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. 1988 Oct;88(2):497–505. doi: 10.1104/pp.88.2.497

Immunological Characterization of Iron-Regulated Membrane Proteins in the Cyanobacterium Anacystis nidulans R2 1

Harold C Riethman 1,2, Louis A Sherman 1
PMCID: PMC1055607  PMID: 16666334

Abstract

Antibodies cross-reactive with specific membrane proteins were used to investigate membrane development in Anacystis nidulans R2 during recovery from iron stress. Polyclonal antibodies prepared using the iron-regulated chlorophyll (Chl)-protein CPVI-4 (HB Pakrasi, HC Riethman, LA Sherman 1985 Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 82: 6903-6907) as antigen were characterized and used to identify three iron stress-induced polypeptides of 36, 35, and 34 kilodaltons on immunoblots of polyacrylamide gels. The 34 kilodalton protein was shown to be a component of the Chlbinding CPVI-4 complex. The 36 kilodalton protein is an unrelated, intrinsic membrane protein tightly regulated by iron (designated IrpA), whereas the 35 kilodalton immunoreactive component is an extremely abundant glycoprotein (GP35). An analysis of photosystem II (PSII)-associated Chl-proteins during recovery from iron stress demonstrates that CPVI-4 is associated with most of the Chl present in iron-starved cells, whereas the PSII core polypeptides are present in very low levels; upon recovery, CPVI-4 diminishes in abundance as the relative levels of the other PSII proteins increase. The abundance of CPVI-4 in iron-stressed cells and the distribution of Chl among individual Chl-proteins during recovery suggest a possible role for CPVI-4 in the direction of membrane assembly during recovery from iron stress.

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