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The triose phosphate-3-phosphoglycerate-phosphate translocator from spinach chloroplasts: nucleotide sequence of a full-length cDNA clone and import of the in vitro synthesized precursor protein into chloroplasts.

The nucleotide sequence of several cDNA clones coding for the phosphate translocator from spinach chloroplasts has been determined. The cDNA clones were selected from a lambda gt10 library prepared from poly(A)+ mRNA of spinach leaves using oligonucleotide probes modeled from amino acid sequences of tryptic peptides prepared from the isolated translocator protein. A 1439 bp insert of one of the clones codes for the entire 404 amino acid residues of the precursor protein corresponding to a mol. wt of 44,234. The full-length clone includes 21 bp at the transcribed non-coding 5' region with the ribosome initiation sequence ACAATGG, a 1212 bp coding region and 199 bp at the non-coding 3' region excluding the poly(A) tail which starts 17 bp downstream from a putative polyadenylation signal, AATAAT. According to secondary structure predictions the mature part of the chloroplast phosphate translocator exhibits high hydrophobicity and consists of at least seven membrane-spanning segments. Using plasmid-programmed wheat germ lysate the precursor protein was synthesized in vitro and could be imported into spinach chloroplasts where it is inserted into the inner envelope membrane.

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The triose model: glyceraldehyde as a source of energy and monomers for prebiotic condensation reactions.

Glyceraldehyde acts as a source of energy and monomers in a new model of the origin of life. The simplest form of the model functions by converting formaldehyde from the environment into glyceraldehyde which spontaneously forms hemiacetal adducts that are oxidized to polyglyceric acid. Polyglyceric acid, in turn, acts as an autocatalyst with a rudimentary replicating ability. A unique property of the model is its ability to unite the origin of metabolism and the origin of polymer synthesis into a single process. Furthermore, the chemical resemblance of the model to glycolysis gives it the potential to develop a biological metabolism in a straightforward manner.

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The triose-phosphate site of homogeneous reconstituted sn-glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase of Escherichia coli.

The sn-glycerol-3-phosphate (glycerol-phosphate) acyltransferase of Escherichia coli was purified to near homogeneity and its activity reconstituted with phospholipids (Green, P.R., Merrill, A.M., Jr. and Bell, R.M. (1981) J. Biol. Chem. 256, 11151-11159). The competency of glycerol-P analogues to serve as inhibitors and as substrates was investigated. Dihydroxyacetone-P, ethyleneglycol-P, 1,3-propanediol-P, 3,4-dihydroxybutylphosphonate and DL-glyceraldehyde-3-P were inhibitors of the reconstituted purified glycerol-phosphate acyltransferase. The kinetics of inhibition, while formally of the mixed type, most closely resembled that of a simple competitive inhibition with respect to glycerol-3-P. Inorganic phosphate was also found to be a competitive inhibitor. All of the glycerol-3-P analogues except DL-glyceraldehyde-3-P were substrates. Of these, dihydroxyacetone-P proved to be the best substrate. The secondary hydroxyl was not necessary for activity. Glycerol-phosphate acyltransferase catalyzed the hydrolysis of palmitoyl-CoA in the presence of DL-, but not D-glyceraldehyde-3-P. This suggests that the gem diol of L-glyceraldehyde-3-P may be a substrate, and that the acylated adduct may be unstable. The enzyme was inactivated by phenylglyoxal and butanedione, suggesting that arginine may be at or near the active site.

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