Cryoprotective leaf proteins.

Biochimica Et Biophysica Acta
H G Volger, U Heber

Abstract

Leaves of frost-resistant plants contain a number of soluble proteins which are capable of protecting isolated biomembranes against inactivation during freezing. Such proteins have not been found in non-hardy summer material. The pattern of protective proteins was not uniform in hardy material of different origin and appeared to change with the season. Cryoprotective proteins were isolated by preparative gel electrophoresis. Molecular weights of different proteins as determined by their electrophoretic mobility in sodium dodecyl sulfate gels were between 10000 and 20000. Circular dichroism measurements failed to indicate helical structures. The amino acid composition of 2 active proteins revealed a high content of polar amino acids. The proteins were heat-stable. They were, on a molar basis, more than 1000 times as effective in protecting thylakoid membranes against freezing damage as low-molecular-weight cryoprotectants such as sucrose, glycerol or dimethylsulfoxide. Very low concentrations of the proteins increased cryoprotection provided by sucrose. Of a number of oligopeptides of known composition, only a few were cryoprotective. Their activity was very small as compared with that of the active proteins. The concentration o...Continue Reading

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