Partial disintegration and reconstitution of the photosynthetic oxygen evolution system. Binding of 24 kilodalton and 18 kilodalton polypeptides |
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Authors: | Mitsue Miyao Norio Murata |
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Institution: | Department of Biology, University of Tokyo, Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153 Japan |
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Abstract: | Treatment with 1 M NaCl almost totally removed two polypeptides of 24 and 18 kDa from the Photosystem II particles of spinach chloroplasts and reduced the oxygen-evolution activity by about half. Both polypeptides were able to rebind to the NaCl-treated particles in a low-salt medium. The rebinding of the 24 kDa polypeptide showed a saturation curve whose maximum level was close to that naturally occurring in the untreated particles. In parallel with the amount of rebound 24 kDa polypeptide, the oxygen-evolution activity was recovered. The 18 kDa polypeptide bound to the NaCl-treated particles without saturation. When the 18 kDa polypeptide was added to the particles previously treated with NaCl and then supplemented with a saturating amount of 24 kDa polypeptide, there appeared, in addition to the binding without saturation, another binding of the 18 kDa polypeptide with saturation to a maximum level close to that naturally occurring in the untreated particles. The 18 kDa polypeptide did not restore the oxygen-evolution activity. These findings suggest that there are specific binding sites; one for the 24 kDa polypeptide located on the Photosystem II particles, and the other for the 18 kDa polypeptide on the 24 kDa polypeptide. |
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Keywords: | Oxygen evolution Photosystem II Photosynthesis Protein binding (Spinach chloroplast) Chl chlorophyll PS photosystem Mes |
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