作者:Kentaroh Watanabe、Kiyoshi Suzuki、Shinichi Kitamura
DOI:10.1016/j.phytochem.2005.12.003
日期:2006.2
The enzymatic characterization of GDP-D-mannose 3",5"-epimerase (GME), a key enzyme in the biosynthesis of vitamin C in plants is described. The GME gene (Genbank Accession No. AB 193582) in rice was cloned, and expressed as a fusion protein in Escherichia coli. Reaction products from GDP-D-mannose, as produced by GME catalysis, were separated by recycling HPLC on an ODS column, and were determined to be GDP-L-galactose and GDP-L-gulose, based on their NMR spectra and sugar analysis. The reaction catalyzed by GME was inhibited by GDP, and was strongly accelerated by NAD(+) in contrast to the case of GME from Arabidopsis thaliana. This difference in the effect of NAD(+) on GME activity can be attributed to the NAD binding domain which is conserved in the rice gene, but not in the Arabidopsis thaliana gene. The apparent K-m and k(cat) were determined to be 1.20 x 10(-5) M and 0.127 s(-1), respectively, in the presence of 20 mu M NAD(+). The fractions of GDP-D-mannose, GDP-L-galactose and GDP-L-gulose, at equilibrium, were approximately 0.75, 0.20 and 0.05, respectively. (c) 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.