title: ChrA Is a Carotenoid-Binding Protein in Chromoplasts of Capsicum annuum.
abstract: Chromoplasts of Capsicum annuum var Albino contain a carotenoid-protein complex, which migrates as a brilliant orange band in gels under conditions of nondenaturing electrophoresis. In a second, denaturing separation, the complex resolves into a principal protein (ChrA) of 58 kilodaltons and several minor proteins of 20 to 55 kilodaltons, which may be adventitiously associated. Analysis of Western blots of both one- and two-dimensional gels showed that the principal protein component of the carotenoid complex is ChrA, a protein previously shown to be located specifically in chromoplast membranes. The identification of ChrA as a carotenoid-binding protein appears to be the first instance of a nonthylakoid, carotenoid-binding protein in higher plants.
authors: Waksman Institute, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey 08855-0759.
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Cervantes-Cervantes
authors: N
authors: N
authors: Hadjeb
authors: L A
authors: LA
authors: Newman
authors: C A
authors: CA
authors: Price