title: Translocation of 3-deoxy-D-arabino-heptulosonate 7-phosphate synthase precursor into isolated chloroplasts.
abstract: A cDNA encoding 3-deoxy-D-arabino-heptulosonate 7-phosphate (DAHP) synthase (EC 4.1.2.15) from potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) presumably specifies a chloroplast transit sequence near its 5'-end. In order to show the function of this transit sequence, we constructed a plasmid that contains the entire coding region of the cDNA downstream from a T7 promoter. Using this plasmid as template, DAHP synthase mRNA was synthesized in vitro with T7 RNA polymerase. The resulting mRNA served as template for the in vitro synthesis of a 59-kDa polypeptide. This translation product was identified as the DAHP synthase precursor by immunoprecipitation with a monospecific polyclonal antibody raised against pure tuber DAHP synthase and by radiosequencing of the [(3)H]leucine-labeled translation product. Incubation of the 59-kDa polypeptide with isolated spinach (Spinacia oleracea L.) chloroplasts resulted in a 53-kDa polypeptide that was resistant to protease treatment. Fractionation of chloroplasts, reisolated after import, showed the mature DAHP synthase in the stroma fraction. Incubation of the 59-kDa polypeptide with a chloroplast precursor-processing enzyme cleaved the precursor between Ser49 and Ala50, generating a mature DAHP synthase of 489 residues. The uptake of the DAHP synthase precursor into isolated chloroplasts was inhibited by anti-DAHP synthase, and the precursor was not processed cotranslationally by canine microsomal membranes. We conclude that the transit sequence is able to direct DAHP synthase into chloroplasts.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907-1153, USA.
authors.forename: Jianmin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Lisa M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Weaver
authors.forename: Klaus M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Herrmann
mesh_terms: D010723:3-Deoxy-7-Phosphoheptulonate Synthase / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D001692:Biological Transport; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002736:Chloroplasts / Q000378:metabolism*; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics; D004792:Enzyme Precursors / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D010957:Plasmids / Q000235:genetics; D011233:Precipitin Tests; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics; D011198:Solanum tuberosum / Q000166:cytology / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D013403:Sugar Phosphates / Q000378:metabolism; D014158:Transcription, Genetic / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D004792:Enzyme Precursors; D013403:Sugar Phosphates; C013469:3-deoxy-D-arabino-heptulosonate-7-phosphate; D010723:3-Deoxy-7-Phosphoheptulonate Synthase