Xenobiotic glucosyltransferase activity from suspension-cultured<i>Glycine max</i>cells
作者:Eric R. Gallandt、Nelson E. Balke
DOI:10.1002/ps.2780430105
日期:1995.1
AbstractProteins extracted from suspension‐cultured soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr. Corsoy 79) cells contained O‐ and N‐glucosyltransferases (GTs; EC 2.4.1) that catalyzed glucosylation of several xenobiotic compounds including (a) the hydroxylated herbicide metabolites 6‐hydroxybentazone (B‐6‐OH), 8‐hydroxybentazone and 5‐hydroxydiclofop (b) the herbicide chloramben and (c) the environmental contaminants 2,4‐dichlorophenol and 3,4‐dichloroaniline. The O‐GT that catalyzes B‐6‐OH glucosylation, UDP‐glucose: B‐6‐OH glucosyltransferase (B6GT), was chosen for further study. A rapid and sensitive B6GT assay was developed that uses ethyl acetate extraction to separate the product 6‐O‐[14C]glucosylbentazone from the glucose donor uridine[5′]diphospho‐[1]‐α‐D‐[U‐14C]glucose. B6GT, recovered in the soluble protein fraction, was extracted in consistently high amounts from Corsoy 79 cells cultured for one to seven days. 2‐Mercaptoethanol in the extraction buffer increased B6GT activity as did sodium, potassium, calcium, magnesium or manganese(II) chlorides in the assay buffer. B6GT activity in an ammonium sulfate fraction (30–50% saturation pellet) displayed two pH optima, one at pH 5.5 and another at pH 10 to 11. Apparent Km values for UDP‐glucose and B‐6‐OH in the ammonium sulfate fraction were 90 and 4.5μM, respectively. Thus, we have partially characterized glucosylation of B‐6‐OH, one example of the several xenobiotic GT activities present in Corsoy 79 soybean.