Polyamine oxidase (PAO) is a flavin adenine dinucleotide-dependent enzyme involved in polyamine catabolism. Animal PAOs oxidize spermine (Spm), spermidine (Spd), and/or their acetyl derivatives to produce H2O2, an aminoaldehyde, and Spd or putrescine, respectively, thus being involved in a polyamine back-conversion pathway. On the contrary, plant PAOs that have been characterized to date oxidize Spm and Spd to produce 1,3-diaminopropane, H2O2, and an aminoaldehyde and are therefore involved in the terminal catabolism of polyamines. A database search within the Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) genome sequence showed the presence of a gene (AtPAO1) encoding for a putative PAO with 45% amino acid sequence identity with maize (Zea mays) PAO. The AtPAO1 cDNA was isolated and cloned in a vector for heterologous expression in Escherichia coli. The recombinant protein was purified by affinity chromatography on guazatine-Sepharose 4B and was shown to be a flavoprotein able to oxidize Spm, norspermine, and N1-acetylspermine with a pH optimum at 8.0. Analysis of the reaction products showed that AtPAO1 produces Spd from Spm and norspermidine from norspermine, demonstrating a substrate oxidation mode similar to that of animal PAOs. To our knowledge, AtPAO1 is the first plant PAO reported to be involved in a polyamine back-conversion pathway.
多胺氧化酶(PAO)是一种依赖于黄素腺嘌呤二核苷酸的酶,参与多胺降解。动物PAOs氧化精胺(Spm)、亚精胺(Spd)和/或它们的乙酰衍生物,产生H2O2、氨基醛和Spd或腐胺,因此参与多胺回转途径。相反,到目前为止已经表征的植物PAOs氧化Spm和Spd,产生1,3-二氨基丙烷、 和氨基醛,因此参与多胺的末端降解。在拟南芥(拟南芥)基因组序列中进行数据库搜索,显示存在一个编码推测PAO的基因(AtPAO1),其氨基酸序列同玉米(玉米)PAO具有45%的同源性。 AtPAO1 cDNA被分离并克隆到Escherichia coli的载体中进行异源表达。亲和层析在guazatine-Sepharose 4B上纯化重组蛋白,并显示为一种能够在pH 8.0下氧化Spm、norspermine和N1-acetylspermine的黄素蛋白。反应产物的分析表明,AtPAO1从Spm产生Spd,从norspermine产生norspermidine,证明其底物氧化模式类似于动物PAOs。据我们所知,AtPAO1是首个报道参与多胺回转途径的植物PAO。
We have cloned a gene (aphA) encoding acetylpolyamine amidohydrolase from Mycoplana ramosa ATCC 49678, (previously named Mycoplana bullata). A genomic library of M. ramosa was screened with an oligonucleotide probe designed from a N-terminal amino acid sequence of the enzyme purified from M. ramosa. Nucleotide sequence analysis revealed an open reading frame of 1,023 bp which encodes a polypeptide with a molecular mass of 36,337 Da. This is the first report of the structure of acetylpolyamine amidohydrolase. The aphA gene was subcloned under the control of the trc promoter and was expressed in Escherichia coli MM294. The recombinant enzyme was purified, and the enzymatic properties were characterized. Substrate specificities, Km values, and Vmax values were identical to those of the native enzyme purified from M. ramosa. In the analysis of the metal-substituted enzymes, we found that the acid limb of pH rate profiles shifts from 7.2 for the original zinc enzyme to 6.6 for the cobalt enzyme. This change suggests that the zinc atom is essential for the catalytic activity of the enzyme similarly to the zinc atom in carboxypeptidase A.