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Phenylalanine ammonia-lyase (PAL) from spinach (Spinacia oleracea L.) leaves was resolved into three forms by diethyl-aminoethyl(DEAE)-cellulose chromatography. Two forms were found in isolated chloroplasts, and the third form (the major component) was located outside of the chloroplasts. One of the chloroplast forms of the enzyme (designated the regulatory form) was activated by reduced thioredoxin. Neither the other chloroplast form nor the extra-chloroplast form showed a response to thioredoxin. After further purification by hydroxyapatite column chromatography and gel filtration, the regulatory form of chloroplast PAL was stimulated approximately 3-fold by thioredoxin reduced either photochemically by chloroplast membranes, via ferredoxin and ferredoxin-thioredoxin reductase, or chemically by dithiothreitol. Once activated, the enzyme required an added oxidant for deactivation. Physiological oxidants-oxidized glutathione (GSSG) and dehydroascorbate-as well as nonphysiological oxidants-sodium tetrathionate and diamide-were effective in deactivation. The results indicate that chloroplast PAL is regulated by light via the ferredoxin/thioredoxin system in a manner similar to that described for regulatory enzymes of CO2 assimilation. The extra-chloroplast form of the enzyme, by contrast, appears to be regulated by light via the earlier-described phytochrome-linked system.
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Nishizawa, A.N., Wolosiuk, R.A. & Buchanan, B.B. Chloroplast phenylalanine ammonia-lyase from spinach leaves. Planta 145, 7–12 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00379922
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