Polyamine oxidase (PAO) is a flavin adenine dinucleotide-dependent enzyme involved in polyamine catabolism. Animal PAOs oxidize spermine (Spm), spermidine (Spd), and/or their acetyl derivatives to produce H2O2, an aminoaldehyde, and Spd or putrescine, respectively, thus being involved in a polyamine back-conversion pathway. On the contrary, plant PAOs that have been characterized to date oxidize Spm and Spd to produce 1,3-diaminopropane, H2O2, and an aminoaldehyde and are therefore involved in the terminal catabolism of polyamines. A database search within the Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) genome sequence showed the presence of a gene (AtPAO1) encoding for a putative PAO with 45% amino acid sequence identity with maize (Zea mays) PAO. The AtPAO1 cDNA was isolated and cloned in a vector for heterologous expression in Escherichia coli. The recombinant protein was purified by affinity chromatography on guazatine-Sepharose 4B and was shown to be a flavoprotein able to oxidize Spm, norspermine, and N1-acetylspermine with a pH optimum at 8.0. Analysis of the reaction products showed that AtPAO1 produces Spd from Spm and norspermidine from norspermine, demonstrating a substrate oxidation mode similar to that of animal PAOs. To our knowledge, AtPAO1 is the first plant PAO reported to be involved in a polyamine back-conversion pathway.
多胺氧化酶(PAO)是一种依赖于黄素腺嘌呤二核苷酸的酶,参与多胺降解。动物PAOs氧化精胺(Spm)、亚精胺(Spd)和/或它们的乙酰衍生物,产生H2O2、氨基醛和Spd或腐胺,因此参与多胺回转途径。相反,到目前为止已经表征的植物PAOs氧化Spm和Spd,产生1,3-二氨基丙烷、H2O2和氨基醛,因此参与多胺的末端降解。在拟南芥(拟南芥)基因组序列中进行数据库搜索,显示存在一个编码推测PAO的基因(AtPAO1),其氨基酸序列同玉米(玉米)PAO具有45%的同源性。 AtPAO1 cDNA被分离并克隆到Escherichia coli的载体中进行异源表达。亲和层析在guazatine-Sepharose 4B上纯化重组蛋白,并显示为一种能够在pH 8.0下氧化Spm、norspermine和N1-acetylspermine的黄素蛋白。反应产物的分析表明,AtPAO1从Spm产生Spd,从norspermine产生norspermidine,证明其底物氧化模式类似于动物PAOs。据我们所知,AtPAO1是首个报道参与多胺回转途径的植物PAO。