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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
12
pubmed:dateCreated
1984-3-30
pubmed:abstractText
A new method has been developed by which subunits L and M of the photosynthetic reaction centre from Rhodospirillum rubrum G-9+ can be obtained in pure form, starting form freeze-dried chromatophore membranes. The method employs extraction into a mixture of chloroform/methanol and gel permeation chromatography on a column of hydroxypropylated Sephadex G 100. Cross-contamination of the purified subunits was less than 5% (mol/mol), as estimated by manual Edman degradation. Automated Edman degradation has been carried out with both subunits in a liquid-phase sequencer. 36 amino-acid residues of subunit L and 50 residues of subunit M could be unequivocally identified. In both cases, the sequence analyses came to a premature end as the signal sudden by dropped to the level of the accidental fluctuations of the phenylthiohydantoin-derivatives background. This effect is explained by the unusual susceptibility to peptide bond cleavage of certain threonine residues which probably underwent N leads to O acyl shift during the cleavage reactions. The N-terminal sequences have been compared to those of subunits L and M of the photosynthetic reactions centre from Rhodopseudomonas sphaeroides R-26 (sutton, M.R., Rosen, D., Feher, G. & Steiner, L.A. (1982) Biochemistry 21, 3842-3849). The homology among subunits L is close to 90% and thus markedly higher than that among subunits M (32%). This finding indicates a pre-eminent role of subunit L in the primary events of photosynthetic energy conversion.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0018-4888
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
364
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1765-76
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1983
pubmed:articleTitle
N-terminal sequences of subunits L and M of the photosynthetic reaction centre from Rhodospirillum rubrum G-9+. Separation of the subunits by gel filtration on hydroxypropylated Sephadex G 100 in organic solvents.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't