Table III.
Estimated and deduced molecular mass values of mtPDC catalytic subunits
Molecular Mass
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SDS-PAGE
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Calculated/deduced
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Subunit | Maize | Pea | Arabidopsis | Pea | Potato |
kD | |||||
E1α | 43 | 43a | 43.0b | 43.5c | 43.2d |
E1β | 40 | 38a | 39.2e | 38.7c | n.a. |
E2 | 52 –53 | 76a | 60.0f | n.a. | n.a. |
E3 | 62 –63 | 57a,60g,h | n.a.i | 50.4h | n.a. |
Values are based on SDS-PAGE analysis of isolated mitochondria and therefore represent processed proteins. Molecular mass values deduced from sequenced cDNA clones represent precursor proteins (i.e. targeting peptide plus mature protein).
M.H. Luethy, unpublished data.
Luethy, 1994.
Guan et al.
n.a., Data not available.