The Influence of NBS Modification of 241Trp on the Reconstitution of 33 kD Protein with PS and on the Recovery of Oxygen-evolving Activity.
The extrinsic 33 kD protein of photosystemII(PSII) plays an important role in the stabilizing of manganese cluster and maintaining high oxygen-evolving activity of PSII. In this research, (241)Trp, the only tryptophan in the 33 kD protein, was modified by N-Bromosuccinimide. The pH-dependence of modification suggests that this tryptophan is buried in the hydrophobic interior of the protein. The protein's capability of reconstitution to the PSII ecreased after modification, and no oxygen-evolving activity of PS was recovered after the reconstitution. Results suggest that (241)Trp of the 33 kD protein is essential for the binding of the protein to the PS and the normal oxygen-evolving activity.
Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200032, China. xch@iris.sipp.ac.cn
Yong
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Yu
Rong
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Li
Shao-Min
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Tian
Chun-He
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Xu
Kang-Chen
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Ruan