Evidence for an interaction between cytosolic aldolase and the ATP-and pyrophosphate-dependent phosphofructokinases in carrot storage roots

FEBS Lett. 1992 Nov 30;313(3):277-80. doi: 10.1016/0014-5793(92)81208-4.

Abstract

Immunoaffinity chromatography was employed to identify potential plant cytosolic aldolase (ALDc) binding proteins. A clarified homogenate of carrot storage root was chromatographed on a column of protein-A-Sepharose that had been covalently coupled to anti-(carrot root ALDc) immunoglobulin G. The column was washed with phosphate-buffered saline (PBS), followed by step-wise elution with increasing concentrations of NaCl in PBS. Several proteins were eluted following application of the salt gradient. Western blotting identified the major eluting proteins to be the PPi-dependent phosphofructokinase (PFP) and the cytosolic form of the ATP-dependent phosphofructokinase (PFKc), enzymes that are metabolically sequential to ALDc. The results suggest that ALDc may specifically interact with PFP and PFKc in carrots.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adenosine Triphosphate / metabolism
  • Chromatography, Affinity
  • Cytosol / enzymology
  • Diphosphates / metabolism
  • Fructose-Bisphosphate Aldolase / metabolism*
  • Fructosediphosphates / metabolism
  • Glycolysis
  • Phosphofructokinase-1 / metabolism*
  • Protein Binding
  • Vegetables / enzymology*

Substances

  • Diphosphates
  • Fructosediphosphates
  • Adenosine Triphosphate
  • Phosphofructokinase-1
  • Fructose-Bisphosphate Aldolase