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PLANT PHYSIOLOGY , Vol 115, Issue 1 299-309, Copyright © 1997 by American Society of Plant Biologists

BIOCHEMISTRY AND ENZYMOLOGY

Distribution of Folate Derivatives and Enzymes for Synthesis of 10-Formyltetrahydrofolate in Cytosolic and Mitochondrial Fractions of Pea Leaves

L. Chen, S. Y. Chan and E. A. Cossins
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2E9

Leaf extracts of 14-d-old pea (Pisum sativum L. cv Homesteader) seedlings were examined for folate derivatives and for 10-formyltetrahydrofolate synthetase (SYN), 5,10-methenyltetrahydrofolate cyclohydrolase (CYC), and 5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate dehydrogenase (DHY) activities. Microbiological and enzyme assays showed that leaf folates SYN, CYC, and DHY were predominantly cytosolic. Extracts of Percoll gradient-purified mitochondria contained less than 1% of total leaf folate and less that 1% of each enzyme activity. Fractionation of whole-leaf homogenates resulted in the copurification of DHY and CYC (subunit 38 kD) and the isolation of a SYN protein (subunit 66 kD). Polyclonal antibodies were raised against purified cytosolic DHY-CYC (DHY-CYC-Ab) and cytosolic SYN (SYN-Ab), respectively. Immunoblots showed that DHY-CYC-Ab cross-reacted with a mitochondrial protein band (38 kD). Two mitochondrial protein bands (subunit Mr = 40,000 and 44,000) cross-reacted with SYN-Ab. Immunoaffinity chromatography (DHY-CYC-Ab as the immobile ligand) indicated that the bulk of mitochondrial SYN activity was not associated with mitochondrial DHY or CYC. When 9-d-old etiolated pea seedlings were exposed to light for up to 3 d, the specific enzyme activities of DHY-CYC in whole-leaf extracts rose 2-fold and more DHY-CYC-Ab cross-reacting protein was detected. In contrast, the specific activity of SYN fell from 5 to 1 [mu]mol min-1 mg-1 protein and less SYN-Ab cross-reacting protein was detected. The data suggest that in pea leaves, the bulk of one-carbon-substituted tetrahydrofolates and enzymes for the generation of 10-formyltetrahydrofolate are extra-mitochondrial.


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