已经从许多植物物种中鉴定出了葡萄糖化的脱落酸(ABA)形式,并且已知它们是ABA降解的形式,尽管它们的(生理)作用尚未阐明。ABA葡萄糖转移酶(-GTase)被认为在ABA的葡萄糖化中发挥关键作用。我们从小豆(Vigna angularis)幼苗中获得的UDP-GTase同源物中分离出了一个ABA诱导的GTase基因。推导的氨基酸序列(存取号AB065190)与已知的UDP-GTase同源物相比,显示出30%至44%的同一性。带有谷胱甘肽S-转移酶标签的重组蛋白在大肠杆菌中表达,并以ABA特异性方式显示出酶活性。在柠檬酸和Tris-HCl缓冲液中,在pH 5.0至9.0的宽范围内检测到酶活性,最佳范围在pH 6.0至7.3之间。通过气相色谱/质谱法确定了来自拉丁式ABA和UDP-d-葡萄糖的产物为ABA-GE。重组GTase(rAOG)比(+)-S-ABA和(-)-R-ABA更好地转化2-反式(+)-ABA。虽然GTase轻微地将反-肉桂酸转化为其结合物,但(-)-PA则没有。mRNA水平通过ABA应用或水分胁迫和损伤而增加。我们认为该基因编码ABA特异性GTase,并且其表达受环境胁迫调节。
The flacca tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) mutant displays a wilty phenotype as a result of abscisic acid (ABA) deficiency. The Mo cofactor (MoCo)-containing aldehyde oxidases (AO; EC 1.2.3.1) are thought to play a role in the final oxidation step required for ABA biosynthesis. AO and related MoCo-containing enzymes xanthine dehydrogenase (XDH; EC 1.2.1.37) and nitrate reductase (EC 1.6.6.1) were examined in extracts of the flacca tomato genotype and of wild-type (WT) roots and shoots. The levels of MoCo were found to be similar in both genotypes. No significant XDH or AO (MoCo-containing hydroxylases) activities were detected inflacca leaves; however, the mutant exhibited considerable MoCo-containing hydroxylase activity in the roots, which contained notable amounts of ABA. Native western blots probed with an antibody to MoCo-containing hydroxylases revealed substantial, albeit reduced, levels of cross-reactive protein in the flaccamutant shoots and roots. The ABA xylem-loading rate was significantly lower than that in the WT, indicating that the flacca is also defective in ABA transport to the shoot. Significantly, in vitro sulfurylation with Na2S reactivated preexisting XDH and AO proteins in extracts from flacca, particularly from the shoots, and superinduced the basal-level activity in the WT extracts. The results indicate that in flacca,MoCo-sulfurylase activity is impaired in a tissue-dependent manner.
flacca番茄(Lycopersicon esculentum)突变体因缺乏脱落酸(ABA)而表现出萎缩表型。钼辅因子(MoCo)含有的醛氧化酶(AO; EC 1.2.3.1)被认为在ABA生物合成所需的最终氧化步骤中发挥作用。AO和相关的MoCo含有的酶黄嘌呤脱氢酶(XDH; EC 1.2.1.37)和硝酸还原酶(EC 1.6.6.1)在flacca番茄基因型和野生型(WT)根和茎的提取物中进行了检查。发现两种基因型中MoCo的水平相似。在flacca的叶片中没有检测到显著的XDH或AO(MoCo含有的羟化酶)活性; 然而,突变体的根部表现出相当数量的MoCo含有的羟化酶活性,其中含有显著的ABA。原生西方印迹用MoCo含有的羟化酶抗体探测显示出flacca突变体的茎和根中存在大量的交叉反应蛋白,尽管水平有所降低。ABA木质部装载速率显著低于WT,表明flacca在ABA运输到茎中也存在缺陷。值得注意的是,在体外用Na2S进行硫酸化可重新激活flacca提取物中预先存在的XDH和AO蛋白质,特别是来自茎的提取物,并超诱导WT提取物中的基础水平活性。结果表明,在flacca中,MoCo-硫酸化酶活性受到组织依赖性的损害。
Abscisic acid (ABA) is a plant hormone involved in seed development
and germination and in responses to various environmental stresses. The
last step of ABA biosynthesis involves oxidation of abscisic aldehyde,
and aldehyde oxidase (EC
Abscisic acid (ABA) is involved in a number of critical processes in normal growth and development as well as in adaptive responses to environmental stresses. For correct and accurate actions, a physiologically active ABA level is controlled through fine-tuning of de novo biosynthesis and catabolism. The hydroxylation at the 8′-position of ABA is known as the key step of ABA catabolism, and this reaction is catalyzed by ABA 8′-hydroxylase, a cytochrome P450. Here, we demonstrate CYP707As as the P450 responsible for the 8′-hydroxylation of (+)-ABA. First, all four CYP707A cDNAs were cloned from Arabidopsis and used for the production of the recombinant proteins in insect cells using a baculovirus system. The insect cells expressing CYP707A3 efficiently metabolized (+)-ABA to yield phaseic acid, the isomerized form of 8′-hydroxy-ABA. The microsomes from the insect cells exhibited very strong activity of 8′-hydroxylation of (+)-ABA (K m = 1.3 μ m and k cat = 15 min−1). The solubilized CYP707A3 protein bound (+)-ABA with the binding constant K s = 3.5 μ m, but did not bind (−)-ABA. Detailed analyses of the reaction products confirmed that CYP707A3 does not have the isomerization activity of 8′-hydroxy-ABA to phaseic acid. Further experiments revealed that Arabidopsis CYP707A1 and CYP707A4 also encode ABA 8′-hydroxylase. The transcripts of the CYP707A genes increased in response to salt, osmotic, and dehydration stresses as well as ABA. These results establish that the CYP707A family plays a key role in regulating the ABA level through the 8′-hydroxylation of (+)-ABA.
脱落酸(ABA)参与了许多正常生长和发育过程以及适应环境压力的反应。为了正确和准确地执行这些过程,需要通过精细调节新生合成和分解来控制生理活性的ABA水平。ABA在8′位的羟基化是ABA分解的关键步骤,这个反应由细胞色素P450酶ABA 8′-羟基化酶催化。在这里,我们证明CYP707A是负责8′-羟基化(+)-ABA的P450酶。首先,从拟南芥中克隆了所有四个CYP707A cDNA,并使用杆状病毒系统在昆虫细胞中生产了重组蛋白。表达CYP707A3的昆虫细胞有效地代谢(+)-ABA,产生相位酸,即8′-羟基化ABA的异构体。昆虫细胞的微粒体表现出非常强的8′-羟基化(+)-ABA的活性(Km = 1.3 μm和kcat = 15 min-1)。溶解的CYP707A3蛋白与(+)-ABA结合的结合常数Ks为3.5 μm,但不与(−)-ABA结合。对反应产物的详细分析确认CYP707A3没有8′-羟基化ABA到相位酸的异构化活性。进一步的实验揭示了拟南芥CYP707A1和CYP707A4也编码ABA 8′-羟基化酶。CYP707A基因的转录在盐、渗透和脱水压力以及ABA的作用下增加。这些结果表明,CYP707A家族通过8′-羟基化(+)-ABA在调节ABA水平方面发挥关键作用。