Cytochrome b-559 in photosystem Ⅱ reaction center was purified from spinach (Spinacia oleracea L.) and rice (Oryza sativa L.) by a rapid and simple procedure. Their low temperature fluorescence emission and excitation spectra, ultraviolet fluorescence spectra and absolute absorption spectra were presented. The author‘s purification methods, which enhanced the yield of pure protein and shorted the time for isolation, have several advantages: 1. use of oxygen-evolving PSⅡ core complexes as the starting material in order to avoid disturbing from other cytochromes; 2. isocratic elution of cytochrome b-559 from a DEAE-Sephacel column for eliminating the impurity and yielding the protein in pure state; 3. a simple column procedure for removal of excess Triton X-100. Purified cytochromes b-559 from these species have similar optical spectra and mobility during gel electrophoresis under native conditions. From the results of novel electrophoresis (Tricine-SDS-PAGE), cytochrome b-559 from both spinach and rice reveal two polypeptide bands (apparent molecular weight 9 kD and 4 kD, respectively). By measuring of 77 K fluorescence spectra, it was shown that for the purified cytochrome b-559 there were two excitation peaks at 439 nm and 413 nm, and two emission peaks at 563 nm and 668 nm. This is the first indication that Cyt b-559 is able to emit fluorescence and also transfer excited electrons to chlorophyll. By the use of ultraviolet fluorescence spectra, it was demonstrated for the first time that the location of Trp residue could be in the hydrophobic transmembrane region of cytochrome b-559.
菠菜和水稻细胞色素b-559的分离纯化及其光谱性质研究
辛越勇 郁飞 唐崇钦 李良璧 匡廷云*
（中国科学院植物研究所光合作用基础研究开放实验室，北京1000）
摘要：用一种快速简捷的方法从菠菜(Spinacia oleracea L.)和水稻(Oryza sativa L.)中分离纯化了光系统Ⅱ反应中心内的细胞色素b-559,并且研究了其低温可见光区荧光光谱、室温紫外区荧光光谱、吸收光谱以及电泳特性.该方法的主要特点:1.以放氧核心复合物为起始材料以避免其他细胞色素的干扰;2.选用DEAE-Sephacel为层析介质,用等度洗脱除去杂蛋白和叶绿素;3.用同一介质不同条件去除过量的去垢剂.从两种植物中分离纯化的Cyt b-559具有相似的吸收光谱,在非变性电泳中有相同的泳动特征.用修订的适用于分析小蛋白的Tricine-SDS-PAGE证明,从两种植物中分离得到的Cyt b-559都是由两个多肽亚基组成,它们的表观分子量分别为9 kD和4 kD.低温荧光光谱的结果表明,Crt b-559的荧光激发峰位为413nm和439 nm,荧光发射峰位在563 nm和668 nm,首次证明Cyt b-559可以发出荧光并将电子传递给叶绿素.首次通过Cyt b-559的紫外荧光光谱证明Trp残基位于该蛋白的疏水跨膜区内.
关键词： 细胞色素b-559；放氧核心复合物；Tricine-SDS-PAGE；光谱
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