Jasmonates meet fatty acids: functional analysis of a new acyl-coenzyme A synthetase family from Arabidopsis thaliana
作者:Lucie Kienow、Katja Schneider、Michael Bartsch、Hans-Peter Stuible、Hua Weng、Otto Miersch、Claus Wasternack、Erich Kombrink
DOI:10.1093/jxb/erm325
日期:2008.2
Arabidopsis thaliana contains a large number of genes encoding carboxylic acid-activating enzymes, including long-chain fatty acyl-CoA synthetase (LACS), 4-coumarate:CoA ligases (4CL), and proteins closely related to 4CLs with unknown activities. The function of these 4CL-like proteins was systematically explored by applying an extensive substrate screen, and it was uncovered that activation of fatty acids is the common feature of all active members of this protein family, thereby defining a new group of fatty acyl-CoA synthetase, which is distinct from the known LACS family. Significantly, four family members also displayed activity towards different biosynthetic precursors of jasmonic acid (JA), including 12-oxo-phytodienoic acid (OPDA), dinor-OPDA, 3-oxo-2(2′-[Z]-pentenyl)cyclopentane-1-octanoic acid (OPC-8), and OPC-6. Detailed analysis of in vitro properties uncovered significant differences in substrate specificity for individual enzymes, but only one protein (At1g20510) showed OPC-8:CoA ligase activity. Its in vivo function was analysed by transcript and jasmonate profiling of Arabidopsis insertion mutants for the gene. OPC-8:CoA ligase expression was activated in response to wounding or infection in the wild type but was undetectable in the mutants, which also exhibited OPC-8 accumulation and reduced levels of JA. In addition, the developmental, tissue- and cell-type specific expression pattern of the gene, and regulatory properties of its promoter were monitored by analysing promoter::GUS reporter lines. Collectively, the results demonstrate that OPC-8:CoA ligase catalyses an essential step in JA biosynthesis by initiating the β-oxidative chain shortening of the carboxylic acid side chain of its precursors, and, in accordance with this function, the protein is localized in peroxisomes.
拟南芥含有大量编码羧酸活化酶的基因,包括长链脂肪酰基-CoA 合成酶(LACS)、4-香豆酸:CoA 连接酶(4CL)以及与 4CL 密切相关但活性未知的蛋白。通过广泛的底物筛选,系统地探索了这些 4CL 类蛋白质的功能,发现脂肪酸的活化是该蛋白家族所有活性成员的共同特征,从而定义了一组新的脂肪酰基-CoA 合成酶,与已知的 LACS 家族不同。值得注意的是,四个家族成员还对茉莉酸(JA)的不同生物合成前体表现出活性,包括 12-氧代-2-(2′-[Z]-戊烯基)环戊烷-1-辛酸(OPC-8)和 OPC-6。对体外特性的详细分析发现,各酶的底物特异性存在显著差异,但只有一种蛋白质(At1g20510)显示出 OPC-8:CoA 连接酶活性。通过对拟南芥基因插入突变体进行转录本和茉莉酸酯分析,分析了其体内功能。在野生型中,OPC-8:CoA 连接酶的表达在受伤或感染时被激活,但在突变体中却检测不到,突变体也表现出 OPC-8 的积累和 JA 水平的降低。此外,还通过分析启动子::GUS 报告基因系监测了该基因的发育、组织和细胞类型特异性表达模式及其启动子的调控特性。总之,研究结果表明,OPC-8:CoA 连接酶通过启动其前体羧酸侧链的 β-氧化链缩短作用,催化了 JA 生物合成过程中的一个重要步骤。