The tonoplast-associated citrate binding protein (CBP) of Hevea brasiliensis. Photoaffinity labeling, purification, and cloning of the corresponding gene

• Published in: The Journal of biological chemistry 1995-12, Vol.270 (51), p.30525-30531
• Main Authors: Rentsch, D. (Institut for Genbiologische Forschung Berlin, Berlin, Germany.), Gorlach, J, Vogt, E, Amrhein, N, Martinoia, E
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: ACIDE CITRIQUE; ACIDE ORGANIQUE; ACIDO CITRICO; ACIDOS ORGANICOS; ADN; Affinity Labels - metabolism; Affinity Labels - pharmacology; Amino Acid Sequence; ANTIMETABOLITE; ANTIMETABOLITOS; Base Sequence; Binding, Competitive; Biological Transport - drug effects; Blotting, Southern; Carboxylic Acids - pharmacology; Carrier Proteins - biosynthesis; Carrier Proteins - isolation & purification; Carrier Proteins - metabolism; Citrates - metabolism; Cloning, Molecular; COMPOSICION QUIMICA; COMPOSITION CHIMIQUE; DNA Primers; DNA, Plant - isolation & purification; DNA, Plant - metabolism; GENE; GENES; Genes, Plant; HEVEA BRASILIENSIS; Hordeum; HORDEUM VULGARE; Kinetics; Malates - metabolism; MEMBRANAS CELULARES; MEMBRANE CELLULAIRE; Molecular Sequence Data; Open Reading Frames; Protein Conformation; Protein Sorting Signals - biosynthesis; Protein Sorting Signals - chemistry; PROTEINAS AGLUTINANTES; PROTEINE DE LIAISON; PURIFICACION; PURIFICATION; Recombinant Proteins - biosynthesis; Recombinant Proteins - isolation & purification; Recombinant Proteins - metabolism; Restriction Mapping; Rubber; SECUENCIA NUCLEOTIDICA; SEQUENCE NUCLEOTIDIQUE; Subcellular Fractions - metabolism; Trees - metabolism; Vacuoles - metabolism
• ISSN: 0021-9258; 1083-351X
• DOI: 10.1074/jbc.270.51.30525

A detailed comparison of citrate uptake into the vacuole-like lutoids of rubber tree (Hevea brasiliensis Muell. Arg.) and of malate and citrate transport into barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) vacuoles revealed very similar transport specificities. In order to identify proteins mediating the transport, two photoreactive analogues (N'-(2-hydroxy-5-azido)-diazo-N-3,5-benzenedicarboxylic acid and 5-azidoisophthalic acid) of malate/citrate were synthesized and found to efficiently inhibit citrate uptake into barley vacuoles (Ki = 18 micromolar) and Hevea lutoid vesicles (Ki = 27 micromolar). In vacuoles from both plant species, these photoaffinity probes specifically labeled a single protein with a molecular mass of 23.6 kDa. This citrate binding protein (CBP) was purified to homogeneity from Hevea lutoids, and amino acid sequences were determined for NH2-terminal and tryptic peptides. Using degenerate oligonucleotides of the NH2-terminal sequence, a cDNA coding for the CBP protein of Hevea was isolated. The cDNA codes for a precursor protein of 238 amino acids, containing an NH2-terminal 31-amino acid signal sequence for endoplasmic reticulum targeting, a prerequisite for vacuolar localization. The mature CBP does not show significant sequence similarities to any known primary protein structure and thus represents a member of a novel class of proteins