Abstract

Supernatant obtained after high-speed centrifugation of disrupted thylakoids that had been washed free from extrathylakoid carbonic anhydrases demonstrated carbonic anhydrase activity that was inhibited by the specific inhibitors acetazolamide and ethoxyzolamide. A distinctive feature of the effect of Triton X-100 on this activity also suggested that the source of the activity is a soluble protein. Native electrophoresis of a preparation obtained using chromatography with agarose/mafenide as an affinity sorbent revealed one protein band with carbonic anhydrase activity. The same protein was revealed in a mutant deficient in soluble stromal carbonic anhydrase β-CA1, and this indicated that the newly revealed carbonic anhydrase is not a product of the At3g01500 gene. These data imply the presence of soluble carbonic anhydrase in the thylakoid lumen of higher plants.

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