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Determination of Plasma Membrane Partitioning for Peripherally-associated Proteins
Published on: June 15, 2018
A new family of plasma membrane polypeptides differentially regulated during plant development
D C Logan1, O Domergue, B Teyssendier de la Serve
1INRA/ENSA-M/CNRS URA 2133, Montpellier, France.
Abstract:
Two cDNAs encoding polypeptides identified in a tobacco leaf plasma membrane fraction prepared by phase partitioning were cloned. The deduced polypeptides, P16 and P17, exhibit a striking primary structure, similar to that of P19, a previously cloned plasma membrane polypeptide. Antibodies raised to the recombinant proteins were used to probe the cellular location of P16, P17 and P19 by means of western blotting of sucrose density-gradient fractions; all three polypeptides were found to be located solely at the plasma membrane. Furthermore, P19 antigen accumulated transiently at the time of floral induction while P16 and P17 antigens accumulated towards the end of the life-cycle. These results together with sequence database searches and multiple-sequence alignments suggest that we have identified a new family of plasma membrane polypeptides that (i) are putatively plant specific and (ii) are differentially regulated during plant development. These polypeptides are termed DREPPs for developmentally regulated plasma membrane polypeptides.
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