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Scientia Silvae Sinicae ›› 2014, Vol. 50 ›› Issue (2): 37-41.

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Isolation, Purification and Structural Determination of Vegetative Storage Proteins in Ginkgo biloba

Wu Cai'e1, Fan Gongjian1, Li Tingting1, Wu Haixia1,2, Xu Wenbin1   

  1. 1. College of Forest Resources and Environment, Nanjing Forestry University Nanjing 210037;
    2. Department of Life Science, Yuncheng University Yuncheng 044000
  • Received:2013-02-27 Revised:2013-06-24 Online:2014-02-25 Published:2014-03-11

Abstract:

To reveal the relationship between the structure and function of vegetative storage proteins in Ginkgo biloba, the vegetative storage proteins were separated and purified by DEAE-Sepharose FF ion-exchange chromatography and Sephadex G-75 gel chromatography. A target protein was obtained and its molecule weight was 36 kDa. The mass-spectrometry showed that there were two peptide sequences which were consistent to some sequences of the Soybean storage protein (29 kDa) and the Dioscorea storage protein (30 kDa). The infrared spectrometry indicated that the secondary structure of the protein was mainly in β-sheet conformations.

Key words: Ginkgo biloba, vegetative storage protein, isolation and purification, structure identification

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