Immunological comparison of the pyruvate dehydrogenase complexes from pea mitochondria and chloroplasts |
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Authors: | Anne E Taylor Richard J Cogdell J Gordon Lindsay |
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Institution: | (1) Departments of Botany and Biochemistry, University of Glasgow, G12 8QQ Glasgow, UK |
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Abstract: | The pyruvate dehydrogenase complex (PDC) in pea (Pisum sativum L., cv. Little Marvel) was studied immunologically using antibodies to specific subunits of mammalian PDC. Pea mitochondria and chloroplasts were both found to contain PDC, but distinct differences were noted in the subunit relative molecular mass (Mr) values of the individual enzymes in the mitochondrial and chloroplast PDC complexes. In particular, the mitochondrial E3 enzyme (dihydrolipoamide dehydrogenase; EC 1.8.1.4) has a high subunit Mr value of 67 000, while the chloroplast E3 enzyme has a subunit Mr value of 52 000, similar in size to the prokaryotic, yeast ad mammalian E3 enzymes. In addition, component X (not previously noted in plant PDC) was also found to be present in two distinct forms in pea mitochondrial and chloroplast complexes. As in the case of E3, mitochondrial component X has a higher subunit Mr value (67 000) than component X from chloroplasts (48 000), which is similar in size to its mammalian counterpart. The subunit Mr value of E2 (dihydrolipoamide acetyltransferase; EC 2.3.1.12) in both mitochondria and chloroplasts (50 000) is lower than that of mammalian E2 (74 000) but similar to that of yeast E2 (58 000), and is consistent with the presence of only a single lipoyl domain. Neither mitochondria nor chloroplasts showed any appreciable cross-reactivity with antiserum to mammalian E1 (pyruvate dehydrogenase; EC 1.2.4.1). However, mitochondria cross-reacted strongly with antiserum to yeast E1, giving a single band (Mr 41 000) which is thought to be E1a. Chloroplasts showed no cross-reactivity with yeast E1, indicating that the mitochondrial E1a subunit and its chloroplast equivalent are antigenically distinct polypeptides.Abbreviations E1
pyruvate dehydrogenase
- E2
dihydrolipoamide acetyltransferase
- E3
dihydrolipoamide dehydrogenase
- Mr
relative molecular mass
- PDC
pyruvate dehydrogenase multienzyme complex
- SDS
sodium dodecyl sulphate
The financial support of the Agricultural and Food Research Council is gratefully acknowledged. We thank Steve Hill (Department of Botany, University of Edinburgh, UK) for advice on mitochondrial isolation, and James Neagle (Department of Biochemistry, University of Glasgow) and Ailsa Carmichael for helpful discussion. |
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Keywords: | Chloroplast Mitochondrion Pisum (pyruvate dehydrogenase) Pyruvate dehydrogenase complexes (immunological comparison) |
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