Binding of a Phosphorylated Inhibitor to Ribulose Bisphosphate Carboxylase/Oxygenase during the Night
- 1 August 1985
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Plant Physiology
- Vol. 78 (4), 839-843
- https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.78.4.839
Abstract
The activity of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase was measured at various times during the purification of the enzyme from leaves of Nicotiana tabacum which were collected either 1 hour before the start of the photoperiod (predawn) or in the middle of the photoperiod (midday). The activity of the enzyme in extracts of the predawn leaves (0.8 units/mg enzyme) was consistently about 2-fold lower than that measured in extracts of midday leaves (1.7 units/mg enzyme). The activity of the predawn enzyme was increased to that of the midday enzyme following removal of CO2 and Mg2+ (deactivation), (NH4)2SO4 precipitation, or incubation in SO42− (18 millimolar required for one-half maximal increase). Following purification to >95% homogeneity, the predawn enzyme was found to have ∼0.5 moles of bound organic phosphate per mole of enzyme active sites, while the midday enzyme had only ∼0.08 moles of bound organic phosphate per mole of enzyme active sites. Deactivation of the predawn enzyme or treatment with 0.2 molar SO42− resulted in the removal of most of the bound organic phosphate. These findings support the hypothesis that following the night period about 50% of the enzyme is catalytically inactive because of the tight-binding of a small molecular weight, phosphorylated inhibitor at the active site.Keywords
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