UNIQUE COMPOSITION OF PLASTID CHAPERONIN-60 - ALPHA-POLYPEPTIDE-ENCODING AND BETA-POLYPEPTIDE-ENCODING GENES ARE HIGHLY DIVERGENT

被引:95
作者
MARTEL, R [1 ]
CLONEY, LP [1 ]
PELCHER, LE [1 ]
HEMMINGSEN, SM [1 ]
机构
[1] NATL RES COUNCIL CANADA,INST PLANT BIOTECHNOL,SASKATOON S7N 0W9,SASKATCHEWAN,CANADA
关键词
Arabidopsis thaliana; ATPase; Brassica napus; heat shock; Molecular chaperones; recombinant DNA;
D O I
10.1016/0378-1119(90)90385-5
中图分类号
Q3 [遗传学];
学科分类号
071007 ; 090102 ;
摘要
Molecular chaperones of the chaperonin family occur in prokaryotes and in plastids and mitochondria. Prokaryotic and mitochondrial chaperonin-60 oligomers (Cpn-60) are composed of a single subunit type (p60cpn-60). In contrast, preparations of purified plastid Cpn-60 contain approximately equal quantities of two polypeptides, p60cpn-60α and p60cpn-60β, with slightly different electrophoretic mobilities. We have isolated cDNA clones encoding plastid p60cpn-60α and p60cpn-60β polypeptides from Brassica napus and Arabidopsis thaliana. The unexpected degree of sequence divergence observed between p60cpn-60α and p60cpn-60β raises questions concerning the structure of the oligomer and the functions of these polypeptides. We have also found an amino acid sequence motif within all p60cpn-60 sequences which resembles the p10cpn-10 sequences. © 1990.
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