A simple method for isolating import‐competent Arabidopsis chloroplasts

FEBS Letters

Jarvis, Paul¹  Aronsson, Henrik¹ 

[1] Department of Biology, University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester LE1 7RH, UK

关键词: Chloroplast;    Protein import;    Precursor protein;    Arabidopsis thaliana;   

DOI  :  10.1016/S0014-5793(02)03342-2

学科分类：生物化学/生物物理

来源: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

【 摘 要 】

We present a simple, rapid and low-cost method for isolating a high yield of Arabidopsis chloroplasts that can be used to study chloroplast protein import. Efficiency of chloroplast isolation was dependent upon the ratio between amount of plant tissue and the buffer volume, the size and speed of the homogenisation equipment, and the size of the homogenisation beaker. The import method proved useful when characterising different precursor proteins, developmental stages and import-defective mutants. Time-course experiments enabled the measurement of import rates in the linear range. Compared to protoplastation, this isolation method has significant time and cost savings (∼80% and ∼95%, respectively), and yields chloroplasts with a higher capacity to import proteins.

【 授权许可】

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