title: Enzyme co-localization in pea leaf chloroplasts: glyceraldehyde-3-P dehydrogenase, triose-P isomerase, aldolase and sedoheptulose bisphosphatase.
abstract: Nearest neighbor analysis of immunocytolocalization experiments indicates that the enzymes glyceraldehyde-3-P dehydrogenase, triose-P isomerase and aldolase are located close to one another in the pea leaf chloroplast stroma, and that aldolase is located close to sedoheptulose bisphosphatase. Direct transfer of the triose phosphates between glyceraldehyde-3-P dehydrogenase and triose-P isomerase, and from glyceraldehyde-3-P dehydrogenase and triose-P isomerase to aldolase, is then a possibility, as is direct transfer of sedoheptulose bisphosphate from aldolase to sedoheptulose bisphosphatase. Spatial organization of these enzymes may be important for efficient CO(2) fixation in photosynthetic organisms. In contrast, there is no indication that fructose bisphosphatase is co-localized with aldolase, and direct transfer of fructose bisphosphate from aldolase to fructose bisphosphatase seems unlikely.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, University of Illinois-Chicago, 60607, USA. louise@uic.edu
authors.forename: Louise E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Anderson
authors.forename: Nandita
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Gatla
authors.forename: Andrew A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Carol
mesh_terms: D002736:Chloroplasts / Q000201:enzymology*; D005634:Fructose-Bisphosphate Aldolase / Q000378:metabolism*; D005987:Glyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenases / Q000378:metabolism*; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D018532:Pisum sativum / Q000201:enzymology*; D010744:Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases / Q000378:metabolism*; D018515:Plant Leaves / Q000201:enzymology; D014305:Triose-Phosphate Isomerase / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D005987:Glyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenases; D010744:Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases; C022627:sedoheptulose-bisphosphatase; D005634:Fructose-Bisphosphate Aldolase; D014305:Triose-Phosphate Isomerase