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Binding to 14-3-3 proteins is not sufficient to inhibit nitrate reductase in spinach leaves
1Julius-von-Sachs-Institut für Biowissenschaften, Lehrstuhl Botanik I, Molekulare Pflanzenphysiologie und Biophysik, Würzburg, Germany. weiner@botanik.uni-wuerzburg.de
FEBS Letters
|October 18, 2000
Abstract:
To assess the role of 14-3-3 proteins in the magnesium-dependent inhibition of nitrate reductase (NR) we tested the effect of magnesium on NR binding to 14-3-3s by coimmunoprecipitation and gel filtration. The stability of the 14-3-3 complex of NR was, unlike its activity, unaffected by magnesium. We therefore conclude that binding to 14-3-3s per se does not inhibit NR. Magnesium inhibited 14-3-3-bound NR much more strongly than 14-3-3-free NR. 14-3-3s possibly reinforce NR inhibition by magnesium.