Chloroplast protein import inhibition by a soluble factor from wheat germ lysate |
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Authors: | Schleiff Enrico Motzkus Michael Soll Jürgen |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Botany, University of Kiel, Am Botanischen Garten 1–9, 24118 Kiel, Germany |
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Abstract: | Protein import into chloroplasts occurs post-translationally in vitro. The precursor proteins are generally synthesised in a reticulocyte lysate- or wheat germ lysate-derived system and imported out of this system into chloroplast. These complex soluble protein mixtures are likely to contain factors, which influence somehow the import competence and import efficiency. Here we describe a heat-stable soluble proteinaceaous factor, which inhibits protein import into chloroplasts in vitro. The inhibitor interacts directly with the precursor protein and renders it import incompetent. This mode of action is supported by two observations: firstly, binding of the precursor to the chloroplast surface is diminished in the presence of the inhibitor. Secondly, when chloroplasts were loaded with precursor proteins under conditions, which allow only binding but not import the inhibitor was unable to abolish the subsequent translocation step. |
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Keywords: | cytosolic factors protein translocation small subunit of rubisco |
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