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The presence of a short redox chain in the membrane of intact potato tuber peroxisomes and the association of malate dehydrogenase with the peroxisomal membrane

Struglics, André LU ; Fredlund, Kenneth M ; Rasmusson, Allan LU and Möller, Ian M (1993) In Physiologia Plantarum 88(1). p.19-28
Abstract
Peroxisomes and mitochondria were purified from potato tubers (Solanum tuberosum L. cv. Bintje) by differential centrifugation followed by separation on a continuous Percoll gradient containing 0.3 M sucrose in the lower half and 0.3 M mannitol in the upper half. The peroxisomes band at the bottom and the mitochondria in the middle of this type of gradient. Mitochondrial contamination of the peroxisomes was only 2% [as judged by cytochrome c oxidase (EC 1.3.9.1) activity]. Contamination by amyloplasts, plasma membrane and endoplasmic reticulum was also minimal. The peroxisomes were 80% intact as judged by malate dehydrogenase (MDH, NAD−-dependent; EC 1.1.1.37) latency.The specific activity of NADH-ferricyanide reductase and NADH-Cyt c... (More)
Peroxisomes and mitochondria were purified from potato tubers (Solanum tuberosum L. cv. Bintje) by differential centrifugation followed by separation on a continuous Percoll gradient containing 0.3 M sucrose in the lower half and 0.3 M mannitol in the upper half. The peroxisomes band at the bottom and the mitochondria in the middle of this type of gradient. Mitochondrial contamination of the peroxisomes was only 2% [as judged by cytochrome c oxidase (EC 1.3.9.1) activity]. Contamination by amyloplasts, plasma membrane and endoplasmic reticulum was also minimal. The peroxisomes were 80% intact as judged by malate dehydrogenase (MDH, NAD−-dependent; EC 1.1.1.37) latency.The specific activity of NADH-ferricyanide reductase and NADH-Cyt c reductase was 0.22 and 0.051 μmol (mg protein)−1 min−1 in freshly isolated peroxisomes, respectively. The active site of the reductase appeared to be on the inner surface of the membrane. The peroxisomes also contained a b-type cytochrome. Frozen peroxisomes were subfractionated by osmotic rupture followed by centrifugation to separate the soluble proteins from the peroxisomal membrane. About half the MDH and 30% of the NADH-ferricyanide reductase activity was associated with the membrane but only 6% of the catalase (EC 1.11.1.6) activity. A further wash removed 75% of the residual catalase with only a small loss of MDH or NADH-ferricyanide reductase activity. MDH appears to be closely associated with the peroxisomal membrane.When the purified peroxisomal membrane was analyzed by SDS-PAGE followed by silver staining, prominent bands at 22, 40, 41, 48, 53 and 74 kDa were observed. After immunoblotting the purified peroxisomal membrane, a band at 53 kDa showed strong cross-reactivity with antibodies raised against NADH-ferricyanide reductase. Since the NADH-ferricyanide reductase activity in the peroxisomal membrane could be shown to be specific for the β-hydrogen of NADH, the activity could not be due to contamination by endoplasmic reticulum where the reductase is α-specific. We conclude that the peroxisomal membrane contains a short redox chain, consisting of a NADH-ferricyanide reductase and a b-type cytochrome, similar to that of e.g. the plasma membrane. The role of this redox chain has yet to be elucidated. (Less)
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Cytochrome b, malate dehydrogenase, membrane integrity, NADH‐ferricyanide reductase, peroxisome, potato, redox chain, Solanum tuberosum.
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Physiologia Plantarum
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88
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1
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19 - 28
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John Wiley & Sons Inc.
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0031-9317
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10.1111/j.1399-3054.1993.tb01755.x
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  author       = {{Struglics, André and Fredlund, Kenneth M and Rasmusson, Allan and Möller, Ian M}},
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  keywords     = {{Cytochrome b; malate dehydrogenase; membrane integrity; NADH‐ferricyanide reductase; peroxisome; potato; redox chain; Solanum tuberosum.}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{1}},
  pages        = {{19--28}},
  publisher    = {{John Wiley & Sons Inc.}},
  series       = {{Physiologia Plantarum}},
  title        = {{The presence of a short redox chain in the membrane of intact potato tuber peroxisomes and the association of malate dehydrogenase with the peroxisomal membrane}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1399-3054.1993.tb01755.x}},
  doi          = {{10.1111/j.1399-3054.1993.tb01755.x}},
  volume       = {{88}},
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