PMID:9422718

Citation	Chaal, BK, Mould, RM, Barbrook, AC, Gray, JC and Howe, CJ (1998) Characterization of a cDNA encoding the thylakoidal processing peptidase from Arabidopsis thaliana. Implications for the origin and catalytic mechanism of the enzyme. J. Biol. Chem. 273:689-92
Abstract	We have identified and sequenced a cDNA containing a complete open reading frame for a putative 340-amino acid precursor of the thylakoidal processing peptidase from Arabidopsis thaliana. The predicted amino acid sequence of the protein includes regions highly conserved among Type I leader peptidases and indicates that the enzyme uses a serine-lysine catalytic dyad mechanism. Phylogenetic analysis indicated a common ancestry of the enzyme with those from oxygenic photosynthetic prokaryotes, suggesting that the cDNA encoded the chloroplast enzyme. The catalytic domain was overexpressed in Escherichia coli, generating a product capable of cleaving the thylakoid-transfer domain from a chloroplast protein. Antibodies to the overexpressed polypeptide cross-reacted with a 30-kDa thylakoid membrane protein.
Links	PubMed
Keywords	Amino Acid Sequence; Arabidopsis/enzymology; Arabidopsis/genetics; Catalysis; DNA, Complementary; Endopeptidases/chemistry; Endopeptidases/genetics; Endopeptidases/metabolism; Molecular Sequence Data; Phylogeny; Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
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Annotations

Gene product	Qualifier	GO Term	Evidence Code	with/from	Aspect	Extension	Notes	Status
ARATH:TPP1	located_in	GO:0009534: chloroplast thylakoid	ECO:0000314: direct assay evidence used in manual assertion		C		Seeded From UniProt	complete
ARATH:TPP1	enables	GO:0004175: endopeptidase activity	ECO:0000314: direct assay evidence used in manual assertion		F		Seeded From UniProt	complete
ARATH:TPP1	involved_in	GO:0006465: signal peptide processing	ECO:0000314: direct assay evidence used in manual assertion		P		Seeded From UniProt	complete

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