Discrimination between the red- and far-red-absorbing forms of phytochrome fromAvena sativaL. by monoclonal antibodies
β Scribed by B. Thomas; S. E. Penn; G. W. Butcher; G. Galfre
- Book ID
- 104753630
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 1984
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 296 KB
- Volume
- 160
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0032-0935
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β¦ Synopsis
A set of rat monoclonal antibodies (ARC MAC 48 to 52 and 54 to 56), raised to phytochrome from dark-grown seedlings of Arena sativa L. was tested for the ability to discriminate between the red-absorbing (Pr) and far-red-absorbing (Pfr) forms of phytochrome by indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. MAC 50 bound more strongly to Pfr and MAC 49 and 52 showed preferential binding to Pr from extracts of dark-grown Arena seedlings; MAC 50 also bound more strongly to Pfr from brushite-purified phytochrome. The remainder of the monoclonal antibodies and a rabbit polyclonal antiphytochrome preparation did not discriminate between Pr and Pfr. The results provide evidence for conformational changes in defined regions of the phytochrome apoprotein upon photoconversion.
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The pathway for the phototransformation of the red-light-absorbing (Pr) to the far-red-light-absorbing (Pfr) form of native phytochrome ~, from pea was investigated by low temperature spectrophotometry. Four intermediates between Pr and Pfr were recognized. The first i i termediate (lumi-R) was stab