The Phenotype of a Virescent Chloroplast Mutation in Tobacco Is Associated with the Absence of a 37.5 kD Thylakoid Polypeptide 1

AUTOR(ES)

Archer, E. Kathleen

RESUMO

The Vir-c mutation is a virescent chloroplast mutation found in a line of plants derived from protoplast fusions between a Nicotina tabacum line and a line containing N. tabacum nuclei with Nicotiana suaveolens cytoplasm. Vir-c displays a lag period in chlorophyll accumulation and granal stack formation in young leaves. We examined total chloroplast protein in young leaves and showed the mutant contains 1.3 to 2.1 times less stromal protein, and 2.9 to 4.3 times less thylakoid protein when compared to the N. tabacum var “Turkish Samsun” control. Electrophoretic patterns of total thylakoid proteins indicated three polypeptides were specifically decreased in amount within the context of the overall reduction in thylakoid protein. Electrophoresis of thylakoid proteins synthesized by chloroplasts isolated from half-expanded leaves demonstrated that mutant chloroplasts did not synthesize a 37.5 kilodalton polypeptide which was synthesized by “Samsun” chloroplasts. A polypeptide of this molecular weight was synthesized by Vir-c chloroplasts isolated from mature leaves which had recovered the normal phenotype. Restriction digestion and electrophoresis of the mutant's chloroplast DNA produced a pattern of restriction fragments different from either N. tabacum or N. suaveolens chloroplast DNA.

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