烟草核酮糖-1,5-二磷酸羧化酶/加氧酶四级结构的研究(英文)

本文提出三种证据证明烟草核酮糖-1,5-二磷酸羧化酶/加氧酶(Rubisco)的大亚基伸展在小亚基的外面,小亚基排列在大亚基中间的概念。证据是:1.固定化胰蛋白酶在一定条件下可水解RubisCO的大亚基但不水解小亚基,而天然胰蛋白酶水解大亚基,也水解小亚基。2.固定化抗小亚基IgG-Sepharose可与游离的小亚基相结合,但不能与全酶结合。3.低浓度尿素处理可使固定化的RubisCO-Sepharose上的小亚基解离下来,而大亚基仍结合在载体上,这说明RubisCO是通过定位在分子表面上的大亚基的ε-氨基与Sepharose共价偶联的。当RubisCO中的小亚基全部被解离后,大亚基之间的结合进一步增强,这时解离大亚基所需的尿素浓度要比小亚基存在时高。任何RubisCO的四级结构模型都应将小亚基置于大亚基中间受保护的位置,一部份小亚基可暴露于全酶分子表面。     

水稻和烟草核酮糖1，5－二磷酸羧化酶／加氧酶大小亚基之间的分子杂交

利用固定化Ｒｕｂｉｓｃｏ大小亚基解离重组技术,进行水稻和烟草Ｒｕｂｉｓｃｏ大小亚基之间的分子杂交,实验表明,无论同源或异源的小亚基重组到固定化的大亚基上去后,其羧化酶活性没有明显的变化,但对加氧酶活性却有明显的影响。当水稻Ｒｕｂｉｓｃｏ的大亚基同烟草小亚基杂交重组后,其加氧酶活性同固定化水稻Ｒｕｂｉｓｃｏ相比有明显的增高,因而其羧化／氧化比值下降,并且接近于对照的固定化烟草Ｒｕｂｉｓｃｏ。反之,当烟草Ｒｕｂｉｓｃｏ的大亚基与水稻小亚基杂交重组后,其加氧酶活性同固定化烟草Ｒｕｂｉｓｃｏ相比有明显降低,因而其羧化／氧化比值升高,并接近于对照的固定化水稻Ｒｕｂｉｓｃｏ。由此推测,高等植物Ｒｕｂｉｓｃｏ的小亚基对酶的羧化／氧化比值有一定的影响。     

水稻和烟草核酮糖1,5—二磷酸羧化酶／加氧酶大小亚基之间的分子杂交

利用固定化Ｒｕｂｉｓｃｏ大小亚基解离重组技术,进行水稻和烟草Ｒｕｂｉｓｃｏ大小亚基之间的分子杂交,实验表明,无论同源或异源的小亚基重组到固定化的大亚基上去后,其羧化酶活性没有明显的变化,但对加氧酶活性却有明显的影响。当水稻Ｒｕｂｉｓｃｏ的大亚基同烟草小亚基杂交重组后,其加氧酶活性同固定化水稻Ｒｕｂｉｓｃｏ相比有明显的增高,因而其羧化／氧化比值下降,并且接近于对照的固定化烟草Ｒｕｂｉｓｃｏ。反之,当     

蚯蚓体内一种纤溶酶原激活剂(e-PA)的分离纯化

为获得一种高效,低廉的溶栓药物,从赤子爱胜蚓（Ｅｉｓｅｎｉａｆａｅｔｉｄａ）体内分离纯化出一种可体外激活纤溶酶原从而间接降解纤维蛋白的酶（ｅ－ＰＡ）．纯化过程包括：粗品的盐析,离子交换层析,凝胶过滤层析及疏水相互作用层析．该组份是由二个亚基通过疏水相互作用维系在一起的．通过凝胶过滤层析,可测得全酶的分子量为４５０００;ＳＤＳ电泳显示大、小亚基的分子量分别是２６０００与１８０００;而质谱法测得的大、小亚基的分子量分别为２４５５６．７与１５５４６．６．对大小亚基进行了氨基酸组成分析,结果显示大亚基不含Ｌｙｓ而小亚基不含Ｃｙｓ．测定了大亚基Ｎ端２５个氨基酸序列：ＶＩＧＧＴＮＡＳＰＧＥＩＰＷＱＬＳＱＱＲＱＳＧＳＷ．并与部分已知蛋白质序列进行了比较．ｅ－ＰＡ在纤维蛋白平板上表现有三种不同的纤溶活性     

二磷酸核酮糖羚化酶的结晶提纯成功

高等植物二磷酸核酮糖矮化酶（RuBPC:ase）是由8 个大亚基和8个小亚基组成的复合体。大亚基由叶绿 体基因组编码合成,小亚基由核基因编码合成。因此 它是研究细咆质遗传和核质关系的一个理想的遗传标 记物。     

水稻等作物组份I蛋白大小亚基的等电聚焦分析

组份I蛋白广泛存在于植物界,分子量ft 为55万道尔顿［[10a。该蛋白具有核酮搪-1,,一二 磷酸毅化酶／加氧酶的活性,是光合作用以及 光呼吸作用中重要的酶类〔3,。它由8个大亚基 （分子量为55,000）和s个小亚基（分子量戈 15,000）构成。大亚基由叶绿体DNA编码,并在 叶绿体内合成;而小亚基则由核DNA编码,并 在细胞质中合成［[7]。组份I蛋白经接甲基化后, 在育材,一尿素中进行等电二聚焦电泳,大亚基可分 出3条电泳带,而小亚基可分出1--4条电泳带, 电泳带的位置因品种不同而异。因此,被用作 核基因和细胞质基因的表型标记闭,是研究进 化、遗传、核质关系以及体细胞杂交等方面十分 有用的指标山。     

丙酮酸氧化酶在压力下的解离

本文通过测定丙酮酸氧化酶内源荧光谱和荧光偏振的变化研究了该酶在1—2200bar压力下的解离。研究结果表明,在压力作用下酶的辅基FAD不可逆地从酶分子上解离下来,并因此引起酶的失活;酶亚基在压力下的解离是可逆的,在5℃,pH7.6条件下,该酶的解离自由能⊿G°为29.89k cal/mol,解离标准体积变化⊿V°为-220ml/mol。脱辅基丙酮酸氧化酶的解离自由能为24.93k cal/mol,证明FAD对酶有稳定作用;⊿V°则为-153ml/mol,减少了近30％,表明FAD对亚基间的空间大小有很大贡献。经胰凝乳蛋白酶部分酶解所活化的酶的解离⊿G°和⊿V°均有所增加,底物丙酮酸亦有相同的影响。研究还表明,碱性pH条件能促进丙酮酸氧化酶的解离。在此研究中,我们也观察到了Weber和Ruan在乳酸脱氢酶、甘油醛-3-磷酸脱氢酶等研究中报道的"conformational drift"现象。     

细胞核,细胞质基因与光合作用的关系

光合作用受细胞核及细胞质基因组垢共同控制。参与叶绿素,类胡萝卜素合成和光合作用过程的许多酶都由核基因控制,而光合电子传递体大部分受核基因控制,少部分受细胞质基因控制。光合作用过程包括光反应与暗反应两个阶段。光反应发生在类囊体膜上,而类囊体膜４个组成部分细胞核,持基因共同编码。在暗反应中,催化ＣＯ２固定的关键酶核酮糖二磷酸羧化酶／加氧酶由大,小亚基组成,大亚基由叶绿体基因编码;小亚基由核基因控制。     

不同生态型芦苇Rubisco免疫学特性差异

以河西走廊荒漠地区不同生态型芦苇为研究材料,提取并纯化得Rubisco蛋白,经SDS-PAGE凝胶电泳将Rubisco大、小亚基分离,用Rubisco全酶蛋白及其大、小亚基分别注射昆明系雄性小白鼠制备抗体,经Western-blotting鉴定结果表明:(1)水芦Rubisco全酶抗体可与水芦、沙芦及菠菜Rubisco大亚基发生反应,而与小亚基均未见显色反应,且水芦显色最深,沙芦略浅,菠菜最浅;(2)水芦、沙芦Rubisco大亚基抗体可与水芦、沙芦、菠菜大亚基发生抗原交叉反应,且均不与小亚基发生反应,并且其与菠菜Rubisco大亚基的反应程度明显低于水芦和沙芦;(3)用与Rubisco大亚基抗体同样的制备方法,均未检测到水芦、沙芦Rubisco小亚基抗体的产生;(4)菠菜Rubisco全酶抗体可与菠菜、水芦、沙芦、水稻Rubisco大亚基均发生抗原交叉反应,但仅与其自身小亚基反应,且与菠菜Rubisco大亚基显色反应最深,水稻略浅,沙芦、水芦稍有反应.由此说明,水芦、沙芦Rubisco全酶蛋白及其大亚基免疫学特性差异较小,而与双子叶植物菠菜相比差异较大;水芦、沙芦Rubisco蛋白免疫化学决定簇的差异主要决定于小亚基上,且其小亚基不具有抗原活性或抗原活性较弱.     

马铃薯AGPase大小亚基功能研究

马铃薯 1,6 二磷酸腺苷葡萄糖焦磷酸化酶 (AGPase)是淀粉合成的限速酶 ,该酶有大、小两个亚基形成异源四聚体。总结了迄今为止已克隆的马铃薯AGPase大、小亚基编码基因、小亚基和底物结合位点的识别、以及大亚基异构调控因子结合位点识别的研究结果 ,提出了大小亚基非自然重组是深入研究AGPase的途径 ,建立体内条件下高效可靠代谢调控研究手段是AGPase研究所必需的。     

Dissociation of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase from spinach by urea

The dissociation of D-ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase from spinach, which consists of eight large subunits (L, 53 kDa) and eight small subunits (S, 14 kDa) and thus has a quarternary structure L8S8, has been investigated using a variety of physical techniques. Gel chromatography using Sephadex G-100 indicates the quantitative dissociation of the small subunit S from the complex at 3-4 M urea (50 mM Tris/Cl pH 8.0, 0.5 mM EDTA, 1 mM dithiothreitol and 5 mM 2-mercaptoethanol). The dissociated S is monomeric. Analytical ultracentrifuge studies show that the core of large subunits, L, remaining at 3-4 M urea sediments with S20, w = 15.0 S, whereas the intact enzyme (L8S8) sediments with S20, w = 17.7S. The observed value is consistent with a quarternary structure L8. The dissociation reaction in 3-4 M urea can thus be represented by L8S8----L8 + 8S. At urea concentrations c greater than 5 M the L8 core dissociates into monomeric, unfolded large subunits. A large decrease in fluorescence emission intensity accompanies the dissociation of the small subunit S. This change is completed at 4 M urea. No changes are observed upon dissociating the L8 core. The kinetics of dissociation of the small subunit, as monitored by fluorescence spectroscopy, closely follow the kinetics of loss of carboxylase activity of the enzyme. Studies of the circular dichroism of D-ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase in the wavelength region 200-260 nm indicate two conformational transitions. The first one ([0]220 from -8000 to -3500 deg cm2 dmol-1) is completed at 4 M urea and corresponds to the dissociation of the small subunit and coupled conformational changes. The second one ([0]220 from -3500 to -1200 deg cm2 dmol-1) is completed at 6 M urea and reflects the dissociation and unfolding of large subunits from the core. The effect of activation of the enzyme by addition of MgCl2 (10 mM) and NaHCO3 (10 mM) on these conformational transitions was investigated. The first conformational transition is then shifted to higher urea concentrations: a single transition ([0]220 from -8000 to -1200 deg cm2 dmol-1) is observed for the activated enzyme. From the urea dissociation experiments we conclude that both large (L) and small (S) subunits are important for carboxylase activity of spinach D-ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase: the L-S subunit interactions tighten upon activation and dissociation of S leads to a coupled, proportional loss of enzyme activity.     

Effects of autolysis on properties of mu- and m-calpain

Although the biochemical changes that occur during autolysis of mu- and m-calpain are well characterized, there have been few studies on properties of the autolyzed calpain molecules themselves. The present study shows that both autolyzed mu- and m-calpain lose 50-55% of their proteolytic activity within 5 min during incubation at pH 7.5 in 300 mM or higher salt and at a slower rate in 100 mM salt. This loss of activity is not reversed by dialysis for 18 h against a low-ionic-strength buffer at pH 7.5. Proteolytic activity of the unautolyzed calpains is not affected by incubation for 45 min at ionic strengths up to 1000 mM. Size-exclusion chromatography shows that ionic strengths of 100 mM or above cause dissociation of the two subunits of autolyzed calpains and that the dissociated large subunits (76- or 78-kDa) aggregate to form dimers and trimers, which are proteolytically inactive. Hence, instability of autolyzed calpains is due to aggregation of dissociated heavy chains. Autolysis removes the N-terminal 19 (m-calpain) or 27 (mu-calpain) amino acids from the large subunit and approximately 90 amino acids from the N-terminus of the small subunit. These regions form contacts between the two subunits in unautolyzed calpains, and their removal leaves only contacts between domain IV in the large subunit and domain VI in the small subunit. Although many of these contacts are hydrophobic in nature, ionic-strength-induced dissociation of the two subunits in the autolyzed calpains indicates that salt bridges have an important, possibly indirect, role in the domain IV/domain VI interaction.     

Factors affecting the dissociation and reconstitution of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase from Aphanothece halophytica

Factors affecting the mutual interaction between the catalytic core [octamer of large subunit (A)] and the small subunit (B) comprising ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (RuBisCO) from the superhalophilic cyanobacterium, Aphanothece halophytica, were investigated. The enzyme molecule dissociated into the catalytic core highly depleted of subunit B and the monomeric form of subunit B during density gradient centrifugation (15 h, 4 degrees C) in a sucrose solution of low ionic strength ([I] less than or equal to 50 mM), whereas dissociation was effectively prevented in the presence of 0.3 M KCl. Under the latter condition, dissociation of the enzyme molecule was almost completely prevented by raising the temperature to 20 degrees C, suggesting hydrophobic interaction between catalytic core and subunit B. The addition of RuBP to the sucrose gradient was shown to effectively reduce the molecular dissociation, suggesting a close interaction between the catalytic site and the binding site of subunit B with the catalytic core directly or indirectly. The dissociation was accelerated at alkaline pH higher than 8.5. Reconstitution of the enzymatically active molecular form from the separated components, catalytic core highly depleted of subunit B and B1, was done under various conditions. Both carboxylase and oxygenase activities increased proportionately with the amount of subunit B and then became saturated. From the reconstitution kinetics of RuBP carboxylase, the binding constant of subunit B (KD) was estimated to be about 30 nM in the presence of bovine serum albumin under the usual assay conditions at pH 7.5 and 25 degrees C, but decreased to about 1 nM by the further addition of 0.3 M KCl. Alkaline pH (8.5 or 9) could increase KD by one order of magnitude. High KD was also observed as a result of lowering the temperature; however, the presence of 0.3 M KCl or 0.4 M sucrose or glycerol could effectively decrease the KD at low temperature from 900 nM to less than 50 nM. All these data indicate that the enzyme dissociation at low temperature can be prevented in vivo by cellular components such as salts, polyols, and substrate RuBP besides a factor of enzyme concentration.     

Dissociation of human follicle-stimulating hormone. Comparison with luteinizing hormone.

Rat testis tissue receptor assays were utilized to study the kinetics of dissociation of human follicle-stimulating hormone (hFSH) and luteinizing hormone (hLH) under varying conditions of urea concentration and pH. In these competitive protein binding assays, 125I-hFSH and 125I-hLH were the radioligands and hormone dissociation was followed by a decrease in the ability of the dissociating hormone to inhibit uptake of the radioligand by tissue receptors. Rate data for dissociation of the gonadotropins were analyzed for quality of fit to first or second order integrated rate equations by nonlinear regression analysis. Treatment of hFSH with 4 M urea at pH 8 and 25 degrees for 22 hours did not result in significant dissociation, whereas in 8 M urea, over 90% dissociation was observed. The rate of dissociation of hFSH in 8 M urea was increased approximately 4-fold by raising the temperature from 25 to 37 degrees. Similar results were obtained when dissociation of hFSH was followed through use of an accepted whole animal bioassay for FSH, thus confirming the reliability of the tissue receptor assay for such dissociation studies. Kinetic studies showed that hFSH was undissociated by incubation in 6 M urea of pH 8 after 4 hours at 25 degrees. In contrast, hLH was 90% dissociated under similar conditions. This differential rate of inactivation of hLH allowed preparation of hFSH having significant reduced levels of contaminating LH activity, as determined by tissue receptor assays and by whole animal bioassays. Marked differences were noted in the rate of dissociation of hFSH and hLH under acid conditions. hFSH completely dissociated after approximately 2 min of incubation of pH 2 (25 degrees), and over 90% dissociated after 15 min of incubation at pH 3. In contrast, hLH was dissociated 60% after 20 min of incubation at pH 2 (25 degrees) and 40% dissociated after 60 min at pH 3. Neither hormone was significantly dissociated at pH 4.4 after 60 min, but hFSH showed a slightly greater rate of dissociation than did LH in the period between 1 and 23 hours of incubation at that pH. hFSH and hLH were relatively resistant to dissociation after incubation at pH 12 for 1 hour, bu;t dissociated significantly after incubation for 22 hours at that pH. The time course for dissociation of hFSH or hLH under the various conditions described above did not conform clearly to either first or second order kinetics, indicating that the over-all dissociation process represents a mixed order reaction. It appears that urea or acid-induced denaturation of one or both subunits of hLH and hFSH may occur prior to their dissociation. The very rapid rate of dissociation at acid pH values, particularly of hFSH, indicate that ionic interactions contribute importantly to the subunit association phenomenon.     

Activity expressed from cloned Anacystis nidulans large and small subunit ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase genes

Summary The ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (EC4.1.1.39) (RubisCO) large and small subunit genes from Anacystis nidulans have been cloned as a single fragment into M 13mp10 and pEMBL8 and expressed in Escherichia coli. From M 13mp10 a low yield of enzyme with high specific activity was obtained. The molecular weight of the active enzyme was 260 000 Da and of the inactive enzyme approximately 730 000 Da. The small and large subunits cloned separately did not express activity. The RubisCO gene cloned into pEMBL8 expressed activity up to 22 times that from the M 13 cloned RubisCO DNA. The RubisCO protein produced by the pEMBL cloned gene had a normal MW (550 000). Immunoprecipitation and polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis showed the presence of both large and small subunits.     

Subunit dissociation and reconstitution of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase from Chromatium vinosum

The large and small subunits of ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase from Chromatium vinosum were dissociated and separated at pH 9.6 by sucrose density gradient centrifugation. After further purification by gel filtration, the small subunit fraction contained no carboxylase activity. The large subunit fraction was highly depleted of small subunit based on analysis by denaturing polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Carboxylase activity of the large subunit fraction was approximately 1% of the untreated native enzyme. Addition of purified small subunit to the large subunit fraction yielded increases of up to 67-fold in carboxylase activity, further indicating that both subunit types are required for catalysis by this enzyme. The isolated large subunit was fully capable of high-affinity activator 14CO2 binding in the presence of Mg2+ and 2-carboxyarabinitol bisphosphate, indicating that the activator and catalytic sites were not grossly denatured by the depletion of small subunit. Kinetic constants of the native C. vinosum enzyme defined a new class of ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase, which permits the detection of possible kinetic differences if the large and small subunits can be favorably reassembled with those of another kinetic class. From experiments with the enzymes from tobacco and spinach leaves it is concluded that the enzyme from higher plant sources is not suitable for such dissociation/reconstitution-type experiments.     

Dissociation and aggregation of calpain in the presence of calcium

Calpain is a heterodimeric Ca(2+)-dependent cysteine protease consisting of a large (80 kDa) catalytic subunit and a small (28 kDa) regulatory subunit. The effects of Ca(2+) on the enzyme include activation, aggregation, and autolysis. They may also include subunit dissociation, which has been the subject of some debate. Using the inactive C105S-80k/21k form of calpain to eliminate autolysis, we have studied its disassociation and aggregation in the presence of Ca(2+) and the inhibition of its aggregation by means of crystallization, light scattering, and sedimentation. Aggregation, as assessed by light scattering, depended on the ionic strength and pH of the buffer, on the Ca(2+) concentration, and on the presence or absence of calpastatin. At low ionic strength, calpain aggregated rapidly in the presence of Ca(2+), but this was fully reversible by EDTA. With Ca(2+) in 0.2 m NaCl, no aggregation was visible but ultracentrifugation showed that a mixture of soluble high molecular weight complexes was present. Calpastatin prevented aggregation, leading instead to the formation of a calpastatin-calpain complex. Crystallization in the presence of Ca(2+) gave rise to crystals mixed with an amorphous precipitate. The crystals contained only the small subunit, thereby demonstrating subunit dissociation, and the precipitate was highly enriched in the large subunit. Reversible dissociation in the presence of Ca(2+) was also unequivocally demonstrated by the exchange of slightly different small subunits between mu-calpain and m-calpain. We conclude that subunit dissociation is a dynamic process and is not complete in most buffer conditions unless driven by factors such as crystal formation or autolysis of active enzymes. Exposure of the hydrophobic dimerization surface following subunit dissociation may be the main factor responsible for Ca(2+)-induced aggregation of calpain. It is likely that dissociation serves as an early step in calpain activation by releasing the constraints upon protease domain I.     

Ribosomes of Physarum polycephalum. Subunits and protein composition.

Ribosomes from Physarum polycephalum were purified. Optimal conditions for preparation and stability of subunits were determined. KCl concentration above 200 mM induced protein dissociation from the subunits. It was observed that dissociated ribosomes were more stable in a low ionic strength buffer than in 200 mM KCl, where the 40 S was preferentially degraded by ribonucleases. Ribosomal proteins were analyzed by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis. The first dimension was carried out at pH 8.6 while the second was run at pH 4.6. The monosome contained sixty seven proteins, of which six were acidic. Two proteins were lost after subunit dissociation. Twenty six basic and two acidic proteins were observed in the 40 S subunit while the largest subunit gave thirty nine spots on the basic part of the gel and three additional spots on the acidic side. Five proteins were shared by 40 S and 60 S.