title: Subunit studies of coupling factor 1 of bean chloroplasts.
abstract: A bean chloroplast coupling factor (CF1) with latent Ca2+-dependent ATPase activity was studied. Immunodiffusion of bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) chloroplast and etioplast coupling factors and spinach coupling factor against antiserum to spinach coupling factor showed partial identity of the bean coupling factor with that of spinach. An immunoelectrophoretic comparison, under dissociating conditions, of bean leaf extracts and spinach extracts containing CF1 subunits (as determined by sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis) gave identical results for both extracts. At least six distinct polypeptide species were found. The major species had molecular weights of 42 000, 59 000 and 63 000 daltons. Amino acid analysis of electrophoretically purified bean CF1 gave results similar to those published for spinach CF1.
mesh_terms: D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases / Q000378:metabolism*; D000596:Amino Acids / Q000032:analysis; D002118:Calcium / Q000494:pharmacology; D002736:Chloroplasts / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D004789:Enzyme Activation / Q000187:drug effects; D005779:Immunodiffusion; D007122:Immunoelectrophoresis; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D010785:Photophosphorylation; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D010944:Plants / Q000378:metabolism*; D011485:Protein Binding; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D010940:Plant Proteins; D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases; D002118:Calcium