The reconstituted NADP photoreducing system by rebinding of the large form of ferredoxin-NADP reductase to depleted thylakoid membranes

The large form of ferredoxin-NADP reductase (FNR-L) was prepared by reassociating the small form of the enzyme (FNR-S) and connectein isolated from spinach leaves. The re-formed FNR-L could be rebound to depleted thylakoids from which most of the “built-in” FNR-L had been extracted. This rebinding o...

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Veröffentlicht in:Archives of biochemistry and biophysics 1991-12, Vol.291 (2), p.390-394
Hauptverfasser: Nakatani, Shigeru, Shin, Masateru
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:The large form of ferredoxin-NADP reductase (FNR-L) was prepared by reassociating the small form of the enzyme (FNR-S) and connectein isolated from spinach leaves. The re-formed FNR-L could be rebound to depleted thylakoids from which most of the “built-in” FNR-L had been extracted. This rebinding of FNR-L brought about good restoration of the diminished NADP photo-reducing activity of depleted thylakoids. Although rebinding of FNR-S to the depleted thylakoids took place with or without connectein, restoration of the NADP photoreducing activity required involvement of connectein. It becomes clear that involvement of connectein in the binding of FNR to thylakoids is indispensable for giving the physiological function of NADP photoreducing activity to the flavin enzyme on the surface of thylakoid membranes. It is most likely that FNR-L is the functional entity at the final step of the photosynthetic electron transport system in chloroplasts.
ISSN:0003-9861
1096-0384
DOI:10.1016/0003-9861(91)90151-8