Plant Physiology 92:88-96 (1990)
© 1990 American Society of Plant Biologists
Metabolism and Enzymology
Identification of the Large Subunit of Ribulose 1,5-Bisphosphate Carboxylase/Oxygenase as a Substrate for Transglutaminase in Medicago sativa L. (Alfalfa) 1
Stephen A. Margosiak,
Abdi Dharma,
Megan R. Bruce-Carver,
Andrea P. Gonzales,
Donna Louie and
Glenn D. Kuehn
Plant Genetic Engineering Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico 88003-0001
Extracts prepared from floral meristematic tissue of alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) were investigated for expression of the enzyme transglutaminase in order to identify the major protein substrate for transglutaminase-directed modifications among plant proteins. The large polymorphic subunits of ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase in alfalfa, with molecular weights of 52,700 and 57,600, are major substrates for transglutaminase in these extracts. This was established by: (a) covalent conjugation of monodansylcadaverine to the large subunit followed by fluorescent detection in SDS-polyacrylamide gels; (b) covalent conjugation of [14C]putrescine to the large subunit with detection by autoradiography; (c) covalent conjugation of monodansylcadaverine to the large subunit and demonstration of immunocross-reactivity on nitrocellulose transblot of the modified large subunit with antibody prepared in rabbits against dansylated-ovalbumin; (d) demonstration of a direct dependence of the rate of transglutaminase-mediated, [14C]putrescine incorporation upon the concentration of ribulose, 1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase from alfalfa or spinach; and (e) presumptive evidence from size exclusion chromatography that transglutaminase may cofractionate with native molecules of ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase in crude extracts. Analysis of the primary structure of plant large subunit has revealed numerous potential glutaminyl and lysyl sites for transglutaminase-directed modifications of ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase.
1 Supported by a grant from the U.S. Public Health Service (grant RR01836) to G. D. K.
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