Purification and immunological identification of metallothioneins 1 and 2 from Arabidopsis thaliana

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作者
Murphy, A
Zhou, JM
Goldsbrough, PB
Taiz, L
机构
[1] UNIV CALIF SANTA CRUZ, SINSHEIMER LABS, DEPT BIOL, SANTA CRUZ, CA 95064 USA
[2] PURDUE UNIV, DEPT HORT, W LAFAYETTE, IN 47907 USA
关键词
PROTEIN PRENYLATION; GENE; EXPRESSION; PHYTOCHELATINS; TOLERANCE; BINDING; MUTANTS;
D O I
10.1104/pp.113.4.1293
中图分类号
Q94 [植物学];
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071001 ;
摘要
Gene families encoding two types of metallothioneins (MTs), MT1 and MT2, have been identified in Arabidopsis thaliana, and their respective mRNAs have been shown to be regulated by copper in a tissue-specific manner (J. Zhou and P.B. Goldsbrough [1994] Plant Cell 6: 875-884; J. Zhou and P.B. Goldsbrough [1995] Mol Gen Genet 248: 318-328; A.S. Murphy and L. Taiz [1995] Plant Physiol 109: 1-10). However, to date the protein products have not been identified. To purify MT proteins from Arabidopsis, we isolated low-molecular-mass, copper-binding, thiol-rich proteins using selective precipitation followed by size-exclusion, copper-affinity, and thiol-affinity chromatographies. Polyclonal antibodies raised against Arabidopsis MT-glutathione-S-transferase fusion proteins cross-reacted with the 4.5- and 8-kD bands in immunoblots of low-molecular-mass, copper-binding proteins purified from seedling, mature leaf, and mature root tissues. The identity of the proteins was subsequently confirmed by amino acid sequencing. MT1 expression was constitutive in roots and inducible by copper in mature leaves; the reverse pattern was observed for MT2. MT2 expression was also concentrated in the growing tip of the root. The accumulation of the MT1- and MT2-encoded proteins thus parallels the regulation of their respective mRNAs with regard to tissue specificity and induction by copper. In addition, a new type of MT, designated MT3, was derived from the database, detected by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction, and tentatively identified at the protein level by amino acid sequencing of a 7-kD cysteine-rich polypeptide.
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