Journal
FEBS LETTERS
Volume 481, Issue 2, Pages 101-104Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-5793(00)01991-8
Keywords
pepstatin; photoprotection; protonation-induced conformational change; violaxanthin de-epoxidase; xanthophyll cycle
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The redox enzyme violaxanthin de-epoxidase (VDE) was found to be sensitive to pepstatin, a specific inhibitor of aspartic protease, The inhibition was similar to that of aspartic protease in that it was reversible and accompanied by the protonation of the enzyme. Of the two peaks of VDE appearing on anion exchange chromatography, VDE-I predominated at pH 7.2. On lowering the pH of the chromatography, VDE-I decreased and VDE-II increased. Furthermore, re-chromatography of either peak yielded both peaks. These results suggest that VDE-I and VDE-II are interconvertible depending on pH,, and thus, they represent the de-protonated and protonated forms of the enzyme, respectively. Presumably the protonation-induced structural change of the enzyme is responsible for the interaction with pepstatin, and also with substrate. (C) 2000 Federation of European Biochemical Societies. Published by Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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