Identification of Rice β-Glucosidase with High Hydrolytic Activity towards Salicylic Acid β-<scp>D</scp>-Glucoside
作者:Nami HIMENO、Wataru SABURI、Shinji WAKUTA、Ryosuke TAKEDA、Hideyuki MATSUURA、Kensuke NABETA、Sompong SANSENYA、James R. KETUDAT CAIRNS、Haruhide MORI、Ryozo IMAI、Hirokazu MATSUI
DOI:10.1271/bbb.120889
日期:2013.5.23
beta-Glucosidases (EC 3.2.1.21) split beta-glucosidic linkages at the non-reducing end of glucosides and oligosaccharides to release beta-D-glucose. One of the important functions of plant beta-glucosidase is deglucosylation of inactive glucosides of phytohormones to regulate levels of active hormones. Tuberonic acid is a jasmonate-related compound that shows tuber-inducing activity in the potato. We have identified two enzymes, OsTAGG1 and OsTAGG2, that have hydrolytic activity towards tuberonic acid beta-D-glucoside in rice (Oryza sativa L.). The expression of OsTAGG2 is upregulated by wounding and by methyl jasmonate, suggesting that this isozyme is involved in responses to biotic stresses and wounding, but the physiological substrate of OsTAGG2 remains ambiguous. In this study, we produced recombinant OsTAGG2 in Pichia pastoris (rOsTAGG2P), and investigated its substrate specificity in detail. From 1 L of culture medium, 2.1 mg of purified recombinant enzyme was obtained by ammonium sulfate precipitation and Ni-chelating column chromatography. The specific activity of rOsTAGG2P (182 U/mg) was close to that of the native enzyme (171 U/mg), unlike recombinant OsTAGG2 produced in Escherichia coli, which had approximately 3-fold lower specific activity than the native enzyme. The optimum pH and temperature for rOsTAGG2P were pH 3.4 and 60 degrees C. After pH and heat treatments, the enzyme retained its original activity in a pH range of 3.4-9.8 and below 55 degrees C. Native OsTAGG2 and rOsTAGG2P showed 4.5-4.7-fold higher activities towards salicylic acid beta-D-glucoside, an inactive storage-form of salicylic acid, than towards tuberonic acid beta-D-glucoside (TAG), although OsTAGG2 was originally isolated from rice based on TAG-hydrolytic activity.