Purification of Rubisco activase from leaves or after expression in Escherichia coli

Methods Mol Biol. 2011:684:363-74. doi: 10.1007/978-1-60761-925-3_28.

Abstract

Rubisco activase is a molecular chaperone that modulates the activation state of Rubisco by catalyzing the ATP-dependent removal of tightly-bound inhibitory sugar-phosphates from Rubisco's catalytic sites. This chapter reports methods developed for the purification of native and recombinant Rubisco activase from leaves and bacterial cells, respectively.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Ammonium Sulfate / chemistry
  • Animals
  • Arabidopsis / enzymology
  • Cell Proliferation
  • Chemical Fractionation / methods*
  • Chemical Precipitation
  • Chromatography, Gel
  • Chromatography, Ion Exchange
  • Escherichia coli / cytology
  • Escherichia coli / genetics*
  • Gene Expression
  • Plant Leaves / enzymology*
  • Plant Proteins / biosynthesis
  • Plant Proteins / genetics*
  • Plant Proteins / isolation & purification*

Substances

  • Plant Proteins
  • rca protein, plant
  • Ammonium Sulfate