中文名称 | 英文名称 | CAS号 | 化学式 | 分子量 |
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D-葡萄糖 | D-glu | 2280-44-6 | C6H12O6 | 180.158 |
Tuliposides, the glucose esters of 4-hydroxy-2-methylenebutanoate and 3,4-dihydroxy-2-methylenebutanoate, are major secondary metabolites in tulip (Tulipa gesneriana). Their lactonized aglycons, tulipalins, function as defensive chemicals due to their biological activities. We recently found that tuliposide-converting enzyme (TCE) purified from tulip bulbs catalyzed the conversion of tuliposides to tulipalins, but the possibility of the presence of several TCE isozymes was raised: TCE in tissues other than bulbs is different from bulb TCE. Here, to prove this hypothesis, TCE was purified from petals, which have the second highest TCE activity after bulbs. The purified enzyme, like the bulb enzyme, preferentially accepted tuliposides as substrates, with 6-tuliposide A the best substrate, which allowed naming the enzyme tuliposide A-converting enzyme (TCEA), but specific activity and molecular mass differed between the petal and bulb enzymes. After peptide sequencing, a novel cDNA (TgTCEA) encoding petal TCEA was isolated, and the functional characterization of the recombinant enzyme verified that TgTCEA catalyzes the conversion of 6-tuliposide A to tulipalin A. TgTCEA was transcribed in all tulip tissues but not in bulbs, indicating the presence of a bulb-specific TgTCEA, as suggested by the distinct enzymatic characters between the petal and bulb enzymes. Plastidial localization of TgTCEA enzyme was revealed, which allowed proposing a cytological mechanism of TgTCE-mediated tulipalin formation in the tulip defensive strategy. Site-directed mutagenesis of TgTCEA suggested that the oxyanion hole and catalytic triad characteristic of typical carboxylesterases are essential for the catalytic process of TgTCEA enzyme. To our knowledge, TgTCEA is the first identified member of the lactone-forming carboxylesterases, specifically catalyzing intramolecular transesterification.
郁金香(Tulipa gesneriana)中的主要次生代谢产物是4-羟基-2-亚甲基丁酸酯和3,4-二羟基-2-亚甲基丁酸酯的葡萄糖酯,称为郁金香苷。它们的内酯化裸核,郁金香素,由于其生物活性而起防御作用。我们最近发现,从郁金香鳞茎中纯化的郁金香苷转化酶(TCE)催化郁金香苷转化为郁金香素,但提出了存在多种TCE同工酶的可能性:除鳞茎以外的组织中的TCE与鳞茎TCE不同。为了证明这一假设,我们从花瓣中纯化了TCE,花瓣在鳞茎之后具有第二高的TCE活性。纯化的酶与鳞茎酶一样,优先接受郁金香苷作为底物,其中6-郁金香苷A是最好的底物,这使得该酶被命名为郁金香苷A转化酶(TCEA),但特异活性和分子量在花瓣和鳞茎酶之间有所不同。在肽测序后,我们分离了编码花瓣TCEA的新型cDNA(TgTCEA),并对重组酶的功能进行了表征,验证了TgTCEA催化6-郁金香苷A转化为郁金香素A。TgTCEA在所有郁金香组织中转录,但不在鳞茎中,表明存在鳞茎特异性的TgTCEA,这由花瓣和鳞茎酶之间的不同酶特性所提示。TgTCEA酶的质体定位揭示了TgTCE介导的郁金香素形成的细胞学机制。TgTCEA的位点定向突变表明,典型羧酸酯酶的氧离子孔和催化三元组对TgTCEA酶的催化过程是必不可少的。据我们所知,TgTCEA是首个已鉴定的内酯形成羧酸酯酶成员,特异地催化分子内酯交换反应。