Abstract
A single polypeptide is immunospecifically precipitated by monospecific antiphytochrome from the total translation products of both wheat-germ and rabbit-reticulocyte cell-free protein synthesizing systems programmed with oat (Avena sativa L.) poly(A) RNA. The mobility of this polypeptide is slightly lower on sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis than that of immunoaffinity-purified, 118 kdalton phytochrome and corresponds to an apparent molecular weight of 124 kdalton. Evidence against the possibility that this mobility difference results from intracellular processing of the 124-kdalton protein is provided by extraction of freeze-dried tissue directly into boiling SDS-containing buffer. This procedure yields a phytochrome species with a mobility on SDS polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis indistinguishable from that of the in-vitro translation product. Together the data indicate that the phytochrome polypeptide is synthesized in its mature form in the cell but is subject to modification to a form with lower apparent molecular weight during immunopurification.
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Abbreviations
- IgG:
-
immunoglobulin G
- PAGE:
-
polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis
- SDS:
-
sodium dodecyl sulfate
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Bolton, G.W., Quail, P.H. Cell-free synthesis of phytochrome apoprotein. Planta 155, 212–217 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00392718
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