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Biosynthesis and processing of legumin-like storage proteins in Lupinus angustifolius (lupin)
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posted on 1985-12-15, 00:00 authored by Liz JohnsonLiz Johnson, J Knight, K R GaylerSynthesis, secretion and post-translational proteolysis of the storage proteins in cotyledons of Lupinus angustifolius L. (lupin) have been examined in vivo and in vitro by using a combination of pulse-chase
experiments with [3H]- or [35S]-labelled amino acids, subcellular fractionation and cell-free translation from poly(A)+ (polyadenylylated) RNA or membrane-bound polyribosomes. Related polypeptides were identified by immunoprecipitation, separation on sodium dodecyl sulphate/polyacrylamide gels and fluorography. The synthesis and processing of two proteins were compared. Conglutin a, the 1 1 S protein, was found as a family of precursor polypeptides of Mr 68 000-88 000 when translated from poly(A)+ RNA under conditions where signal segments were not cleaved, and Mr 64000-85000 both when sequestered into the endoplasmic reticulum and when accumulated in the protein bodies. Pulse-chase labelling showed that cotyledons from early stages ofdevelopment were completely incapable offurther proteolysis of these precursors. Nevertheless, in the samejuvenile cotyledons, the precursors ofthe minor storage protein conglutin y, two polypeptides with Mr 50000-51000, were proteolytically cleaved to mature subunits of Mr 32000 and 17000 within 2 h. Further cleavage of the precursors of conglutin a into families of mature subunits of Mr 21000-24000 and 42000-62000 was detected in more mature cotyledons. A model is proposed which suggests that the mature subunits are produced by a single proteolytic cleavage of each of the three major precursors of conglutin a and also suggests that a close similarity exists between these subunits and those of other legumin-like proteins. The enzyme responsible for this cleavage, which appears at a specific stage in the middle of cotyledonary development, seems to be an integral part of the programmed developmental sequence in these
pods.
experiments with [3H]- or [35S]-labelled amino acids, subcellular fractionation and cell-free translation from poly(A)+ (polyadenylylated) RNA or membrane-bound polyribosomes. Related polypeptides were identified by immunoprecipitation, separation on sodium dodecyl sulphate/polyacrylamide gels and fluorography. The synthesis and processing of two proteins were compared. Conglutin a, the 1 1 S protein, was found as a family of precursor polypeptides of Mr 68 000-88 000 when translated from poly(A)+ RNA under conditions where signal segments were not cleaved, and Mr 64000-85000 both when sequestered into the endoplasmic reticulum and when accumulated in the protein bodies. Pulse-chase labelling showed that cotyledons from early stages ofdevelopment were completely incapable offurther proteolysis of these precursors. Nevertheless, in the samejuvenile cotyledons, the precursors ofthe minor storage protein conglutin y, two polypeptides with Mr 50000-51000, were proteolytically cleaved to mature subunits of Mr 32000 and 17000 within 2 h. Further cleavage of the precursors of conglutin a into families of mature subunits of Mr 21000-24000 and 42000-62000 was detected in more mature cotyledons. A model is proposed which suggests that the mature subunits are produced by a single proteolytic cleavage of each of the three major precursors of conglutin a and also suggests that a close similarity exists between these subunits and those of other legumin-like proteins. The enzyme responsible for this cleavage, which appears at a specific stage in the middle of cotyledonary development, seems to be an integral part of the programmed developmental sequence in these
pods.
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Biochemical journalVolume
232Issue
3Pagination
673 - 679Publisher
Portland Press Ltd.Location
London, Eng.Publisher DOI
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0264-6021eISSN
1470-8728Language
engPublication classification
C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalCopyright notice
1985, London: The Biochemical SocietyUsage metrics
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