The cyanogenic disaccharide glycoside, vicianin [mandelonitrile β-vicianoside (6-O-α-l-arabinopyranosyl-β-d-glucopyranoside)], is accumulated in seeds of Vicia angustifolia var. segetalis. Vicianin hydrolase (VH) catalyzes the hydrolysis of vicianin into mandelonitrile and a disaccharide vicianose. VH was purified from the seeds using DEAE-, CM- and Con A-Sepharose chromatography, and the molecular mass of the purified VH was estimated to be 56 kDa on SDS–PAGE. The N-terminal amino acid sequence of the purified VH was determined, and a cDNA encoding VH was obtained. The deduced VH protein consists of a 509 amino acid polypeptide containing a putative secretion signal peptide. It shares about 50% identity with various kinds of plant β-glycosidases including tea leaf β-primeverosidase and furcatin hydrolase, and is classified in family 1 of the glycosyl hydrolases. The VH transcript was detected abundantly in seeds and moderately in flowers, but only slightly in leaves, stems and roots, indicating that the organ distribution of VH expression is similar to that of the substrate vicianin. The recombinant VH was produced in insect cells with a baculovirus system, and was compared with the native VH in terms of substrate specificity. Both enzymes hydrolyzed vicianin to release vicianose, demonstrating that VH is a disaccharide-specific β-glycosidase. VH also hydrolyzed the mandelonitrile β-glucoside prunasin to some extent but did not hydrolyze the gentiobioside amygdalin, both of which contain the same aglycone as vicianin. Thus, VH is a unique cyanogenic glycosidase showing high glycone specificity for the disaccharide vicianoside.
                                    藜芦苷(扁豆苷)是一种
氰基二糖苷,存在于藜芦(Vicia angustifolia var. segetalis)的种子中。藜芦苷
水解酶(VH)催化藜芦苷
水解为扁豆腈和二糖藜芦糖。使用
DEAE-、CM-和Con A-Sepharose色谱法从种子中纯化了VH,
SDS-PAGE分析显示纯化VH的分子质量约为56 kDa。确定了纯化VH的N端
氨基酸序列,并获得了编码VH的cDNA。推测的VH蛋白由509个
氨基酸组成的
多肽,包含一个推测的分泌信号肽。它与各种植物β-糖苷酶(包括茶叶β-
樱草糖苷酶和叉糖苷酶)的同源性约为50%,属于糖苷
水解酶家族1。VH转录物在种子中大量存在,在花中中等存在,但在叶、茎和根中仅少量存在,表明VH的表达器官分布与底物藜芦苷的分布相似。用杆状病毒系统在昆虫细胞中生产了
重组VH,并与天然VH进行了底物特异性比较。两种酶都能
水解藜芦�