19 to p. 1290, line 10) should read: organism. Using a similar argument, a 0.5 mm Ceriodaphnia witha filter area of 0.025 mm2 (Ganf and Shiel, 1985) and pressuredrop P = 2757 dyn cm2 (with fluid velocity of 0.07 cms1) allocates only 2171 ergs h1 to filtrationof a total energy expenditure of 104 ergs h1 [filtrationenergy (ergs h1) = area (cm2) x pressure drop (dyn cm2)x 3600 (s h1) x 1/0.2 (efficiency of conversion of biochemicalinto mechanical work); total energy (ergs h1) = respiration(0.05 µl O2 ind1 h1 consumed; Gophen, 1976)x conversion factor (2 x 105 ergs µl1 O2). Withan estimated 0.034 mm2 in filter area, fluid velocity of 0.041cm s1 and respiration of 1.8 x 104 ergs h1 (calculatedfrom Porter and McDonough, 1984), a 0.5 mm Bosmina uses <4%of its metabolism to overcome filter resistance. The velocities used in the original examples (0.4 cm s1for Ceriodaphnia, 0.2 cm s1 for Bosmina) were derivedfrom literature values of appendage beat rate and estimatesof the distance travelled by the appendages during each beatcycle. This approach unnecessarily assumes that all water movedpasses through the filter. In the new calculations, the flowacross the filter needed for food to be collected by sieving(0.07 cm s1 for Ceriodaphnia and 0.041 cm s1 forBosmina) was determined from the maximum clearance rate/filterarea. The amended energy expenditures, although higher, do notrefute the sieve model of particle collection. 相似文献
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A concentration of 105 M tomatine had no effect on leakagefrom, or elongation of, wheat coleoptile segments, but consistentlyreduced IAA-enhanced extension growth by c. 50 per cent. Therewas no evidence of chemical interaction between the alkaloidand the auxin in solution, and IAA action was not affected bypre-treatment for up to 3 h with 105 M tomatine. Studieswith [2-14C]IAA revealed that 105 M tomatine did notinhibit uptake of auxin into segments. The effect of pre-treatingsegments for up to 3 h with IAA could be virtually nullifiedby 105 M tomatine, as could also IAA-induced changesin properties of coleoptile cell walls. Results are discussedin relation to the ability of tomatine to disrupt membrane functionand to current hypotheses implicating membranes in the primaryaction of auxin. 相似文献
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In this paper we report measurements concerning the conductivityof water and ions and the interaction between the two in excisedpieces of xylem of red maple stems under various conditions.We have also demonstrated that it is possible to detect theflow of solutions through the stems of maple by measuring thedegree of interaction between the flow of water and ions. Inthis technique we apply voltage pulses of ±V volts acrossa length of stem and detect the unequal current pulses resultingfrom the greater frictional drag when current (which is carriedprimarily by cations) is flowing against the water stream thanwhen flowing with the water stream. The hydraulic conductivityof recent maple sapwood ranges from 30 to 90 cm3 s1 cm2(J cm3)1 cm; in 2 mM KCl the electrical conductivityis roughly 3 x 104 mho cm1 and the electro-kineticcross coefficient is roughly 4x105 A cm2 (J cm3)1cm. 相似文献
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Photosynthetic 14C fixation by Characean cells in solutionsof high pH containing NaH14CO3 gave a measure of the abilityof these cells to take up bicarbonate (H14CO3). Whereascells of Nitella translucens from plants collected and thenstored in the laboratory absorbed bicarbonate at 11.5µµmoles cm2 sec1, rates of 38µµmoles cm2 sec1 were obtained withN. translucens cells from plants grown in the laboratory. Influxesof 56 µµmoles cm2 sec1 wereobtained with Chara australis, 38 µµmolescm2 sec1 with Nitellopsis obtusa, and 15µµmoles cm2 sec1 with Tolypella intricata.It is considered that these influxes represent the activityof a bicarbonate pump, which may be an electrogenic process. In solutions of lower pH, H14CO3 uptake would be maskedby rapid diffusion of 14CO2 into the cells: the four Characeanspecies fixed 14CO2 at maximum rates of 3040 µµmolescm2 sec1 (at 21° C). 相似文献
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Lipid phase separation temperatures of intact thylakoid membranesfrom a number of chilling sensitive plants were measured usingchlorophyll a as the intrinsic fluorescent probe. The phospho-and sulfolipids were extracted from the thylakoid lamellae ofthese plants and purified by silicic acid column and thin layerchromatographies. These separated lipids were eluted and recombinedto give a total charged anionic thylakoid lipid fraction thatwas used to prepare liposomes containing purified chlorophylla as the fluorescent probe. The phase separation temperaturesof these liposomes were compared to phase separation temperaturesin intact thylakoid membranes isolated from the same plants. The chilling-sensitive plantscorn, pepper, tomato andwater hyacinth showed phase separation temperaturesranging from 9 to 19°C for both the liposomes and the thylakoidmembranes. In addition, low temperature phase separations wereseen from 21 to 27°C. Mimulus, which is notas chilling sensitive as the former plants, had a phase separationtemperature near 0 to 2.5°C and at 27°C. In general,there was a good agreement between the phase separation temperaturesof intact thylakoids and the purified anionic lipid fractionextracted from these thylakoids. Similar results were obtained using either trans-parinaric acidor chlorophyll a as the fluorescent probe in liposomes madefrom anionic thylakoid lipids or in liposomes prepared frompure dimyristoyl phosphatidyl choline, distearoyl phosphatidylcholine, or mixtures of equal amounts of these phospholipids.
1 CIW-DPB Publication # 728.
3 Present address: Laboratory of Experimental Physics, Departmentof Biophysics, State University of Utrecht, Princetonplein 5,Utrecht, The Netherlands. (Received January 18, 1981; Accepted July 2, 1981) 相似文献
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Identification and oligosaccharide structure analysis of rhodopsin glycoforms containing galactose and sialic acid 总被引:2,自引:1,他引:1
Duffin Kevin L; Lange Gary W.; Welply Joseph K.; Florman Richard; O'Brien Paul J.; Dell Anne; Reason Andrew J.; Morris Howard R.; Fliesler Steven J. 《Glycobiology》1993,3(4):365-380
The N-linked oligosaccharides of frog (Rana pipiens) rhodopsinwere analysed by sequential exoglycosidase digestion and gelfiltration chromatography, following reductive tritiation. Inaddition, selected tryptic glycopeptides obtained from frogretinal rod outer segment membranes were examined by electrospraymass spectrometry (ES-MS), fast atom bombardment mass spectrometry(FAB-MS), amino acid sequence and composition analysis, andcarbohydrate composition analysis. The amino acid sequence datademonstrated that the glycopeptides were derived from rhodopsinand confirmed the presence of twoN-glycosylation sites, at residuesAsn2 and Asn15. The predominant glycan (60% of total) had thestructure GlcNAcß12Man13(Man16)Manß14GlcNAcß14GlcNAc-(Asn),with the remaining structures containing 13 additionalhexose residues, as reported previously for bovine rhodopsin.Unlike bovine rhodopsin, however, a sizable fraction of thetotal giycans of frog rhodopsin also contained sialic acid (NeuAc),with the sialylated oligosaccharides being present exclusivelyat the Asn2 site. FAB-MS analysis of oligosaccharides releasedfrom the Asn2 site gave, among other signals, an abundant quasimolecularion corresponding to a glycan of composition NeuAc1Hex6HexNAc3(where Hex is hexose and HexNAc is N-acetylhexosamine), consistentwith a hybrid structure. The potential biological implicationsof these results are discussed in the context of rod outer segmentmembrane renewal. glycoforms oligosaccharide structure rhodopsin 相似文献
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The correlation between the pump current and the ATP-dependentH+ efflux was examined in internodal cells of Nitellopsis obtusa.To control the cytoplasmic pH and ATP concentration, the tonoplastwas removed by intracellular perfusion with an EGTA-containingmedium. Two groups of perfused cells were prepared, one with1 mM ATP (+ATP cells) and the other without ATP but with hexokinaseand glucose (ATP cells). The ATP-dependent H+ effluxwas calculated as the difference in H+ efflux between the +ATPand ATP cells. Based on an electrically equivalent circuitmodel of the plasma membrane, the pump current was calculatedfrom the membrane potentials and the membrane resistances ofboth +ATP and ATP cells. When the membrane potentialwas not too high (220 mV), the ATP-dependent H+ current(19 mA m2) was almost equal to the pump current (20 mAm2) calculated from the electrical data. This indicatesthat the electrogenic pump current across the plasma membraneof Nitellopsis obtuse was mostly carried by H+. But when themembrane potential was high (280 mV), the H+ currentwas lower than the pump current. The possible cause of thisdiscrepancy is discussed. (Received November 5, 1984; Accepted February 28, 1985) 相似文献
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Water and solute permeability of rat lung caveolae: high permeabilities explained by acyl chain unsaturation 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Hill WG Almasri E Ruiz WG Apodaca G Zeidel ML 《American journal of physiology. Cell physiology》2005,289(1):C33-C41
Caveolae are invaginated membrane structures with high levels of cholesterol, sphingomyelin, and caveolin protein that are predicted to exist as liquid-ordered domains with low water permeability. We isolated a caveolae-enriched membrane fraction without detergents from rat lung and characterized its permeability properties to nonelectrolytes and protons. Membrane permeability to water was 2.85 ± 0.41 x 103 cm/s, a value 510 times higher than expected based on comparisons with other cholesterol and sphingolipid-enriched membranes. Permeabilities to urea, ammonia, and protons were measured and found to be moderately high for urea and ammonia at 8.85 ± 2.40 x 107and 6.84 ± 1.03 x 102 respectively and high for protons at 8.84 ± 3.06 x 102 cm/s. To examine whether caveolin or other integral membrane proteins were responsible for high permeabilities, liposomes designed to mimic the lipids of the inner and outer leaflets of the caveolar membrane were made. Osmotic water permeability to both liposome compositions were determined and a combined inner/outer leaflet water permeability was calculated and found to be close to that of native caveolae at 1.58 ± 1.1 x 103 cm/s. In caveolae, activation energy for water flux was high (19.4 kcal/mol) and water permeability was not inhibited by HgCl2; however, aquaporin 1 was detectable by immunoblotting. Immunostaining of rat lung with AQP1 and caveolin antisera revealed very low levels of colocalization. We conclude that aquaporin water channels do not contribute significantly to the observed water flux and that caveolae have relatively high water and solute permeabilities due to the high degree of unsaturation in their fatty acyl chains. lipid rafts; microdomains; cholesterol; aquaporin; caveolin 相似文献
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Resistance to CO2 Fixation in the Submerged Aquatic Macrophyte Callitriche stagnalis Scop 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
The resistance to the photosynthetic carbon fixation in thefreshwater angiospcrm Callitriche stagnalis Scop was investigatedby gas exchange experiments in a closed water-flow system. Anelectrical analogue model was used to analyse uptake of carbonin terms of boundary layer resistance, cytoplasmic resistanceand carboxylation resistance. The most important rate-limitingfactor was the boundary layer resistance which was from 86%to 91 % of the total resistance of 8521221 s cm1.The cytoplasmic and carboxylation resistances during activephotosynthesis were of minor importance being 89 s cm1and 2430 s cm1, respectively. The calculated thicknessof the boundary layer surrounding the foliage of the shootswas 103155 µm or 23 times the total thicknessof the leaves. The physiological and morphological characteristicsof submerged aquatic macrophytes are discussed as adaptationsto the low availability of carbon due to the high boundary layerresistance. Key words: Aquatic macrophytes, Resistance to carbon fixation, Adaptations 相似文献
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Primary and bacterial production compared to growth and food requirements of Daphnia longispina in Lake Kvernavatnet, west Norway 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
B{phi}rsheim Knut YUngve; Andersen Sissel; Hele Johnsen Geir; Eva {phi} Kambestad; Norland Svein 《Journal of plankton research》1988,10(5):921-939
Primary production, and bacterial production as measured byincorporation of [3H-methyl]thymidineinto ice cold TCA insolublematerial were investigated during 1984 in Lake Kvernavatnet,west Norway. Primary production averaged 222 mg C m2day1 and bacterial production averaged 163 mg C m2day1. The bacterial production in the euphotic pelagiczonecontributed -60% of the total pelagic bacterial production.The zooplankton was dominated byDaphnia longispina. From growthexperiments with animals fed only natural food in coarse filteredlake water, the population daily growth increments were calculated.The average production of D.longispina was 151 mg C m2day1 during the period investigated. The estimated primaryproduction was too low to sustain both the bacterial productionand the zooplankton food requirements. These results imply thatthe carbon cycle of the lake is dependent on the supply of allochtonousmaterial, or that the current methods for measuring productionrates in aquatic environments are systematical erratic. 相似文献
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ELPIDINA E. N.; DUNAEVSKY Y. E.; BELOZERSKY M. A. 《Journal of experimental botany》1990,41(8):969-977
Protein bodies were isolated from cotyledons of dry buckwheatseeds by homogenization in acetone with subsequent purificationin a 1.26 g cm3 to 1.53 g cm3 linear density gradientof a mixture of acetone with CCI4. The purified fraction ofprotein bodies with globoids (PB I) had a buoyant density of1.481.51 g cm3 and was intact according to microscopicdata. Localization of hydrolytic enzymes and proteinase inhibitorsin the PB I fraction and in the fraction of the cytoplasm andmembrane material (CMM) was studied. It was shown that acidhydrolytic enzymes, such as aspartic proteinase, carboxypeptidase,acid phosphatase, -D-mannosidase and N-acetyl-ß-glucosaminidase,as well as chymotrypsin and trypsin inhibitors were predominantlylocalized in the PB I. BAPAase and SH-activated caseinase activitieswere equally distributed between the PB I and CMM fraction.The activities of leucine aminopeptidase and SH-independentcaseinase were noticeably predominant in the CMM fraction. Key words: Buckwheat, subcellular fractionation, protein bodies, hydrolases 相似文献
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The presence of Ca2+ in a hypo-osmotic reaction medium reducessuccinate: cytochrome c reductase activity and the release ofouter membrane-specific antimycin A-insensitive NADH: cytochromec reductase. The action of Ca2+ is non-competitive and approximately30 mmol m3 Ca2+ affords half-maximal (I50) protection.The effect of a range of inorganic and organic multivalent cationson succinate: cytochrome c reductase activity suggests thatthe action of Ca2+ is non-specific and probably involves Ca2+binding to outer membrane component(s) which may be proteins. Valinomycin- or gramicidin-induced passive swelling of isolatedcorn mitochondria in isotonic K.C1 is also non-competitivelyinhibited by up to 50% with Ca2+. Half-maximal inhibition (I50)occurs at 0-35 mol m3 Ca2+ for valinomycin and 1-0 molm3 Ca2+ for gramicidin. Other divalent cations, Mg2+,Sr2+ and Ba2+, seem to inhibit similarly while the trivalentcations La3+ and Ho3+ show a maximum inhibition of up to 85%,with an I50 of 0.1 mol m3 for valinomycin. It is suggestedthat non-specific cation binding may reduce membrane fluiditythereby slowing down the rate of ionophore penetration throughthe inner membrane. Key words: Calcium, Mitochondria, Membranes 相似文献
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This research examined the hypothesis that as cacti evolve tothe leafless condition, the stem epidermis and cortex becomemore leaflike and more compatible with a photosynthetic role.All cacti in the relict genus Pereskia have non-succulent stemsand broad, thin leaves. All members of the derived subfamilyCactoideae are leafless, having an expanded cortexthat is the plant's only photosynthetic tissue. In Pereskia,leaves have a high stomatal density (mean: 50.7 stomata mm2in the lower epidermis, 38.1 mm2 in the upper epidermis),but stems have low stomatal densities (mean: 11.3 mm 2, threeof the species have none). Stems of Cactoideae have a high stomataldensity (mean: 31.1 mm2, all species have stomata). Theouter cortex cells of stems of Cactoideae occur in columns,forming a palisade cortex similar to a leaf palisade parenchyma.In this palisade cortex, the fraction of tissue volume availablefor gas diffusion has a mean volume of 12.9%, which is identicalto that of Pereskia leaf palisade parenchyma. Pereskia stemcortex is much less aerenchymatous (mean: 5.3% of cortex volume).Cactoideae palisade cortex has a high internal surface density(0.0207 cm2 cm2 which is higher than in Pereskia stemcortex (0.0150 cm2 cm3) but not as high as Pereskia leafpalisade parenchyma (0.0396 cm2 cm3). Pereskia stem cortexhas no cortical bundles, but Cactoideae cortexes have extensivenetworks of collateral vascular bundles that resemble leaf veins. Cactaceae, cactus, intercellular space, stomatal density, internal surface/volume, evolution 相似文献