Abstract
We have purified a protein (cryoprotectin) from the leaves of cold-acclimated cabbage (Brassica oleracea L.) that protects thylakoids from nonacclimated spinach (Spinacia oleracea L.) against freeze-thaw damage. The procedure involves precipitations by heat, ammonium sulfate, and the glycosaminoglycan heparin and column chromatography on Polyamide 6 and a C18 reverse-phase matrix. After reverse-phase chromatography we obtained a single band of an apparent molecular mass of 7 kD when fractions that showed cryoprotective activity were analyzed by sodium dodecyl sulfate gel electrophoresis and silver staining. Gel-filtration experiments confirmed that the active protein is a monomer of 7 kD native molecular mass. This 7-kD protein could be purified only from cold-acclimated cabbage, but not from plants grown under nonacclimating conditions. Using peroxidase-labeled lectins, we show that cryoprotectin is a glycoprotein and that the saccharide moiety contains [alpha]1-3-linked fucose.
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