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Meryandini A, Drews G. Import and assembly of the α and β-polypeptides of the light-harvesting complex I (B870) in the membrane system of Rhodobacter capsulatus investigated in an in vitro translation system. Photosynth Res. 1996;47(1):21-31doi: 10.1007/BF00017750.
Meryandini, A., & Drews, G. (1996). Import and assembly of the α and β-polypeptides of the light-harvesting complex I (B870) in the membrane system of Rhodobacter capsulatus investigated in an in vitro translation system. Photosynthesis research, 47(1), 21-31. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00017750
Meryandini, A, and Drews, G. "Import and assembly of the α and β-polypeptides of the light-harvesting complex I (B870) in the membrane system of Rhodobacter capsulatus investigated in an in vitro translation system." Photosynthesis research vol. 47,1 (1996): 21-31. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00017750
Meryandini A, Drews G. Import and assembly of the α and β-polypeptides of the light-harvesting complex I (B870) in the membrane system of Rhodobacter capsulatus investigated in an in vitro translation system. Photosynth Res. 1996 Jan;47(1):21-31. doi: 10.1007/BF00017750. PMID: 24301704.
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Photosynth Res. 1996 Jan;47(1):21-31. doi: 10.1007/BF00017750.

Import and assembly of the α and β-polypeptides of the light-harvesting complex I (B870) in the membrane system of Rhodobacter capsulatus investigated in an in vitro translation system.

Photosynthesis research

A Meryandini, G Drews

Affiliations

  1. Institute of Biology 2, Microbiology, Albert-Ludwigs-University, Schaenzlestrasse 1, D-79104, Freiburg, Germany.

PMID: 24301704 DOI: 10.1007/BF00017750

Abstract

Transcripts of the genes pufBA, pufB or pufA from Rhodobacter capsulatus were translated in a cell-free system of R. capsulatus. The incorporation of the nascent polypeptides LHIα and β in various types of membranes and the assembly of the light-harvesting (LH) complex I (B870) were investigated. The highest rate of stable incorporation of LHIα and β into the membrane was observed with membranes from the wild type strain grown under chemotrophic conditions. Addition of membranes from cells defective in biosynthesis of pigment-binding proteins resulted in a less efficient or less stable incorporation of LHIαβ. The single polypeptides LHIα or β were synthesized and inserted into the membrane but were extractable to a higher percentage by 6 M urea than the pairwise inserted LHI polypeptides.If the ribosomes and the S135 extract were depleted of DnaK the rate of synthesis of both polypeptides, LHIα and β, was strongly reduced. Removal of GroEL from the cell-free system did not impair the synthesis and membrane association of both proteins, but affected the stable insertion. A high percentage of the LHIαβ polypeptides became extractable by 6 M urea if the cell-free system was depleted of GroEL. Addition of GroEL to the cell-free system restored the capacity of stable insertion of both proteins into the membrane. GroEL interacted with LHIα and β before membrane targeting as shown by immunological means.A protein fraction, which can be removed from the membrane with a low-salt buffer, supported the effective and stable incorporation of LHIαβ into the membrane. It is concluded that the assembly of the LHI complex in the membrane system of R. capsulatus is a multistep process guided and supported by polypeptides located in the cytoplasm and in the membrane. In the cell-free in vitro system not only the correct insertion of the LHI polypeptides but also an assembly with bacteriochlorophyll was observed. BChl was synthesized from δ-amino levulinate in the cell free system.

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