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Liu X, Wu H, Ji C, Wei L, Zhao J, Yu J. An integrated proteomic and metabolomic study on the chronic effects of mercury in Suaeda salsa under an environmentally relevant salinity. PLoS One 2013; 8:e64041. [PMID: 23696864 PMCID: PMC3655940 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0064041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2012] [Accepted: 04/09/2013] [Indexed: 12/05/2022] Open
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As an environmental contaminant, mercury is of great concern due to its high risk to environmental and human health. The halophyte Suaeda salsa is the dominant plant in the intertidal zones of the Yellow River Delta (YRD) where has been contaminated by mercury in some places. This study aimed at evaluating the chronic effects of mercury (Hg2+, 20 µg L−1) and the influence of an environmentally relevant salinity (NaCl, 500 mM) on mercury-induced effects in S. salsa. A total of 43 protein spots with significant changes were identified in response to Hg2+, salinity and combined Hg2+ and salinity. These proteins can be categorized into diverse functional classes, related to metabolic processes, photosynthesis, stress response, protein fate, energy metabolism, signaling pathways and immunosuppression. Metabolic responses demonstrated that Hg2+ could disturb protein and energy metabolisms in S. salsa co-exposed with or without salinity. In addition, both antagonistic and synergistic effects between Hg2+ and salinity were confirmed by differential levels of proteins (magnesium-chelatase and ribulose-l,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase) and metabolites (valine, malonate, asparagine, glycine, fructose and glucose) in S. salsa. These findings suggest that a combination of proteomics and metabolomics can provide insightful information of environmental contaminant-induced effects in plants at molecular levels.
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- Xiaoli Liu
- Key Laboratory of Coastal Zone Environmental Processes, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research (YIC), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS); Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Coastal Zone Environmental Processes, YICCAS, Yantai Shandong, P. R. China
- The Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Coastal Zone Environmental Processes, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research (YIC), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS); Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Coastal Zone Environmental Processes, YICCAS, Yantai Shandong, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Coastal Zone Environmental Processes, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research (YIC), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS); Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Coastal Zone Environmental Processes, YICCAS, Yantai Shandong, P. R. China
- The Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Coastal Zone Environmental Processes, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research (YIC), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS); Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Coastal Zone Environmental Processes, YICCAS, Yantai Shandong, P. R. China
- The Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Coastal Zone Environmental Processes, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research (YIC), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS); Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Coastal Zone Environmental Processes, YICCAS, Yantai Shandong, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Coastal Zone Environmental Processes, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research (YIC), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS); Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Coastal Zone Environmental Processes, YICCAS, Yantai Shandong, P. R. China
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de la Torre F, Moya-García AA, Suárez MF, Rodríguez-Caso C, Cañas RA, Sánchez-Jiménez F, Cánovas FM. Molecular modeling and site-directed mutagenesis reveal essential residues for catalysis in a prokaryote-type aspartate aminotransferase. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2009; 149:1648-60. [PMID: 19176717 PMCID: PMC2663736 DOI: 10.1104/pp.108.134510] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2008] [Accepted: 01/23/2009] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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We recently reported that aspartate (Asp) biosynthesis in plant chloroplasts is catalyzed by two different Asp aminotransferases (AAT): a previously characterized eukaryote type and a prokaryote type (PT-AAT) similar to bacterial and archaebacterial enzymes. The available molecular and kinetic data suggest that the eukaryote-type AAT is involved in the shuttling of reducing equivalents through the plastidic membrane, whereas the PT-AAT could be involved in the biosynthesis of the Asp-derived amino acids inside the organelle. In this work, a comparative modeling of the PT-AAT enzyme from Pinus pinaster (PpAAT) was performed using x-ray structures of a bacterial AAT (Thermus thermophilus; Protein Data Bank accession nos. 1BJW and 1BKG) as templates. We computed a three-dimensional folding model of this plant homodimeric enzyme that has been used to investigate the functional importance of key amino acid residues in its active center. The overall structure of the model is similar to the one described for other AAT enzymes, from eukaryotic and prokaryotic sources, with two equivalent active sites each formed by residues of both subunits of the homodimer. Moreover, PpAAT monomers folded into one large and one small domain. However, PpAAT enzyme showed unique structural and functional characteristics that have been specifically described in the AATs from the prokaryotes Phormidium lapideum and T. thermophilus, such as those involved in the recognition of the substrate side chain or the "open-to-closed" transition following substrate binding. These predicted characteristics have been substantiated by site-direct mutagenesis analyses, and several critical residues (valine-206, serine-207, glutamine-346, glutamate-210, and phenylalanine-450) were identified and functionally characterized. The reported data represent a valuable resource to understand the function of this enzyme in plant amino acid metabolism.
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- Fernando de la Torre
- Departamento de Biología Molecular y Bioquímica and Instituto Andaluz de Biotecnología, Campus Universitario de Teatinos, Universidad de Málaga, 29071 Málaga, Spain
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de la Torre F, De Santis L, Suárez MF, Crespillo R, Cánovas FM. Identification and functional analysis of a prokaryotic-type aspartate aminotransferase: implications for plant amino acid metabolism. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2006; 46:414-25. [PMID: 16623902 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313x.2006.02713.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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In this paper, we report the identification of genes from pine (PpAAT), Arabidopsis (AtAAT) and rice (OsAAT) encoding a novel class of aspartate aminotransferase (AAT, EC 2.6.1.1) in plants. The enzyme is unrelated to other eukaryotic AATs from plants and animals but similar to bacterial enzymes. Phylogenetic analysis indicates that this prokaryotic-type AAT is closely related to cyanobacterial enzymes, suggesting it might have an endosymbiotic origin. Interestingly, most of the essential residues involved in the interaction with the substrate and the attachment of pyridoxal phosphate cofactor in the active site of the enzyme were conserved in the deduced polypeptide. The polypeptide is processed in planta to a mature subunit of 45 kDa that is immunologically distinct from the cytosolic, mitochondrial and chloroplastic isoforms of AAT previously characterized in plants. Functional expression of PpAAT sequences in Escherichia coli showed that the processed precursor is assembled into a catalytically active homodimeric holoenzyme that is strictly specific for aspartate. These atypical genes are predominantly expressed in green tissues of pine, Arabidopsis and rice, suggesting a key role of this AAT in nitrogen metabolism associated with photosynthetic activity. Moreover, immunological analyses revealed that the plant prokaryotic-type AAT is a nuclear-encoded chloroplast protein. This implies that two plastidic AAT co-exist in plants: a eukaryotic type previously characterized and the prokaryotic type described here. The respective roles of these two enzymes in plant amino acid metabolism are discussed.
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- Fernando de la Torre
- Departamento de Biología Molecular y Bioquímica, Instituto Andaluz de Biotecnología, Unidad Asociada UMA-CSIC, Campus Universitario de Teatinos, Universidad de Málaga, 29071-Málaga, Spain
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Kang J, Turano FJ. The putative glutamate receptor 1.1 (AtGLR1.1) functions as a regulator of carbon and nitrogen metabolism in Arabidopsis thaliana. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2003; 100:6872-7. [PMID: 12738881 PMCID: PMC164539 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1030961100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 150] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The ability to coordinate carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) metabolism enables plants to regulate development and metabolic responses to different environmental conditions. The regulator(s) or sensor(s) that monitor crosstalk between biosynthetic pathways and ultimately control the flow of C or N through them have remained elusive. We used an antisense strategy to demonstrate that the putative glutamate receptor 1.1 (AtGLR1.1) functions as a regulator of C and N metabolism in Arabidopsis. Seeds from AtGLR1.1-deficient Arabidopsis (antiAtGLR1.1) lines did not germinate in the presence of an animal ionotropic glutamate receptor (iGLR) antagonist, but germination was restored upon coincubation with an iGLR agonist or the putative ligand glutamate. In antiAtGLR1.1 lines, endogenous abscisic acid (ABA) concentrations increased with iGLR antagonist treatments and decreased with coincubation with an iGLR agonist, suggesting that germination was controlled by ABA. antiAtGLR1.1 seedlings also exhibited sensitivity to increased levels of Ca2+ compared with wild type, and they exhibited a conditional phenotype that was sensitive to the C:N ratio. In the presence of C, specifically sucrose, but not glucose, mannitol, or sorbitol, antiAtGLR1.1 seeds did not germinate, but germination was restored upon coincubation with NO3-, but not NH4+. Immunoblot, isoenzyme, and RT-PCR analyses indicate that AtGLR1.1 regulates the accumulation of distinct C- and N-metabolic enzymes, hexokinase 1 (HXK1) and zeaxanthin epoxidase (ABA1), by transcriptional control. We provide a model to describe the role of AtGLR1.1 in C/N metabolism and ABA biosynthesis, which in turn controls seed germination.
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- Jiman Kang
- Department of Biological Sciences, George Washington University, Washington, DC 20052, USA
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Coruzzi GM. Primary N-assimilation into Amino Acids in Arabidopsis. THE ARABIDOPSIS BOOK 2003; 2:e0010. [PMID: 22303223 PMCID: PMC3243381 DOI: 10.1199/tab.0010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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- Gloria M Coruzzi
- Department of Biology, New York University, 100 Washington Square East, Room 1009 Main Building, New York, NY 10003
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Murooka Y, Mori Y, Hayashi M. Variation of the amino acid content ofArabidopsis seeds by expressing soybean aspartate aminotransferase gene. J Biosci Bioeng 2002. [DOI: 10.1016/s1389-1723(02)80154-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Cao Y, Schubert KR. Molecular cloning and characterization of a cDNA encoding soybean nodule IMP dehydrogenase. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2001; 1520:242-6. [PMID: 11566360 DOI: 10.1016/s0167-4781(01)00269-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Inosine monophosphate dehydrogenase (IMPDH) catalyzes the rate-limiting step in de novo purine biosynthesis and is a postulated key enzyme in nitrogen assimilation in ureide-exporting nodules. A 2016 bp cDNA for IMPDH, designated as IMPDH, was cloned from a soybean nodule cDNA library. IMPDH encodes a polypeptide of 502 amino acids with a predicted molecular weight of 53000 and a pI of 5.54. The deduced IMPDH is 70.5% identical to that in Arabidopsis, with a 100% homology in the putative active-site region. Expressing the cloned cDNA in Escherichia coli mutant strain KLC381 (DeltaguaB) restored IMPDH activity, permitting bacterial growth on minimal medium. Southern blot analysis suggested a single copy of IMPDH gene in the soybean genome. Northern blot analysis showed that the expression of IMPDH gene is apparently nodule-specific.
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- Y Cao
- Department of Botany and Microbiology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019-0245, USA.
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Wilkie SE, Warren MJ. Recombinant expression, purification, and characterization of three isoenzymes of aspartate aminotransferase from Arabidopsis thaliana. Protein Expr Purif 1998; 12:381-9. [PMID: 9535706 DOI: 10.1006/prep.1997.0845] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Five different genes encoding isoenzymes of aspartate aminotransferase (AAT) have been identified in the plant Arabidopsis thaliana. cDNA sequences encoding three of these AAT isoenzymes, asp1 (mitochondrial), asp2 (cytosolic), and asp5 (plastid), were manipulated into bacterial expression vectors and the recombinant proteins expressed were purified from liquid culture using conventional methods. Yields of the purified isoenzymes varied from 11.5 mg/g wet wt cells (AAT5) to 0.95 mg/g wet wt cells (AAT2), an improvement of more than 1000-fold over typical yields of native isoenzymes obtained from plant tissues of other species. Analysis of the recombinant proteins on denaturing PAGE gels indicated subunit Mrs of between 44 and 45 K. Kinetic parameters (Km and kcat) obtained for all four substrates (aspartate, alpha-ketoglutarate, glutamate, and oxaloacetate) were consistent with values obtained for native AAT isoenzymes from other plant species. Further characterization of the purified recombinant enzymes alongside native enzymes from A. thaliana leaf tissue on AAT activity gels confirmed the identity of asp1 and asp2 as the mitochondrial and cytosolic AAT genes but indicated that asp5 may encode an amyloplastic rather than the chloroplastic enzyme.
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- S E Wilkie
- Institute of Ophthalmology, University College London, 11-43 Bath Street, London, EC1V 9EL, United Kingdom.
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Lam HM, Coschigano KT, Oliveira IC, Melo-Oliveira R, Coruzzi GM. THE MOLECULAR-GENETICS OF NITROGEN ASSIMILATION INTO AMINO ACIDS IN HIGHER PLANTS. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1996; 47:569-593. [PMID: 15012301 DOI: 10.1146/annurev.arplant.47.1.569] [Citation(s) in RCA: 396] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Nitrogen assimilation is a vital process controlling plant growth and development. Inorganic nitrogen is assimilated into the amino acids glutamine, glutamate, asparagine, and aspartate, which serve as important nitrogen carriers in plants. The enzymes glutamine synthetase (GS), glutamate synthase (GOGAT), glutamate dehydrogenase (GDH), aspartate aminotransferase (AspAT), and asparagine synthetase (AS) are responsible for the biosynthesis of these nitrogen-carrying amino acids. Biochemical studies have revealed the existence of multiple isoenzymes for each of these enzymes. Recent molecular analyses demonstrate that each enzyme is encoded by a gene family wherein individual members encode distinct isoenzymes that are differentially regulated by environmental stimuli, metabolic control, developmental control, and tissue/cell-type specificity. We review the recent progress in using molecular-genetic approaches to delineate the regulatory mechanisms controlling nitrogen assimilation into amino acids and to define the physiological role of each isoenzyme involved in this metabolic pathway.
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- H.-M. Lam
- Department of Biology, New York University, New York, NY 10003
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Winefield CS, Farnden KJ, Reynolds PH, Marshall CJ. Evolutionary analysis of aspartate aminotransferases. J Mol Evol 1995; 40:455-63. [PMID: 7769621 DOI: 10.1007/bf00164031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Aspartate aminotransferase isoenzymes are located in both the cytosol and organelles of eukaryotes, but all are encoded in the nuclear genome. In the work described here, a phylogenetic analysis was made of aspartate aminotransferases from plants, animals, yeast, and a number of bacteria. This analysis suggested that five distinct branches are present in the aspartate aminotransferase tree. Mitochondrial forms of the enzyme form one distinct group, bacterial aspartate aminotransferase formed another, and the plant and vertebrate cytosolic isoenzymes each formed a distinct group. Plant cytosolic isozymes formed a further group of which the plastid sequences were a member. The yeast mitochondrial and cytosolic aspartate aminotransferases formed groups separate from other members of the family.
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- C S Winefield
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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Wilkie SE, Roper JM, Smith AG, Warren MJ. Isolation, characterisation and expression of a cDNA clone encoding plastid aspartate aminotransferase from Arabidopsis thaliana. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 1995; 27:1227-33. [PMID: 7766905 DOI: 10.1007/bf00020897] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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A clone encoding aspartate aminotransferase (AAT, EC 2.6.1.1) was isolated from an Arabidopsis thaliana leaf cDNA library. This clone contains a 1365 bp open reading frame encoding a polypeptide of 49.8 kDa, designated Ataat1. The clone was shown to contain a chloroplastic isoenzyme as an in organellar protein import assay demonstrated that a radiolabelled transcription/translation product of 49.8 kDa was imported into viable pea chloroplasts and was subsequently processed to yield a mature protein of 45 kDa. The open reading frame corresponding to the predicted mature AAT was manipulated into an expression construct (pEC14). Transformed Escherichia coli cells containing pEC14 expressed up to 16 times more AAT activity than vector only controls, thus demonstrating conclusively that the clone encoded AAT.
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- S E Wilkie
- School of Biological Sciences, Queen Mary and Westfield College, London, UK
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Wadsworth GJ, Gebhardt JS, Matthews BF. Characterization of a soybean cDNA clone encoding the mitochondrial isozyme of aspartate aminotransferase, AAT4. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 1995; 27:1085-95. [PMID: 7766891 DOI: 10.1007/bf00020882] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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A soybean leaf cDNA clone, pSAT2, was isolated by hybridization to a carrot aspartate aminotransferase (EC 2.6.1.1.; AAT) cDNA clone at low stringency. pSAT2 contained an open reading frame encoding a 47640 Da protein. The protein encoded by pSAT2 showed significant sequence similarity to AAT proteins from both plants and animals. It was most similar to two Panicum mitochondrial AATs, 81.5% and 82.0% identity. Alignment of the pSAT2-encoded protein with other mature AAT enzymes revealed a 25 amino acid N-terminal extension with characteristics of a mitochondrial transit peptide. A plasmid, pEXAT2, was constructed to encode the mature pSAT2 protein lacking the putative mitochondrial transit peptide. Escherichia coli containing the plasmid expressed a functional AAT isozyme which comigrated with the soybean AAT4 isozyme during agarose gel electrophoresis. Equilibrium sucrose gradient sedimentation of soybean extracts demonstrated that AAT4 specifically cofractionated with mitochondria. Antibodies raised against the pEXAT2-encoded AAT protein reacted with AAT4 of soybean and not with other AAT isozymes detected in soybean tissues, providing further evidence that clone pSAT2 encodes the soybean mitochondrial isozyme AAT4.
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- G J Wadsworth
- U.S. Department of Agriculture, Plant Molecular Biology Laboratory, Beltsville, MD 20705, USA
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Taniguchi M, Mori J, Sugiyama T. Structure of genes that encode isozymes of aspartate aminotransferase in Panicum miliaceum L., a C4 plant. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 1994; 26:723-734. [PMID: 7948926 DOI: 10.1007/bf00013757] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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The cytosolic and mitochondrial isozymes of aspartate aminotransferase (AspAT) function in the C4 photosynthetic cycle in NAD-malic enzyme-type C4 plants and are expressed at high levels in mesophyll cells and bundle sheath cells, respectively. We constructed a genomic library from Panicum miliaceum, a NAD-malic enzyme-type C4 plant, and cloned the genes for these isozymes. The sequence of the cloned gene for cytosolic AspAT spans 7800 bp and consists of 12 exons. The sequence of the cloned gene for mitochondrial AspAT spans 9000 bp and consists of 10 exons. The results of primer-extension analysis suggest that transcription may be initiated from multiple adjacent sites. Both genes have significant GC-rich regions around the site of initiation of transcription, and these regions showed no CpG suppression. The 5'- flanking regions of both genes include several short sequences similar to the regulatory elements found in other genes for components of the photosynthetic machinery. In particular, the cytosolic AspAT gene contains sequences similar to nuclear protein-binding sites in other mesophyll-expressed C4 photosynthetic genes and the mitochondrial AspAT gene contains elements for light-sensitive and constitutive expression of a bundle sheath-expressed gene. The results of Southern analysis indicated that there are at least two genes that encode each isozyme in the genome of P. miliaceum. A comparison of intron-insertion positions between AspAT genes of plants and animals revealed that several introns are located at identical positions. On the basis of a phylogenetic tree among AspATs and tyrosine aminotransferase, we have shown that the introns of aminotransferase genes antedate the divergence of eubacteria, archaebacteria, and eukaryotes.
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- M Taniguchi
- Department of Applied Biological Sciences, School of Agricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Japan
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Gregerson RG, Miller SS, Petrowski M, Gantt JS, Vance CP. Genomic structure, expression and evolution of the alfalfa aspartate aminotransferase genes. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 1994; 25:387-399. [PMID: 8049365 DOI: 10.1007/bf00043868] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Genomic clones encoding two isozymes of aspartate aminotransferase (AAT) were isolated from an alfalfa genomic library and their DNA sequences were determined. The AAT1 gene contains 12 exons that encode a cytosolic protein expressed at similar levels in roots, stems and nodules. In nodules, the amount of AAT1 mRNA was similar at all stages of development, and was slightly reduced in nodules incapable of fixing nitrogen. The AAT1 mRNA is polyadenylated at multiple sites differing by more than 250 bp. The AAT2 gene contains 11 exons, with 5 introns located in positions identical to those found in animal AAT genes, and encodes a plastid-localized isozyme. The AAT2 mRNA is polyadenylated at a very limited range of sites. The transit peptide of AAT2 is encoded by the first two and part of the third exon. AAT2 mRNA is much more abundant in nodules than in other organs, and increases dramatically during the course of nodule development. Unlike AAT1, expression of AAT2 is significantly reduced in nodules incapable of fixing nitrogen. Phylogenetic analysis of deduced AAT proteins revealed 4 separate but related groups of AAT proteins; the animal cytosolic AATs, the plant cytosolic AATs, the plant plastid AATs, and the mitochondrial AATs.
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- R G Gregerson
- Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics, University of Minnesota, St. Paul 55108
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Molecular regulation of amino acid biosynthesis in plants. Amino Acids 1994; 7:165-74. [DOI: 10.1007/bf00814158] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/1993] [Accepted: 12/12/1993] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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