Using degenerate primers designed by deduced amino acid sequences of known aldehyde oxidases (AO) from maize and bovine, two independent cDNA fragments were amplified by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (PCR). The two corresponding full-length cDNAs (atAO-1 and atAO-2; 4,484 and 4,228 bp long, respectively) were cloned by screening the Arabidopsis cDNA library followed by rapid amplification of cDNA end-PCR. These cDNAs are highly homologous at both the nucleotide and amino acid sequence levels, and the deduced amino acid sequences showed high similarity with those of maize and tomato AOs. They contain consensus sequences for two iron-sulfur centers and a molybdenum cofactor (MoCo)-binding domain. In addition, another cDNA having a sequence similar to that of the cDNAs was screened (atAO-3; 3,049 bp), and a putative AO gene (AC002376) was reported on chromosome 1, which (atAO-4) was distinct from, but very similar to, the above three AOs. atAO-1, 2, 3, and 4 were physically mapped on chromosomes 5, 3, 2 and 1, respectively. These data indicate that there is an AO multigene family in Arabidopsis. atAO-1 protein was shown to be highly similar to one of the maize AOs in respect to a region thought to be involved in determination of substrate specificity, suggesting that they might encode a similar type of AO, which could efficiently oxidize indole-3-acetaldehyde to indole-3-acetic acid (IAA). atAO-1 and atAO-2 genes were expressed at higher levels in lower hypo-cotyls and roots of the wild-type seedlings, while atAO-3 was slightly higher in cotyledons and upper hypocotyls. The expression of atAO-1 was more abundant in the seedlings of an IAA overproducing mutant (superrootl; surf) than in those of wild type. atAO-2 and atAO-3 transcripts were rather evenly distributed in these seedlings. A possible involvement of atAO genes in phytohormone biosynthesis in Arabidopsis is discussed.
利用根据玉米和牛已知醛氧化酶(AO)
氨基酸序列设计的退化引物,通过反转录聚合酶链反应(PCR)扩增出两个独立的 cDNA 片段。通过筛选拟南芥 cDNA 文库,然后快速扩增 cDNA end-PCR,克隆出了两个相应的全长 cDNA(atAO-1 和 atAO-2;分别长 4,484 和 4,228 bp)。这些 cDNA 在核苷酸和
氨基酸序列
水平上高度同源,推导出的
氨基酸序列与玉米和番茄 AOs 的
氨基酸序列高度相似。它们包含两个
铁硫中心和一个
钼辅助因子(MoCo)结合域的共识序列。此外,还筛选出另一个与上述 cDNA 序列相似的 cDNA(atAO-3;3,049 bp),并在 1 号染色体上报告了一个推测的 AO
基因(AC002376),该
基因(atAO-4)与上述三个 AO 不同,但非常相似。这些数据表明拟南芥中存在一个 AO 多
基因家族。atAO-1 蛋白与玉米中的一种 AO 在一个被认为参与确定底物特异性的区域上高度相似,这表明它们可能编码一种类似的 AO,能有效地将
吲哚-3-乙醛氧化成
吲哚-3-
乙酸(
IAA)。在野生型幼苗的下胚轴和根中,atAO-1 和 atAO-2
基因的表达量较高,而在子叶和上胚轴中,atAO-3 的表达量稍高。在
IAA过量产生的突变体(superrootl;surf)的幼苗中,atAO-1的表达量比野生型高。本文讨论了atAO
基因参与拟南芥植物激素
生物合成的可能性。