Amino acid sequences of ferredoxins from rice cultivars, japonica and indica.

Abstract

Ferredoxins were isolated from the leaves of two rice cultivars, japonica and indica. The purified protein preparations each contained two components, the major (I) and the minor (II) ferredoxin. Ferredoxin I from each cultivars was sequenced. The amino acid sequences of the ferredoxin I from the two strains were found to be identical to each other. The sequence similarity with wheat ferredoxin is about 90%. Most of the amino acid alterations are located at the ends of the protein, with the sequences surrounding the iron-sulfur coordinating cysteine residues being well conserved.