Stability and Dissociation of the Large Subunit RuBisCO Binding Protein Complex in Vitro and in Organello1

AUTOR(ES)

Roy, Harry

RESUMO

We are studying the stability of the binding protein which associates with newly synthesized large subunits of ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase. In chloroplast extracts, it has been shown that a dodecameric complex of the large subunit binding protein dissociates extensively into binding protein monomers and 7S (117 kilodaltons) large subunit-containing complexes in the presence of ATP. The concentrations of ATP which bring this about are quite low, prompting some investigators to suggest that the dodecameric complex might not exist in vivo. We have found, however, that in concentrated chloroplast extracts, at protein concentrations which are closer to those which occur in organello, the dissociation of the binding protein complex by ATP is much less extensive. For this reason, we have tested the stability of the binding protein in organello, by illuminating chloroplasts followed by lysis and polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of the extracts. Radioactive large subunits associated with the dodecameric binding protein dissociated extensively in the light. The results are consistent with the idea that the high molecular weight form of the binding protein can function as a reservoir of large subunits which can be tapped in vivo, in a reaction dependent on light and ATP.

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