エンドウ トシヤ   ENDO TOSHIYA
  遠藤 斗志也
   所属   京都産業大学  生命科学部 先端生命科学科
   職種   客員教授
言語種別 英語
発行・発表の年月 1992/07
形態種別 研究論文
査読 査読あり
標題 THE CHLOROPLAST-TARGETING DOMAIN OF PLASTOCYANIN TRANSIT PEPTIDE CAN FORM A HELICAL STRUCTURE BUT DOES NOT HAVE A HIGH-AFFINITY FOR LIPID BILAYERS
執筆形態 その他
掲載誌名 EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY
出版社・発行元 SPRINGER VERLAG
巻・号・頁 207(2),pp.671-675
著者・共著者 T ENDO,K KAWAMURA,M NAKAI
概要 Conformational properties and interactions with lipid membranes were studied for the chemically synthesized peptides PC(1-37) and PC(1-43), corresponding to the N-terminal 37 and 43 residues, respectively, of the transit peptide of the precursor to plastocyanin of Silene pratensis. PC(1-43) covers the entire chloroplast targeting domain of the transit peptide. CD spectra of PC(1-37) and PC(1-43) showed that both peptides have little ordered structure in aqueous solutions but form partially helical conformations in the presence of detergent micelles or in methanol. Vesicle disruption and direct-binding experiments revealed, however, that neither PC(1-37) nor PC(1-43) had a high affinity for lipid membranes. Since in the intact plastocyanin transit peptide the chloroplast-targeting domain is followed by a hydrophobic thylakoid-transfer domain, the plastocyanin precursor may well be transported to the chloroplast surface first with the aid of the thylakoid-transfer domain. The chloroplast-targeting domain may then form a helical structure in the lipid environments, and a chloroplast-specific motif displayed on the helical structure may be recognized by a receptor protein located at the chloroplast envelope membranes.
ISSN 0014-2956