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The activity of pea chloroplast elongation factor G (EF-G), a nuclear-coded protein required for the elongation cycle of chloroplast protein synthesis, is regulated in response to light. In pea seedlings germinated and grown under continuous white or red light, EF-G specific activity reaches a maximum between days 10 to 15, and then decreases. EF-G activity is almost undetectable in extracts from dark-grown seedlings. When 13-day dark-grown pea seedlings are transferred to light, EF-G specific activity reaches a higher value after 2 to 3 days than observed in seedlings grown under continuous light. The small and large subunits of ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase continue to accumulate after EF-G specific activity has reached maximum levels. Cytoplasmically synthesized components of the chloroplast protein synthetic apparatus, such as EF-G, may help coordinate cytoplasmic and nuclear events with chloroplast gene expression during light-induced chloroplast differentiation.
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Akkaya, M.S., Breitenberger, C.A. Light regulation of protein synthesis factor EF-G in pea chloroplasts. Plant Mol Biol 20, 791–800 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00027150
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