We studied the assembly of photosystem II (PSII) in several mutants from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii which were unable to synthesize either one PSII core subunit (P6 [43 kD], D1, or D2) or one oxygen-evolving enhancer (OEE1 or OEE2) subunit. Synthesis of the PSII subunits was analyzed on electrophoretograms of cells pulse labeled with [14C]acetate. Their accumulation in thylakoid membranes was studied on immunoblots, their chlorophyll-binding ability on nondenaturating gels, their assembly by detergent fractionation, their stability by pulse-chase experiments and determination of in vitro protease sensitivity, and their localization by immunocytochemistry. In Chlamydomonas, the PSII core subunits P5 (47 kD), D1, and D2 are synthesized in a concerted manner while P6 synthesis is independent. P5 and P6 accumulate independently of each other in the stacked membranes. They bind chlorophyll soon after, or concomitantly with, their synthesis and independently of the presence of the other PSII subunits. Resistance to degradation increases step by step: beginning with assembly of P5, D1, and D2, then with binding of P6, and, finally, with binding of the OEE subunits on two independent high affinity sites (one for OEE1 and another for OEE2 to which OEE3 binds). In the absence of PSII cores, the OEE subunits accumulate independently in the thylakoid lumen and bind loosely to the membranes; OEE1 was found on stacked membranes, but OEE2 was found on either stacked or unstacked membranes depending on whether or not P6 was synthesized.
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September 01 1989
Posttranslational events leading to the assembly of photosystem II protein complex: a study using photosynthesis mutants from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.
C de Vitry,
C de Vitry
Service de Photosynthèse, Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, Paris, France.
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J Olive,
J Olive
Service de Photosynthèse, Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, Paris, France.
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D Drapier,
D Drapier
Service de Photosynthèse, Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, Paris, France.
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M Recouvreur,
M Recouvreur
Service de Photosynthèse, Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, Paris, France.
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F A Wollman
F A Wollman
Service de Photosynthèse, Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, Paris, France.
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C de Vitry
Service de Photosynthèse, Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, Paris, France.
J Olive
Service de Photosynthèse, Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, Paris, France.
D Drapier
Service de Photosynthèse, Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, Paris, France.
M Recouvreur
Service de Photosynthèse, Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, Paris, France.
F A Wollman
Service de Photosynthèse, Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, Paris, France.
Online ISSN: 1540-8140
Print ISSN: 0021-9525
J Cell Biol (1989) 109 (3): 991–1006.
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C de Vitry, J Olive, D Drapier, M Recouvreur, F A Wollman; Posttranslational events leading to the assembly of photosystem II protein complex: a study using photosynthesis mutants from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.. J Cell Biol 1 September 1989; 109 (3): 991–1006. doi: https://doi.org/10.1083/jcb.109.3.991
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