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  • Title: Immunocharacterization of Vitis vinifera L. ferredoxin-dependent glutamate synthase, and its spatial and temporal changes during leaf development.
    Author: Loulakakis KA, Primikirios NI, Nikolantonakis MA, Roubelakis-Angelakis KA.
    Journal: Planta; 2002 Aug; 215(4):630-8. PubMed ID: 12172846.
    Abstract:
    The grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.) partial fragment of cDNA clone pGOGAT1 [Loulakakis and Roubelakis-Angelakis (1997) Physiol Plant 101:220-228], encoding the ferredoxin-dependent glutamate synthase (Fd-GOGAT; EC 1.4.7.1), was overexpressed in Escherichia coli cells. A hybrid between the Fd-GOGAT fragment and maltose-binding protein was purified and used to raise a polyclonal antibody in a rabbit. The prepared antibody appeared to be specific towards Fd-GOGAT; it recognized a protein band of approximately 160 kDa on nitrocellulose blots after SDS-PAGE of total proteins from leaves, internodes, roots and calluses, and precipitated most of the enzyme activity present in grapevine protein extracts. The quantity of Fd-GOGAT protein was substantially higher in leaves than in other grapevine tissues tested, coincident with a similar distribution of the enzyme specific activity. Intracellular localization studies revealed that both the enzyme activity and the 160-kDa immunoreactive protein were associated with the chloroplastic fraction. Furthermore, the accumulation of Fd-GOGAT, glutamine synthetase (GS) and glutamate dehydrogenase (GDH), at the activity and protein levels, was monitored during leaf development of field-grown plants, from the stage of the newly expanding leaf to the senescing old leaf. Both the specific activity and quantity of the 160-kDa polypeptide of Fd-GOGAT were higher in the mature, full sized leaves and substantially lower in young and senescing leaves. GS specific activity and immunoreactive protein followed the same trend as Fd-GOGAT, while GDH showed opposite developmental patterns of accumulation. The biological significance of the presence of Fd-GOGAT in the various grapevine tissues and its physiological role during early development and natural senescence of the leaves are discussed.
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