ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF THE PRESUMED PHOTORECEPTOR PROTEIN OF BLEPHARISMA-JAPONICUM

被引:30
作者
GIOFFRE, D
GHETTI, F
LENCI, F
PARADISO, C
DAI, RK
SONG, PS
机构
[1] CNR,IST BIOFIS,VIA S LORENZO 26,I-56127 PISA,ITALY
[2] UNIV NEBRASKA,DEPT CHEM,LINCOLN,NE 68588
[3] UNIV NEBRASKA,INST CELLULAR & MOLEC PHOTOBIOL,LINCOLN,NE 68588
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10.1111/j.1751-1097.1993.tb09561.x
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Photosensory responses in the ciliated protozoan Blepharisma japonicum are mediated by a hypericin-like chromophore, blepharismin, localized in granules distributed under the cell membrane. A blepharismin-binding protein, with an apparent molecular weight ranging between 35 and 38 kDa, has been isolated by means of column separations and preparative isoelectric focusing and characterized by means of gel electrophoresis, analytic isoelectric focusing as well as absorption and fluorescence spectroscopy.
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