Localization of reaction center and B800-850 antenna pigment proteins in membranes of Rhodobacter sphaeroides.
AUTOR(ES)
Tadros, M H
RESUMO
The localization of the N- and C-terminal regions of pigment-binding polypeptides of the bacterial photosynthetic apparatus of Rhodobacter sphaeroides was investigated by proteinase K treatment of chromatophore and spheroplast-derived vesicles and amino acid sequence determination. Under conditions of proteinase K treatment of chromatophores, which left the in vivo absorption spectrum and the membrane intact, 15 and 46 amino acyl residues from the N-terminal regions of the L and M subunits, respectively, of the reaction center polypeptides were removed. The N termini are therefore exposed on the cytoplasmic surface of the membrane. The C-terminal domain of the light-harvesting B800-850 alpha and B870 alpha polypeptides was found to be exposed on the periplasmic surface of the membrane. A total of 9 and 13 amino acyl residues were cleaved from the B800-850 alpha and B870 alpha polypeptides, respectively, when spheroplasts were treated with proteinase K. The N-terminal regions of the alpha polypeptides were not digested in either membrane preparation and were apparently protected from proteolytic attack. Seven N-terminal amino acyl residues of the B800-850 beta polypeptide were removed after the digestion of chromatophores. C-terminal residues were not removed after the digestion of chromatophores or spheroplasts. The C termini seem to be protected from protease attack by interaction with the membrane. Therefore, the N-terminal regions of the beta polypeptides are exposed on the cytoplasmic membrane surface. The C termini of the beta polypeptides are believed to point to the periplasmic space.
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