title: Identification of the polypeptides of the major light-harvesting complex of photosystem II (LHCII) with their genes in tomato.
abstract: Using an improved SDS-PAGE system, the polypeptides of the major chlorophyll a/b light-harvesting complex of PSII (LHCII) from tomato leaves were resolved into five polypeptide bands. All the polypeptides were matched with the genes encoding them by comparing amino acid sequences of tryptic peptides with gene sequences. The two major LHCII bands (usually comigrating as a '27 kDa' polypeptide) were encoded by cab1 and cab3 (Type I LHCII) genes. A third strong band of about 25 kDa was encoded by cab4 (Type II) genes. Polypeptides from two minor bands of 23-24 kDa were not N-terminally blocked; their N-terminal sequences showed they were Type III LHCII proteins. One complete cDNA clone and several incomplete clones for Type III polypeptides were sequenced. Combined with the peptide sequences, the results indicate that there are at least four different Type III genes in tomato, encoding four almost identical polypeptides. Thus, all the LHCII CAB polypeptides have been identified, and each type of LHCII polypeptide is encoded by distinct gene or genes in tomato.
authors.affiliation: Botany Department, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
authors.forename: B R
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Green
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Aebersold
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pichersky
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D004247:DNA; D045342:Light-Harvesting Protein Complexes; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010455:Peptides / Q000032:analysis* / Q000235:genetics; D045322:Photosynthetic Reaction Center Complex Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics; D045332:Photosystem II Protein Complex; D010944:Plants / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D045342:Light-Harvesting Protein Complexes; D010455:Peptides; D045322:Photosynthetic Reaction Center Complex Proteins; D045332:Photosystem II Protein Complex; D004247:DNA