Thioredoxin and NADP-thioredoxin reductase from cultured carrot cells |
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Authors: | Thomas C. Johnson Ri Qiang Cao Jacob E. Kung Bob B. Buchanan |
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Affiliation: | (1) Division of Molecular Plant Biology, University of California, Hilgard Hall, 94720 Berkeley, CA, USA;(2) Present address: Department of Biology, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China |
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Abstract: | Dark-grown carrot (Daucus carota L.) tissue cultures were found to contain both protein components of the NADP/thioredoxin system—NADP—thioredoxin reductase and the thioredoxin characteristic of heterotrophic systems, thioredoxin h. Thioredoxin h was purified to apparent homogeneity and, like typical bacterial counterparts, was a 12-kdalton (kDa) acidic protein capable of activating chloroplast NADP-malate dehydrogenase (EC 1.1.1.82) more effectively than fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase (EC 3.1.3.11). NADP-thioredoxin reductase (EC 1.6.4.5) was partially purified and found to be an arsenite-sensitive enzyme composed of two 34-kDa subunits. Carrot NADP-thioredoxin reductase resembled more closely its counterpart from bacteria rather than animal cells in acceptor (thioredoxin) specificity. Upon greening of the cells, the content of NADP-thioredoxin-reductase activity, and, to a lesser extent, thioredoxin h decreased. The results confirm the presence of a heterotrophic-type thioredoxin system in plant cells and raise the question of its physiological function.Abbreviations DTNB dithiolbis(2-nitrobenzoic acid) - FBPase fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase - FTR terredoxin-thioredoxin, reductase - NADP-MDH NADP-malate dehydrogenase - NTR NADP-thioredoxin reductase - SDS sodium-dodecyl sulfate |
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Keywords: | Cell culture (thioredoxin) Daucus (thioredoxin) NADP-thioredoxin reductase Thioredoxin |
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