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Khuman A, Kumar V, Chaudhary B. Evolutionary expansion and expression dynamics of cytokinin-catabolizing CKX gene family in the modern amphidiploid mustard ( Brassica sp.). 3 Biotech 2022; 12:233. [PMID: 35996674 PMCID: PMC9391556 DOI: 10.1007/s13205-022-03294-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2021] [Accepted: 08/02/2022] [Indexed: 11/01/2022] Open
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Plant cytokinins (CKs) promote development and physiological processes, drought tolerance, root architecture, and ultimately crop productivity. Biologically active CKs (iP, tZ, and cZ) are precisely maintained in the vegetative and floral tissues through their irreversible degradation by developmentally regulated CK-catabolizing cytokinin oxidase/dehydrogenase (CKX) enzyme. A meta-analysis of CKX proteins was performed through an exhaustive exploration of multiple genome databases of cyanobacteria, bryophyte, monocot and eudicot plants to reveal the intricate evolutionary profiles of CKX enzymes specific to the family Brassicaceae. At least 175 unique paralogous/orthologous CKX sequences were successfully retrieved and phylogenetically clustered into distinct groups. Observations of structural divergences among paralogous sequences compared to their orthologs indicated that the progenitor CKX sequence had been subjected to massive structural modifications, possibly as a result of the evolutionary split between monocots and eudicots. An analysis of dN/dS comparisons of orthologous genes revealed that segmental CKX gene duplications have evolved primarily under purifying selection. Further, 24 CKX genes with conserved signature domain were identified in the amphidiploid Brassica juncea genome (AABB; 2n = 36). Genetic evolution of paralogous and orthologous genes was largely responsible for the expansion of CKX homoeologs in the amphidiploid Brassica genomes. Also, comparative analyses of 1.5 kb-long upstream regulatory regions of BjCKX genes identified various development- and stress-responsive elements. Spatial and temporal expression profiles of CKX genes were primarily attributed to their structural diversity observed in the 5'-regulatory regions along with species evolution. This data suggested that CKX duplicate genes had partitioned their spatial expression (= function) during evolution. These findings illustrated the evolutionary importance of CKX genes during plant development, and also suggested their deployment for future crop improvement programs. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s13205-022-03294-0.
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- Department of Botany, Shivaji College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, 110027 India
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- School of Biotechnology, Gautam Buddha University, Greater Noida, 201312 India
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Sharma A, Prakash S, Chattopadhyay D. Killing two birds with a single stone-genetic manipulation of cytokinin oxidase/dehydrogenase ( CKX) genes for enhancing crop productivity and amelioration of drought stress response. Front Genet 2022; 13:941595. [PMID: 35923693 PMCID: PMC9340367 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2022.941595] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2022] [Accepted: 06/29/2022] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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The development of high-yielding, bio-fortified, stress-tolerant crop cultivars is the need of the hour in the wake of increasing global food insecurity, abrupt climate change, and continuous shrinking of resources and landmass suitable for agriculture. The cytokinin group of phytohormones positively regulates seed yield by simultaneous regulation of source capacity (leaf senescence) and sink strength (grain number and size). Cytokinins also regulate root-shoot architecture by promoting shoot growth and inhibiting root growth. Cytokinin oxidase/dehydrogenase (CKX) are the only enzymes that catalyze the irreversible degradation of active cytokinins and thus negatively regulate the endogenous cytokinin levels. Genetic manipulation of CKX genes is the key to improve seed yield and root-shoot architecture through direct manipulation of endogenous cytokinin levels. Downregulation of CKX genes expressed in sink tissues such as inflorescence meristem and developing seeds, through reverse genetics approaches such as RNAi and CRISPR/Cas9 resulted in increased yield marked by increased number and size of grains. On the other hand, root-specific expression of CKX genes resulted in decreased endogenous cytokinin levels in roots which in turn resulted in increased root growth indicated by increased root branching, root biomass, and root-shoot biomass ratio. Enhanced root growth provided enhanced tolerance to drought stress and improved micronutrient uptake efficiency. In this review, we have emphasized the role of CKX as a genetic factor determining yield, micronutrient uptake efficiency, and response to drought stress. We have summarised the efforts made to increase crop productivity and drought stress tolerance in different crop species through genetic manipulation of CKX family genes.
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Identification and Functional Characterization of Apple MdCKX5.2 in Root Development and Abiotic Stress Tolerance. HORTICULTURAE 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/horticulturae8010062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Cytokinin oxidase/dehydrogenases (CKXs) are the key enzymes in cytokinin degradation and have been widely studied in model plants. Little is known about apple’s (Malus×domestica) CKX genes. Here, using genome-wide analysis, we identified 10 MdCKX genes in apple. The phylogenetics, chromosome locations, and genome structures were then tested. Expression analysis showed that MdCKX genes had different expression profiles in apple, pointing to the different roles. Meanwhile, relative expression analysis showed that these genes have different expression patterns in response to several exogenous cytokinin factors, including trans-zeatin (ZT), thidiazuron (TDZ), and N6-furfuryladenine (KT). Finally, we introduced the MdCKX5.2 gene into Arabidopsis to evaluate its functions, and the results suggested the transgenic Arabidopsis displayed phenotypes related to promoting primary root and lateral root development, response to exogenous ZT, and conferring to drought and salt tolerant. Taken together, our results provide insights on the possible application of the MdCKX5.2 gene for molecular breeding in apples.
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Dabravolski SA, Isayenkov SV. Evolution of the Cytokinin Dehydrogenase (CKX) Domain. J Mol Evol 2021; 89:665-677. [PMID: 34757471 DOI: 10.1007/s00239-021-10035-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2021] [Accepted: 10/30/2021] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Plant hormone cytokinins are important regulators of plant development, response to environmental stresses and interplay with other plant hormones. Cytokinin dehydrogenases (CKXs) are proteins responsible for the irreversible break-down of cytokinins to the adenine and aldehyde. Even though plant CKXs have been extensively studied, homologous proteins from other taxa remain mainly uncharacterised. Here we present our study on the molecular evolution and divergence of the CKX from bacteria, fungi, amoeba and viridiplantae. Although CKXs are present in eukaryotes and prokaryotes, they are missing in algae and metazoan taxa. The prevalent domain architecture consists of the FAD-binding and cytokinin binding domains, whereas some bacteria appear to have only cytokinin binding domain proteins. The CKXs play important role in the various aspects of plant life including control of plant development, response to biotic and abiotic stress, influence nutrition. Results of our study suggested that CKX originates from the FAD-linked C-terminal oxidase and has a defence-oriented function. The obtained results significantly extend the current understanding of the cytokinin dehydrogenases structure-function from the relationship to homologues from other taxa and provide a starting point baseline for their future functional characterization.
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- Siarhei A Dabravolski
- Department of Clinical Diagnostics, Vitebsk State Academy of Veterinary Medicine [UO VGAVM], Dovatora str. 7/11, 21002, Vitebsk, Belarus
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- International Research Centre for Environmental Membrane Biology, Foshan University, Foshan, China.
- Department of Plant Food Products and Biofortification, Institute of Food Biotechnology and Genomics, NAS of Ukraine, Osipovskogo str., 2a, Kyiv-123, Kyiv, 04123, Ukraine.
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Frébortová J, Frébort I. Biochemical and Structural Aspects of Cytokinin Biosynthesis and Degradation in Bacteria. Microorganisms 2021; 9:microorganisms9061314. [PMID: 34208724 PMCID: PMC8234997 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms9061314] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2021] [Revised: 06/11/2021] [Accepted: 06/14/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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It has been known for quite some time that cytokinins, hormones typical of plants, are also produced and metabolized in bacteria. Most bacteria can only form the tRNA-bound cytokinins, but there are examples of plant-associated bacteria, both pathogenic and beneficial, that actively synthesize cytokinins to interact with their host. Similar to plants, bacteria produce diverse cytokinin metabolites, employing corresponding metabolic pathways. The identification of genes encoding the enzymes involved in cytokinin biosynthesis and metabolism facilitated their detailed characterization based on both classical enzyme assays and structural approaches. This review summarizes the present knowledge on key enzymes involved in cytokinin biosynthesis, modifications, and degradation in bacteria, and discusses their catalytic properties in relation to the presence of specific amino acid residues and protein structure.
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Chen H, Liu N, Xu R, Chen X, Zhang Y, Hu R, Lan X, Tang Z, Lin G. Quantitative proteomics analysis reveals the response mechanism of peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) to imbibitional chilling stress. PLANT BIOLOGY (STUTTGART, GERMANY) 2021; 23:517-527. [PMID: 33502082 DOI: 10.1111/plb.13238] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2020] [Revised: 01/12/2021] [Accepted: 01/18/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Imbibitional chilling stress inhibits normal seed germination and seedling establishment and leads to large losses in peanut production. This is a major limiting factor when sowing peanut earlier and further north. To reveal the response mechanism of peanut to imbibitional chilling stress, a Tandem Mass Tag (TMT)-based quantitative proteomics analysis was conducted to identify differentially accumulated proteins (DAPs) under imbibitional chilling stress. Hormone profiling and transcriptional analysis were performed to confirm the proteomics data. Further seed priming analysis with exogenous cytokinins was conducted to validate the role of cytokinins in alleviating imbibitional chilling injury. A total of 5029 proteins were identified and quantified in all of the experimental groups. Among these, 104 proteins were DAPs as compared with the control. Enrichment analysis revealed that these DAPs were significant in various molecular functional and biological processes, especially for biosynthesis and metabolism of plant hormones. Hormone profiling and transcription analysis suggested that the reduced abundance of cytokinin oxidase may be caused by down-regulation of gene expression of the corresponding genes and leads to an elevated content of cytokinins under chilling stress. Seed priming analysis suggested that exogenous application of cytokinins may alleviate injury caused by imbibitional chilling. Our study provides a comprehensive proteomics analysis of peanut under imbibitional chilling stress, suggesting the role of plant hormones in the response mechanism. The results provide a better understanding of the imbibitional chilling stress response mechanism in peanut that will aid in peanut production.
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- H Chen
- Fujian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Fujian Research Station of Crop Gene Resource & Germplasm Enhancement, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of People's Republic of China, Fujian Engineering Research Center for Characteristic Upland Crops Breeding, Fujian Engineering Laboratory of Crop Molecular Breeding, Institute of Crop Sciences, Fuzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Oil Crops, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of People's Republic of China, Oil Crops Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Wuhan, China
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- Fujian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Fujian Research Station of Crop Gene Resource & Germplasm Enhancement, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of People's Republic of China, Fujian Engineering Research Center for Characteristic Upland Crops Breeding, Fujian Engineering Laboratory of Crop Molecular Breeding, Institute of Crop Sciences, Fuzhou, China
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- Fujian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Fujian Research Station of Crop Gene Resource & Germplasm Enhancement, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of People's Republic of China, Fujian Engineering Research Center for Characteristic Upland Crops Breeding, Fujian Engineering Laboratory of Crop Molecular Breeding, Institute of Crop Sciences, Fuzhou, China
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- Fujian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Fujian Research Station of Crop Gene Resource & Germplasm Enhancement, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of People's Republic of China, Fujian Engineering Research Center for Characteristic Upland Crops Breeding, Fujian Engineering Laboratory of Crop Molecular Breeding, Institute of Crop Sciences, Fuzhou, China
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- Fujian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Fujian Research Station of Crop Gene Resource & Germplasm Enhancement, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of People's Republic of China, Fujian Engineering Research Center for Characteristic Upland Crops Breeding, Fujian Engineering Laboratory of Crop Molecular Breeding, Institute of Crop Sciences, Fuzhou, China
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- Fujian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Fujian Research Station of Crop Gene Resource & Germplasm Enhancement, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of People's Republic of China, Fujian Engineering Research Center for Characteristic Upland Crops Breeding, Fujian Engineering Laboratory of Crop Molecular Breeding, Institute of Crop Sciences, Fuzhou, China
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- Fujian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Fujian Research Station of Crop Gene Resource & Germplasm Enhancement, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of People's Republic of China, Fujian Engineering Research Center for Characteristic Upland Crops Breeding, Fujian Engineering Laboratory of Crop Molecular Breeding, Institute of Crop Sciences, Fuzhou, China
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- Fujian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Fujian Research Station of Crop Gene Resource & Germplasm Enhancement, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of People's Republic of China, Fujian Engineering Research Center for Characteristic Upland Crops Breeding, Fujian Engineering Laboratory of Crop Molecular Breeding, Institute of Crop Sciences, Fuzhou, China
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Nisler J, Kopečný D, Pěkná Z, Končitíková R, Koprna R, Murvanidze N, Werbrouck SPO, Havlíček L, De Diego N, Kopečná M, Wimmer Z, Briozzo P, Moréra S, Zalabák D, Spíchal L, Strnad M. Diphenylurea-derived cytokinin oxidase/dehydrogenase inhibitors for biotechnology and agriculture. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2021; 72:355-370. [PMID: 32945834 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eraa437] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2020] [Accepted: 09/17/2020] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Increasing crop productivity is our major challenge if we are to meet global needs for food, fodder and fuel. Controlling the content of the plant hormone cytokinin is a method of improving plant productivity. Cytokinin oxidase/dehydrogenase (CKO/CKX) is a major target in this regard because it degrades cytokinins. Here, we describe the synthesis and biological activities of new CKX inhibitors derived mainly from diphenylurea. They were tested on four CKX isoforms from maize and Arabidopsis, where the best compounds showed IC50 values in the 10-8 M concentration range. The binding mode of the most efficient inhibitors was characterized from high-resolution crystal complexed structures. Although these compounds do not possess intrinsic cytokinin activity, we have demonstrated their tremendous potential for use in the plant tissue culture industry as well as in agriculture. We have identified a key substance, compound 19, which not only increases stress resistance and seed yield in Arabidopsis, but also improves the yield of wheat, barley and rapeseed grains under field conditions. Our findings reveal that modulation of cytokinin levels via CKX inhibition can positively affect plant growth, development and yield, and prove that CKX inhibitors can be an attractive target in plant biotechnology and agriculture.
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- Jaroslav Nisler
- Laboratory of Growth Regulators, Institute of Experimental Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences & Palacký University, Šlechtitelů 27, Olomouc, Czech Republic
- Department of Chemistry of Natural Compounds, Faculty of Food and Biochemical Technology, University of Chemistry and Technology in Prague, Technická 5, Prague, Czech Republic
- Department of Chemical Biology and Genetics, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, Šlechtitelů 27, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Department of Protein Biochemistry and Proteomics, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, Šlechtitelů 27, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Department of Chemical Biology and Genetics, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, Šlechtitelů 27, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Department of Protein Biochemistry and Proteomics, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, Šlechtitelů 27, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Department of Chemical Biology and Genetics, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, Šlechtitelů 27, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Department Plants and Crops, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department Plants and Crops, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Isotope Laboratory, Institute of Experimental Botany, The Czech Academy of Sciences, Vídeňská 1083, 142 20 Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Chemical Biology and Genetics, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, Šlechtitelů 27, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Department of Protein Biochemistry and Proteomics, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, Šlechtitelů 27, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Department of Chemistry of Natural Compounds, Faculty of Food and Biochemical Technology, University of Chemistry and Technology in Prague, Technická 5, Prague, Czech Republic
- Isotope Laboratory, Institute of Experimental Botany, The Czech Academy of Sciences, Vídeňská 1083, 142 20 Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, INRAE, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, Route de Saint-Cyr, Versailles, France
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), CEA, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, Šlechtitelů 27, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Department of Chemical Biology and Genetics, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, Šlechtitelů 27, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Laboratory of Growth Regulators, Institute of Experimental Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences & Palacký University, Šlechtitelů 27, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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Hyoung S, Cho SH, Chung JH, So WM, Cui MH, Shin JS. Cytokinin oxidase PpCKX1 plays regulatory roles in development and enhances dehydration and salt tolerance in Physcomitrella patens. PLANT CELL REPORTS 2020; 39:419-430. [PMID: 31863135 DOI: 10.1007/s00299-019-02500-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2019] [Accepted: 12/09/2019] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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PpCKX1 localizes to vacuoles and is dominantly expressed in the stem cells. PpCKX1 regulates developmental changes with increased growth of the rhizoid and enhances dehydration and salt tolerance. Cytokinins (CKs) are plant hormones that regulate plant development as well as many physiological processes, such as cell division, leaf senescence, control of shoot/root ratio, and reproductive competence. Cytokinin oxidases/dehydrogenases (CKXs) control CK concentrations by degradation, and thereby influence plant growth and development. In the moss Physcomitrella patens, an evolutionarily early divergent plant, we identified six putative CKXs that, by phylogenetic analysis, form a monophyletic clade. We also observed that ProPpCKX1:GUS is expressed specifically in the stem cells and surrounding cells and that CKX1 localizes to vacuoles, as indicated by Pro35S:PpCKX1-smGFP. Under normal growth conditions, overexpression of PpCKX1 caused many phenotypic changes at different developmental stages, and we suspected that increased growth of the rhizoid could affect those changes. In addition, we present evidence that the PpCKX1-overexpressor plants show enhanced dehydration and salt stress tolerance. Taken together, we suggest that PpCKX1 plays regulatory roles in development and adaptation to abiotic stresses in this evolutionarily early land plant species.
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- Sujin Hyoung
- Division of Life Sciences, Korea University, Seoul, 02841, Korea
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 16802, USA
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- Seoul Center, Korea Basic Science Institute, Seoul, 02841, Korea
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- Division of Life Sciences, Korea University, Seoul, 02841, Korea
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- Shanghai Institute for Advanced Immunochemical Studies (SIAIS), Shanghai Tech University, Shanghai, China
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- Division of Life Sciences, Korea University, Seoul, 02841, Korea.
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Bhowal B, Singla-Pareek SL, Sopory SK, Kaur C. From methylglyoxal to pyruvate: a genome-wide study for the identification of glyoxalases and D-lactate dehydrogenases in Sorghum bicolor. BMC Genomics 2020; 21:145. [PMID: 32041545 PMCID: PMC7011430 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-020-6547-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2019] [Accepted: 01/31/2020] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Background The glyoxalase pathway is evolutionarily conserved and involved in the glutathione-dependent detoxification of methylglyoxal (MG), a cytotoxic by-product of glycolysis. It acts via two metallo-enzymes, glyoxalase I (GLYI) and glyoxalase II (GLYII), to convert MG into D-lactate, which is further metabolized to pyruvate by D-lactate dehydrogenases (D-LDH). Since D-lactate formation occurs solely by the action of glyoxalase enzymes, its metabolism may be considered as the ultimate step of MG detoxification. By maintaining steady state levels of MG and other reactive dicarbonyl compounds, the glyoxalase pathway serves as an important line of defence against glycation and oxidative stress in living organisms. Therefore, considering the general role of glyoxalases in stress adaptation and the ability of Sorghum bicolor to withstand prolonged drought, the sorghum glyoxalase pathway warrants an in-depth investigation with regard to the presence, regulation and distribution of glyoxalase and D-LDH genes. Result Through this study, we have identified 15 GLYI and 6 GLYII genes in sorghum. In addition, 4 D-LDH genes were also identified, forming the first ever report on genome-wide identification of any plant D-LDH family. Our in silico analysis indicates homology of putatively active SbGLYI, SbGLYII and SbDLDH proteins to several functionally characterised glyoxalases and D-LDHs from Arabidopsis and rice. Further, these three gene families exhibit development and tissue-specific variations in their expression patterns. Importantly, we could predict the distribution of putatively active SbGLYI, SbGLYII and SbDLDH proteins in at least four different sub-cellular compartments namely, cytoplasm, chloroplast, nucleus and mitochondria. Most of the members of the sorghum glyoxalase and D-LDH gene families are indeed found to be highly stress responsive. Conclusion This study emphasizes the role of glyoxalases as well as that of D-LDH in the complete detoxification of MG in sorghum. In particular, we propose that D-LDH which metabolizes the specific end product of glyoxalases pathway is essential for complete MG detoxification. By proposing a cellular model for detoxification of MG via glyoxalase pathway in sorghum, we suggest that different sub-cellular organelles are actively involved in MG metabolism in plants.
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- Bidisha Bhowal
- International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, 110067, India
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- International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, 110067, India
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- International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, 110067, India.
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- School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 110067, India.
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Czajkowska BI, Finlay CM, Jones G, Brown TA. Diversity of a cytokinin dehydrogenase gene in wild and cultivated barley. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0225899. [PMID: 31805120 PMCID: PMC6894797 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0225899] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2019] [Accepted: 11/14/2019] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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The cytokinin dehydrogenase gene HvCKX2.1 is the regulatory target for the most abundant heterochromatic small RNAs in drought-stressed barley caryopses. We investigated the diversity of HvCKX2.1 in 228 barley landraces and 216 wild accessions and identified 14 haplotypes, five of these with ten or more members, coding for four different protein variants. The third largest haplotype was abundant in wild accessions (51 members), but absent from the landrace collection. Protein structure predictions indicated that the amino acid substitution specific to haplotype 3 could result in a change in the functional properties of the HvCKX2.1 protein. Haplotypes 1–3 have overlapping geographical distributions in the wild population, but the average rainfall amounts at the collection sites for haplotype 3 plants are significantly higher during November to February compared to the equivalent data for plants of haplotypes 1 and 2. We argue that the likelihood that haplotype 3 plants were excluded from landraces by sampling bias that occurred when the first wild barley plants were taken into cultivation is low, and that it is reasonable to suggest that plants with haplotype 3 are absent from the crop because these plants were less suited to the artificial conditions associated with cultivation. Although the cytokinin signalling pathway influences many aspects of plant development, the identified role of HvCKX2.1 in the drought response raises the possibility that the particular aspect of cultivation that mitigated against haplotype 3 relates in some way to water utilization. Our results therefore highlight the possibility that water utilization properties should be looked on as a possible component of the suite of physiological adaptations accompanying the domestication and subsequent evolution of cultivated barley.
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- Beata I. Czajkowska
- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, University of Manchester, Manchester, England, United Kingdom
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- Lydia Becker Institute of Immunology and Inflammation, School of Biological Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, England, United Kingdom
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- Department of Archaeology, University of Sheffield, Northgate House, West Street, Sheffield, England, United Kingdom
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- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, University of Manchester, Manchester, England, United Kingdom
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Jaworek P, Tarkowski P, Hluska T, Kouřil Š, Vrobel O, Nisler J, Kopečný D. Characterization of five CHASE-containing histidine kinase receptors from Populus × canadensis cv. Robusta sensing isoprenoid and aromatic cytokinins. PLANTA 2019; 251:1. [PMID: 31776777 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-019-03297-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2019] [Accepted: 10/17/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Five poplar CHASE-containing histidine kinase receptors bind cytokinins and display kinase activities. Both endogenous isoprenoid and aromatic cytokinins bind to the receptors in live cell assays. Cytokinins are phytohormones that play key roles in various developmental processes in plants. The poplar species Populus × canadensis, cv. Robusta, is the first organism found to contain aromatic cytokinins. Here, we report the functional characterization of five CHASE-containing histidine kinases from P. × canadensis: PcHK2, PcHK3a, PcHK3b, PcHK4a and PcHK4b. A qPCR analysis revealed high transcript levels of all PcHKs other than PcHK4b across multiple poplar organs. The ligand specificity was determined using a live cell Escherichia coli assay and we provide evidence based on UHPLC-MS/MS data that ribosides can be true ligands. PcHK2 exhibited higher sensitivity to iP-type cytokinins than the other receptors, while PcHK3a and PcHK3b bound these cytokinins much more weakly, because they possess two isoleucine residues that clash with the cytokinin base and destabilize its binding. All receptors display kinase activity but their activation ratios in the presence/absence of cytokinin differ significantly. PcHK4a displays over 400-fold higher kinase activity in the presence of cytokinin, suggesting involvement in strong responses to changes in cytokinin levels. trans-Zeatin was both the most abundant cytokinin in poplar and that with the highest variation in abundance, which is consistent with its strong binding to all five HKs and activation of cytokinin signaling via A-type response regulators. The aromatic cytokinins' biological significance remains unclear, their levels vary diurnally, seasonally, and annually. PcHK3 and PcHK4 display the strongest binding at pH 7.5 and 5.5, respectively, in line with their putative membrane localization in the endoplasmic reticulum and plasma membrane.
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- Pavel Jaworek
- Department of Phytochemistry, Faculty of Science, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Palacký University Olomouc, Šlechtitelů 27, 783 71, Olomouc, Czech Republic
- Department of Protein Biochemistry and Proteomics, Faculty of Science, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Palacký University Olomouc, Šlechtitelů 27, 783 71, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Department of Phytochemistry, Faculty of Science, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Palacký University Olomouc, Šlechtitelů 27, 783 71, Olomouc, Czech Republic
- Department of Genetic Resources for Vegetables, Medicinal and Special Plants, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Crop Research Institute, Šlechtitelů 29, 783 71, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Department of Genetic Resources for Vegetables, Medicinal and Special Plants, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Crop Research Institute, Šlechtitelů 29, 783 71, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Department of Phytochemistry, Faculty of Science, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Palacký University Olomouc, Šlechtitelů 27, 783 71, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Department of Phytochemistry, Faculty of Science, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Palacký University Olomouc, Šlechtitelů 27, 783 71, Olomouc, Czech Republic
- Department of Genetic Resources for Vegetables, Medicinal and Special Plants, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Crop Research Institute, Šlechtitelů 29, 783 71, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Laboratory of Growth Regulators, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Institute of Experimental Botany, AS CR & Palacký University, Šlechtitelů 27, 783 71, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Department of Protein Biochemistry and Proteomics, Faculty of Science, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Palacký University Olomouc, Šlechtitelů 27, 783 71, Olomouc, Czech Republic.
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Gouda G, Gupta MK, Donde R, Kumar J, Vadde R, Mohapatra T, Behera L. Computational approach towards understanding structural and functional role of cytokinin oxidase/dehydrogenase 2 (CKX2) in enhancing grain yield in rice plant. J Biomol Struct Dyn 2019; 38:1158-1167. [PMID: 30896372 DOI: 10.1080/07391102.2019.1597771] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Cytokinin oxidase/dehydrogenase (CKX) is the only known enzyme associated with irreversible degradation of cytokinins in plants. CKX2 contains flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD) domain. Earlier studies utilising antisense & hpRNAi suppression techniques in mutant/transgenic rice plants revealed that when CKX2 binds with FAD, CKX2 expression reduces, which in turn causes cytokinin aggregation in inflorescence meristem that subsequently enhances both branches and grain number resulting in increased grain yield. Owing to the non-existence of complete three-dimensional structure of CKX2, insight into the structure and function of CKX2 and its relationship with its cofactor FAD is still a topic of debate. In the present study, computational approach was employed to estimate the three-dimensional structure of CKX2 through comparative modelling approach. Later, CKX2 and FAD interaction study was performed to understand the underlying mechanism involved with reduced expression of CKX2. Molecular dynamic simulation studies of both CKX2 and CKX-FAD complex revealed that after binding with FAD, CKX2 experienced increased pressure and reduced RMSD, potential energy and free energy landscape energy, which in turn lessen anti-correlation between almost all α and β strands and random motion of C-α, subsequently reducing CKX2 expression. In near future, these information can be utilised for increasing rice yield under irrigated field condition by introgression of Gn1a gene through marker assisted back-crossing breeding. AbbreviationsGROMACSGROningen MAchine for Chemical SimulationsNPTConstant Number of Particles, Volume and TemperatureRMSDRoot Mean Square DeviationRMSFRoot Mean Square FluctuationsQTLquantitative trait lociFADflavin adenine dinucleotideNVTConstant Number of Particles, Pressure and TemperatureLINCSLinear Constraint SolverCKX2Cytokinin oxidase/dehydrogenase 2MM/PBSAMolecular Mechanics/Poisson-Boltzmann surface areaSDFStructure Data FileCommunicated by Ramaswamy H. Sarma.
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- Gayatri Gouda
- ICAR-National Rice Research Institute, Cuttack, India
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- Department of Biotechnology & Bioinformatics, Yogi Vemana University, Kadapa, India
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- Department of Biotechnology & Bioinformatics, Yogi Vemana University, Kadapa, India
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Wan L, Koeck M, Williams SJ, Ashton AR, Lawrence GJ, Sakakibara H, Kojima M, Böttcher C, Ericsson DJ, Hardham AR, Jones DA, Ellis JG, Kobe B, Dodds PN. Structural and functional insights into the modulation of the activity of a flax cytokinin oxidase by flax rust effector AvrL567-A. MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY 2019; 20:211-222. [PMID: 30242946 PMCID: PMC6637871 DOI: 10.1111/mpp.12749] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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During infection, plant pathogens secrete effector proteins to facilitate colonization. In comparison with our knowledge of bacterial effectors, the current understanding of how fungal effectors function is limited. In this study, we show that the effector AvrL567-A from the flax rust fungus Melampsora lini interacts with a flax cytosolic cytokinin oxidase, LuCKX1.1, using both yeast two-hybrid and in planta bimolecular fluorescence assays. Purified LuCKX1.1 protein shows catalytic activity against both N6-(Δ2-isopentenyl)-adenine (2iP) and trans-zeatin (tZ) substrates. Incubation of LuCKX1.1 with AvrL567-A results in increased catalytic activity against both substrates. The crystal structure of LuCKX1.1 and docking studies with AvrL567-A indicate that the AvrL567 binding site involves a flexible surface-exposed region that surrounds the cytokinin substrate access site, which may explain its effect in modulating LuCKX1.1 activity. Expression of AvrL567-A in transgenic flax plants gave rise to an epinastic leaf phenotype consistent with hormonal effects, although no difference in overall cytokinin levels was observed. We propose that, during infection, plant pathogens may differentially modify the levels of extracellular and intracellular cytokinins.
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- Li Wan
- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, Australian Infectious Diseases Research Centre and Institute for Molecular BioscienceUniversity of QueenslandBrisbaneQLD4072Australia
- Department of BiologyUniversity of North CarolinaChapel HillNorth Carolina27599‐3280USA
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- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation Agriculture and FoodCanberraACT2601Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, Australian Infectious Diseases Research Centre and Institute for Molecular BioscienceUniversity of QueenslandBrisbaneQLD4072Australia
- Division of Plant Sciences, Research School of BiologyAustralian National UniversityCanberraACT2601Australia
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- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation Agriculture and FoodCanberraACT2601Australia
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- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation Agriculture and FoodCanberraACT2601Australia
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- RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource ScienceYokohamaKanagawa230‐0045Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource ScienceYokohamaKanagawa230‐0045Japan
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- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation Agriculture and FoodAdelaideSA5064Australia
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- Australian SynchrotronMacromolecular CrystallographyClaytonVictoria3168Australia
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- Division of Plant Sciences, Research School of BiologyAustralian National UniversityCanberraACT2601Australia
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- Division of Plant Sciences, Research School of BiologyAustralian National UniversityCanberraACT2601Australia
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- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation Agriculture and FoodCanberraACT2601Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, Australian Infectious Diseases Research Centre and Institute for Molecular BioscienceUniversity of QueenslandBrisbaneQLD4072Australia
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- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation Agriculture and FoodCanberraACT2601Australia
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Ewing TA, Fraaije MW, Mattevi A, van Berkel WJ. The VAO/PCMH flavoprotein family. Arch Biochem Biophys 2017; 632:104-117. [DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2017.06.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2017] [Revised: 06/26/2017] [Accepted: 06/29/2017] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Increase of DNA Methylation at the HvCKX2.1 Promoter by Terminal Drought Stress in Barley. EPIGENOMES 2017. [DOI: 10.3390/epigenomes1020009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Hluska T, Dobrev PI, Tarkowská D, Frébortová J, Zalabák D, Kopečný D, Plíhal O, Kokáš F, Briozzo P, Zatloukal M, Motyka V, Galuszka P. Cytokinin metabolism in maize: Novel evidence of cytokinin abundance, interconversions and formation of a new trans-zeatin metabolic product with a weak anticytokinin activity. PLANT SCIENCE : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2016; 247:127-37. [PMID: 27095406 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2016.03.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2016] [Revised: 03/25/2016] [Accepted: 03/28/2016] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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Cytokinins (CKs) are an important group of phytohormones. Their tightly regulated and balanced levels are essential for proper cell division and plant organ development. Here we report precise quantification of CK metabolites and other phytohormones in maize reproductive organs in the course of pollination and kernel maturation. A novel enzymatic activity dependent on NADP(+) converting trans-zeatin (tZ) to 6-(3-methylpyrrol-1-yl)purine (MPP) was detected. MPP shows weak anticytokinin properties and inhibition of CK dehydrogenases due to their ability to bind to an active site in the opposite orientation than substrates. Although the physiological significance of tZ side-chain cyclization is not anticipated as the MPP occurrence in maize tissue is very low, properties of the novel CK metabolite indicate its potential for utilization in plant in vitro tissue culture. Furthermore, feeding experiments with different isoprenoid CKs revealed distinct preferences in glycosylation of tZ and cis-zeatin (cZ). While tZ is preferentially glucosylated at the N9 position, cZ forms mainly O-glucosides. Since O-glucosides, in contrast to N9-glucosides, are resistant to irreversible cleavage catalyzed by CK dehydrogenases, the observed preference of maize CK glycosyltransferases to O-glycosylate zeatin in the cis-position might be a reason why cZ derivatives are over-accumulated in different maize tissues and organs.
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- Tomáš Hluska
- Department of Molecular Biology, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Faculty of Science, Palacký University in Olomouc, Šlechtitelů 27, 783 71 Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Laboratory of Hormonal Regulations in Plants, Institute of Experimental Botany, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Rozvojová 263, 165 02 Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Metabolomics, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Faculty of Science, Palacký University in Olomouc, Šlechtitelů 27, 783 71 Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Department of Chemical Biology and Genetics, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Faculty of Science, Palacký University in Olomouc, Šlechtitelů 27, 78371 Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Faculty of Science, Palacký University in Olomouc, Šlechtitelů 27, 783 71 Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Department of Protein Biochemistry and Proteomics, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Faculty of Science, Palacký University in Olomouc, Šlechtitelů 27, 78371 Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Faculty of Science, Palacký University in Olomouc, Šlechtitelů 27, 783 71 Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Faculty of Science, Palacký University in Olomouc, Šlechtitelů 27, 783 71 Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, UMR1318 INRA-AgroParisTech, Route de Saint-Cyr, F-78026, Versailles, France
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- Department of Chemical Biology and Genetics, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Faculty of Science, Palacký University in Olomouc, Šlechtitelů 27, 78371 Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Laboratory of Hormonal Regulations in Plants, Institute of Experimental Botany, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Rozvojová 263, 165 02 Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Faculty of Science, Palacký University in Olomouc, Šlechtitelů 27, 783 71 Olomouc, Czech Republic.
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Kopečný D, Končitíková R, Popelka H, Briozzo P, Vigouroux A, Kopečná M, Zalabák D, Šebela M, Skopalová J, Frébort I, Moréra S. Kinetic and structural investigation of the cytokinin oxidase/dehydrogenase active site. FEBS J 2015; 283:361-77. [PMID: 26519657 DOI: 10.1111/febs.13581] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2015] [Revised: 10/26/2015] [Accepted: 10/28/2015] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Cytokinins are hormones that regulate plant development and their environmental responses. Their levels are mainly controlled by the cytokinin oxidase/dehydrogenase (CKO), which oxidatively cleaves cytokinins using redox-active electron acceptors. CKO belongs to the group of flavoproteins with an 8α-N1-histidyl FAD covalent linkage. Here, we investigated the role of seven active site residues, H105, D169, E288, V378, E381, P427 and L492, in substrate binding and catalysis of the CKO1 from maize (Zea mays, ZmCKO1) combining site-directed mutagenesis with kinetics and X-ray crystallography. We identify E381 as a key residue for enzyme specificity that restricts substrate binding as well as quinone electron acceptor binding. We show that D169 is important for catalysis and that H105 covalently linked to FAD maintains the enzyme's structural integrity, stability and high rates with electron acceptors. The L492A mutation significantly modulates the cleavage of aromatic cytokinins and zeatin isomers. The high resolution X-ray structures of ZmCKO1 and the E381S variant in complex with N6-(2-isopentenyl)adenosine reveal the binding mode of cytokinin ribosides. Those of ZmCKO2 and ZmCKO4a contain a mobile domain, which might contribute to binding of the N9 substituted cytokinins.
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- David Kopečný
- Department of Protein Biochemistry and Proteomics, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Department of Protein Biochemistry and Proteomics, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, UMR1318 INRA, AgroParisTech, Versailles, France
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), CNRS-CEA-Université Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Department of Protein Biochemistry and Proteomics, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Department of Protein Biochemistry and Proteomics, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), CNRS-CEA-Université Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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Frébortová J, Greplová M, Seidl MF, Heyl A, Frébort I. Biochemical Characterization of Putative Adenylate Dimethylallyltransferase and Cytokinin Dehydrogenase from Nostoc sp. PCC 7120. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0138468. [PMID: 26376297 PMCID: PMC4574047 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0138468] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2015] [Accepted: 08/31/2015] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Cytokinins, a class of phytohormones, are adenine derivatives common to many different organisms. In plants, these play a crucial role as regulators of plant development and the reaction to abiotic and biotic stress. Key enzymes in the cytokinin synthesis and degradation in modern land plants are the isopentyl transferases and the cytokinin dehydrogenases, respectively. Their encoding genes have been probably introduced into the plant lineage during the primary endosymbiosis. To shed light on the evolution of these proteins, the genes homologous to plant adenylate isopentenyl transferase and cytokinin dehydrogenase were amplified from the genomic DNA of cyanobacterium Nostoc sp. PCC 7120 and expressed in Escherichia coli. The putative isopentenyl transferase was shown to be functional in a biochemical assay. In contrast, no enzymatic activity was detected for the putative cytokinin dehydrogenase, even though the principal domains necessary for its function are present. Several mutant variants, in which conserved amino acids in land plant cytokinin dehydrogenases had been restored, were inactive. A combination of experimental data with phylogenetic analysis indicates that adenylate-type isopentenyl transferases might have evolved several times independently. While the Nostoc genome contains a gene coding for protein with characteristics of cytokinin dehydrogenase, the organism is not able to break down cytokinins in the way shown for land plants.
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- Jitka Frébortová
- Department of Chemical Biology and Genetics, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Laboratory of Phytopathology, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Institute of Biology/Applied Genetics, Dahlem Centre of Plant Sciences, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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Genome-wide analysis and identification of cytokinin oxidase/dehydrogenase (CKX) gene family in foxtail millet (Setaria italica). ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cj.2014.05.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Kumar SP, Jha PC, Pandya HA, Jasrai YT. Implementation of pseudoreceptor-based pharmacophore queries in the prediction of probable protein targets: explorations in the protein structural profile of Zea mays. MOLECULAR BIOSYSTEMS 2014; 10:1833-44. [PMID: 24756543 DOI: 10.1039/c4mb00058g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Molecular docking plays an important role in the protein target identification by prioritizing probable druggable proteins using docking energies. Due to the limitations of docking scoring schemes, there arises a need for structure-based approaches to acquire confidence in theoretical binding affinities. In this direction, we present here a receptor (protein)-based approach to predict probable protein targets using a small molecule of interest. We adopted a reverse approach wherein the ligand pharmacophore features were used to decipher interaction complementary amino acids of protein cavities (a pseudoreceptor) and expressed as queries to match the cavities or binding sites of the protein dataset. These pseudoreceptor-based pharmacophore queries were used to estimate total probabilities of each protein cavity thereby representing the ligand binding efficiency of the protein. We applied this approach to predict 3 experimental protein targets among 28 Zea mays structural data using 3 co-crystallized ligands as inputs and compared its effectiveness using conventional docking results. We suggest that the combination of total probabilities and docking energies increases the confidence in prioritizing probable protein targets using docking methods. These prediction hypotheses were further supported by DrugScoreX (DSX) pair potential calculations and molecular dynamic simulations.
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- Sivakumar Prasanth Kumar
- Department of Bioinformatics, Applied Botany Centre (ABC), University School of Sciences, Gujarat University, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad - 380009, Gujarat, India
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Zalabák D, Galuszka P, Mrízová K, Podlešáková K, Gu R, Frébortová J. Biochemical characterization of the maize cytokinin dehydrogenase family and cytokinin profiling in developing maize plantlets in relation to the expression of cytokinin dehydrogenase genes. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2014; 74:283-93. [PMID: 24333683 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2013.11.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2013] [Accepted: 11/19/2013] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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The cytokinin dehydrogenases (CKX; EC 1.5.99.12) are a protein family that maintains the endogenous levels of cytokinins in plants by catalyzing their oxidative degradation. The CKX family in maize (Zea mays L.) has thirteen members, only two of which--ZmCKX1 and ZmCKX10--have previously been characterized in detail. In this study, nine further maize CKX isoforms were heterologously expressed in Escherichia coli, purified by affinity and ion-exchange chromatography and biochemically characterized. ZmCKX6 and ZmCKX9 could only be expressed successfully after the removal of putative sequence-specific vacuolar sorting signals (LLPT and LPTS, respectively), suggesting that these proteins are localized to the vacuole. Substrate specificity analyses revealed that the CKX isoforms can be grouped into two subfamilies: members of the first strongly prefer cytokinin free bases while members of the second degrade a broad range of substrates. The most active isoform was found to be ZmCKX1. One of the studied isoforms, ZmCKX6, seemed to encode a nonfunctional enzyme due to a mutation in a conserved HFG protein domain at the C-terminus. Site-directed mutagenesis experiments revealed that this domain is essential for CKX activity. The roles of the maize CKX enzymes in the development of maize seedlings during the two weeks immediately after radicle emergence were also investigated. It appears that ZmCKX1 is a key regulator of active cytokinin levels in developing maize roots. However, the expression of individual CKX isoforms in the shoots varied and none of them seemed to have strong effects on the cytokinin pool.
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- David Zalabák
- Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Department of Molecular Biology, Šlechtitelů 11, Olomouc 783 71, Czech Republic.
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- Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Department of Molecular Biology, Šlechtitelů 11, Olomouc 783 71, Czech Republic.
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- Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Department of Molecular Biology, Šlechtitelů 11, Olomouc 783 71, Czech Republic.
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- Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Department of Chemical Biology and Genetics, Šlechtitelů 11, Olomouc 783 71, Czech Republic.
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- Key Lab of Plant Nutrition, MOA, College of Resources and Environmental Science, China Agricultural University, 100193 Beijing, China.
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- Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Department of Chemical Biology and Genetics, Šlechtitelů 11, Olomouc 783 71, Czech Republic.
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Wan L, Williams SJ, Zhang X, Ericsson DJ, Koeck M, Dodds PN, Ellis JG, Kobe B. Crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction analysis of the flax cytokinin oxidase LuCKX1.1. Acta Crystallogr Sect F Struct Biol Cryst Commun 2013; 69:1094-6. [PMID: 24100555 PMCID: PMC3792663 DOI: 10.1107/s1744309113023142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2013] [Accepted: 08/17/2013] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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The plant hormones cytokinins play a central role in regulating cell division and developmental events. Cytokinin oxidase regulates the levels of these plant hormones by catalyzing their irreversible oxidation, which contributes to the regulation of various morpho-physiological processes controlled by cytokinins. In this study, the crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction analysis of the flax cytokinin oxidase LuCKX1.1 are reported. Plate-like crystals of LuCKX1.1 were obtained using PEG 3350 as a precipitant and diffracted X-rays to 1.78 Å resolution. The protein crystals have the symmetry of space group C2 and are most likely to contain two molecules per asymmetric unit.
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- Li Wan
- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, Institute for Molecular Bioscience (Division of Chemistry and Structural Biology) and Australian Infectious Diseases Research Centre, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, Institute for Molecular Bioscience (Division of Chemistry and Structural Biology) and Australian Infectious Diseases Research Centre, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, Institute for Molecular Bioscience (Division of Chemistry and Structural Biology) and Australian Infectious Diseases Research Centre, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, Institute for Molecular Bioscience (Division of Chemistry and Structural Biology) and Australian Infectious Diseases Research Centre, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
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- Plant Industry, CSIRO, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, Institute for Molecular Bioscience (Division of Chemistry and Structural Biology) and Australian Infectious Diseases Research Centre, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
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Avalbaev AM, Somov KA, Yuldashev RA, Shakirova FM. Cytokinin oxidase is key enzyme of cytokinin degradation. BIOCHEMISTRY (MOSCOW) 2013; 77:1354-61. [PMID: 23244730 DOI: 10.1134/s0006297912120024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Cytokinin oxidase (EC 1.5.99.12) is an enzyme that catalyzes the irreversible degradation of cytokinin phytohormones that are extremely necessary for growth, development, and differentiation of plants. Cytokinin oxidase plays an important role in the regulation of quantitative level of cytokinins and their distribution in plant tissues. This review generalizes the available information on the structure, properties, and functional role of this enzyme in plant ontogeny under conditions of normal growth and under the influence of unfavorable environmental factors.
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- A M Avalbaev
- Institute of Biochemistry and Genetics, Ufa Research Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences, pr. Oktyabrya 71, 450054 Ufa, Bashkortostan Republic, Russia
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Madzak C, Beckerich JM. Heterologous Protein Expression and Secretion in Yarrowia lipolytica. YARROWIA LIPOLYTICA 2013. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-38583-4_1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Neres J, Pojer F, Molteni E, Chiarelli LR, Dhar N, Boy-Röttger S, Buroni S, Fullam E, Degiacomi G, Lucarelli AP, Read RJ, Zanoni G, Edmondson DE, De Rossi E, Pasca MR, McKinney JD, Dyson PJ, Riccardi G, Mattevi A, Cole ST, Binda C. Structural basis for benzothiazinone-mediated killing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Sci Transl Med 2012; 4:150ra121. [PMID: 22956199 PMCID: PMC3659392 DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.3004395] [Citation(s) in RCA: 145] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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The benzothiazinone BTZ043 is a tuberculosis drug candidate with nanomolar whole-cell activity. BTZ043 targets the DprE1 catalytic component of the essential enzyme decaprenylphosphoryl-β-D-ribofuranose-2'-epimerase, thus blocking biosynthesis of arabinans, vital components of mycobacterial cell walls. Crystal structures of DprE1, in its native form and in a complex with BTZ043, reveal formation of a semimercaptal adduct between the drug and an active-site cysteine, as well as contacts to a neighboring catalytic lysine residue. Kinetic studies confirm that BTZ043 is a mechanism-based, covalent inhibitor. This explains the exquisite potency of BTZ043, which, when fluorescently labeled, localizes DprE1 at the poles of growing bacteria. Menaquinone can reoxidize the flavin adenine dinucleotide cofactor in DprE1 and may be the natural electron acceptor for this reaction in the mycobacterium. Our structural and kinetic analysis provides both insight into a critical epimerization reaction and a platform for structure-based design of improved inhibitors.
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- João Neres
- More Medicines for Tuberculosis (MM4TB) Consortium
- Global Health Institute, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
- Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- More Medicines for Tuberculosis (MM4TB) Consortium
- Global Health Institute, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- More Medicines for Tuberculosis (MM4TB) Consortium
- Department of Biology and Biotechnology, University of Pavia, Via Ferrata9, 27100 Pavia, Italy
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- More Medicines for Tuberculosis (MM4TB) Consortium
- Department of Biology and Biotechnology, University of Pavia, Via Ferrata9, 27100 Pavia, Italy
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- More Medicines for Tuberculosis (MM4TB) Consortium
- Global Health Institute, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- More Medicines for Tuberculosis (MM4TB) Consortium
- Global Health Institute, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- More Medicines for Tuberculosis (MM4TB) Consortium
- Department of Biology and Biotechnology, University of Pavia, Via Ferrata9, 27100 Pavia, Italy
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- More Medicines for Tuberculosis (MM4TB) Consortium
- Global Health Institute, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- More Medicines for Tuberculosis (MM4TB) Consortium
- Department of Biology and Biotechnology, University of Pavia, Via Ferrata9, 27100 Pavia, Italy
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- Department of Biology and Biotechnology, University of Pavia, Via Ferrata9, 27100 Pavia, Italy
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- Department of Haematology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, Wellcome Trust/MRC Building, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 0XY, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pavia, via Taramelli 12, 27100 Pavia, Italy
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- More Medicines for Tuberculosis (MM4TB) Consortium
- Department of Biology and Biotechnology, University of Pavia, Via Ferrata9, 27100 Pavia, Italy
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- More Medicines for Tuberculosis (MM4TB) Consortium
- Department of Biology and Biotechnology, University of Pavia, Via Ferrata9, 27100 Pavia, Italy
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- More Medicines for Tuberculosis (MM4TB) Consortium
- Global Health Institute, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- More Medicines for Tuberculosis (MM4TB) Consortium
- Department of Biology and Biotechnology, University of Pavia, Via Ferrata9, 27100 Pavia, Italy
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- Department of Biology and Biotechnology, University of Pavia, Via Ferrata9, 27100 Pavia, Italy
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- More Medicines for Tuberculosis (MM4TB) Consortium
- Global Health Institute, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- More Medicines for Tuberculosis (MM4TB) Consortium
- Department of Biology and Biotechnology, University of Pavia, Via Ferrata9, 27100 Pavia, Italy
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Franc V, Šebela M, Řehulka P, Končitíková R, Lenobel R, Madzak C, Kopečný D. Analysis of N-glycosylation in maize cytokinin oxidase/dehydrogenase 1 using a manual microgradient chromatographic separation coupled offline to MALDI-TOF/TOF mass spectrometry. J Proteomics 2012; 75:4027-37. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2012.05.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2012] [Revised: 04/13/2012] [Accepted: 05/08/2012] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Long C, Held M, Hayward A, Nisler J, Spíchal L, Neil Emery RJ, Moffatt BA, Guinel FC. Seed development, seed germination and seedling growth in the R50 (sym16) pea mutant are not directly linked to altered cytokinin homeostasis. PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM 2012; 145:341-59. [PMID: 22324805 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3054.2012.01594.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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R50 (sym16) is a pea nodulation mutant that accumulates cytokinin (CK) in its vegetative organs. Total CK content increases as the plant ages because of the low activity of the enzyme cytokinin oxidase/dehydrogenase (CKX) responsible for CK degradation. R50 exhibits a large seed with high relative water content, and its seedling establishes itself slowly. Whether these two traits are linked to abnormal CK levels was considered here. R50 was found to have a similar germination rate but a much slower epicotyl emergence than Sparkle, its wild-type (WT). At the onset of emergence, the starch grains in R50 cotyledons were larger than those of WT; furthermore, they did not degrade as fast as in WT because of low amylase activity. No differences between the pea lines were observed in the CK forms identified during seed embryogenesis. However, while CK content compared to that of WT was reduced early in R50 embryogenesis, it was elevated later on in its dry seeds where CKX activity was low, although CKX transcript abundance remained high. Transcripts of the two known PsCKX isoforms exhibited tissue- and development-specific profiles with no detectable PsCKX2 expression in cotyledons. There were more of both transcripts in R50 roots than in WT roots, but less of PsCKX2 than PsCKX1 in R50 shoots compared to WT shoots. Thus, although there is a definite CKX post-transcriptional defect in R50 dry seeds, an abnormal CK homeostasis is not the basis of the delay in R50 seedling establishment, which we linked to abnormal amylase activity early in development.
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- Chengli Long
- Department of Biology, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3C5, Canada
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Sp Chal LX. Cytokinins - recent news and views of evolutionally old molecules. FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY : FPB 2012; 39:267-284. [PMID: 32480780 DOI: 10.1071/fp11276] [Citation(s) in RCA: 113] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2011] [Accepted: 03/06/2012] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Cytokinins (CKs) are evolutionally old and highly conserved low-mass molecules that have been identified in almost all known organisms. In plants, they evolved into an important group of plant hormones controlling many physiological and developmental processes throughout the whole lifespan of the plant. CKs and their functions are, however, not unique to plants. In this review, the strategies and mechanisms of plants - and phylogenetically distinct plant-interacting organisms such as bacteria, fungi, nematodes and insects employing CKs or regulation of CK status in plants - are described and put into their evolutionary context. The major breakthroughs made in the last decade in the fields of CK biosynthesis, degradation and signalling are also summarised.
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- Luk X Sp Chal
- Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, Šlechtitelů 11, CZ-78371 Olomouc, Czech Republic. Email
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Mameaux S, Cockram J, Thiel T, Steuernagel B, Stein N, Taudien S, Jack P, Werner P, Gray JC, Greenland AJ, Powell W. Molecular, phylogenetic and comparative genomic analysis of the cytokinin oxidase/dehydrogenase gene family in the Poaceae. PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL 2012; 10:67-82. [PMID: 21838715 DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7652.2011.00645.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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The genomes of cereals such as wheat (Triticum aestivum) and barley (Hordeum vulgare) are large and therefore problematic for the map-based cloning of agronomicaly important traits. However, comparative approaches within the Poaceae permit transfer of molecular knowledge between species, despite their divergence from a common ancestor sixty million years ago. The finding that null variants of the rice gene cytokinin oxidase/dehydrogenase 2 (OsCKX2) result in large yield increases provides an opportunity to explore whether similar gains could be achieved in other Poaceae members. Here, phylogenetic, molecular and comparative analyses of CKX families in the sequenced grass species rice, brachypodium, sorghum, maize and foxtail millet, as well as members identified from the transcriptomes/genomes of wheat and barley, are presented. Phylogenetic analyses define four Poaceae CKX clades. Comparative analyses showed that CKX phylogenetic groupings can largely be explained by a combination of local gene duplication, and the whole-genome duplication event that predates their speciation. Full-length OsCKX2 homologues in barley (HvCKX2.1, HvCKX2.2) and wheat (TaCKX2.3, TaCKX2.4, TaCKX2.5) are characterized, with comparative analysis at the DNA, protein and genetic/physical map levels suggesting that true CKX2 orthologs have been identified. Furthermore, our analysis shows CKX2 genes in barley and wheat have undergone a Triticeae-specific gene-duplication event. Finally, by identifying ten of the eleven CKX genes predicted to be present in barley by comparative analyses, we show that next-generation sequencing approaches can efficiently determine the gene space of large-genome crops. Together, this work provides the foundation for future functional investigation of CKX family members within the Poaceae.
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- Sabine Mameaux
- National Institute of Agricultural Botany (NIAB), Cambridge, UK
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Kumari S, van der Hoorn RAL. A structural biology perspective on bioactive small molecules and their plant targets. CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY 2011; 14:480-8. [PMID: 21803639 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2011.06.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2011] [Revised: 06/01/2011] [Accepted: 06/14/2011] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Structural biology efforts in recent years have generated numerous co-crystal structures of bioactive small molecules interacting with their plant targets. These studies include the targets of various phytohormones, pathogen-derived effectors, herbicides and other bioactive compounds. Here we discuss that this collection of structures contains excellent examples of nine collective observations: molecular glues, allostery, inhibitors, molecular mimicry, promiscuous binding sites, unexpected electron densities, natural selection at atomic resolution, and applications in structure-guided mutagenesis and small molecule design.
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- Selva Kumari
- Plant Chemetics Lab, Chemical Genomics Centre of the Max Planck Society, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, 50829 Cologne, Germany
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Frébort I, Kowalska M, Hluska T, Frébortová J, Galuszka P. Evolution of cytokinin biosynthesis and degradation. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2011; 62:2431-52. [PMID: 21321050 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/err004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 219] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Cytokinin hormones are important regulators of development and environmental responses of plants that execute their action via the molecular machinery of signal perception and transduction. The limiting step of the whole process is the availability of the hormone in suitable concentrations in the right place and at the right time to interact with the specific receptor. Hence, the hormone concentrations in individual tissues, cells, and organelles must be properly maintained by biosynthetic and metabolic enzymes. Although there are merely two active cytokinins, isopentenyladenine and its hydroxylated derivative zeatin, a variety of conjugates they may form and the number of enzymes/isozymes with varying substrate specificity involved in their biosynthesis and conversion gives the plant a variety of tools for fine tuning of the hormone level. Recent genome-wide studies revealed the existence of the respective coding genes and gene families in plants and in some bacteria. This review summarizes present knowledge on the enzymes that synthesize cytokinins, form cytokinin conjugates, and carry out irreversible elimination of the hormones, including their phylogenetic analysis and possible variations in different organisms.
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- Ivo Frébort
- Department of Molecular Biology, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, Šlechtitelů 813/21, CZ-78371 Olomouc, Czech Republic.
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Pedras MSC, Minic Z, Sarma-Mamillapalle VK. Brassinin oxidase mediated transformation of the phytoalexin brassinin: structure of the elusive co-product, deuterium isotope effect and stereoselectivity. Bioorg Med Chem 2011; 19:1390-9. [PMID: 21292494 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2011.01.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2010] [Revised: 01/04/2011] [Accepted: 01/07/2011] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Brassinin oxidase, a fungal detoxifying enzyme that mediates the conversion of the phytoalexin brassinin into indole-3-carboxaldehyde, is the first enzyme described to date that catalyzes the transformation of a dithiocarbamate group into an aldehyde equivalent. Brassinin is an essential phytoalexin due to its antifungal activity and its role as biosynthetic precursor of other phytoalexins produced in plants of the family Brassicaceae (common name crucifer). In this report, the isolation, structure determination and synthesis of the elusive co-product of brassinin transformation by brassinin oxidase, S-methyl dithiocarbamate, the syntheses of dideuterated and (R) and (S) monodeuterated brassinins, kinetic analyses of isotope effects and chemical modifications of brassinin oxidase are described. The reaction of [1'-(2)H(2)]brassinin was found to be slowed by a kinetic isotope effect of 5.3 on the value of k(cat)/K(m). This result indicates that the hydride/hydrogen transfer step preceding brassinin transformation is rate determining in the overall reaction. In addition, the use of (R) and (S)-[1'-(2)H]brassinins as substrates indicated that the hydride/hydrogen transfer step is ca. 88% stereoselective for the pro-R hydrogen. A detailed chemical mechanism of the enzymatic transformation of brassinin is proposed.
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- M Soledade C Pedras
- Department of Chemistry, University of Saskatchewan, 110 Science Place, Saskatoon, SK, Canada S7N 5C9.
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Pertry I, Václavíková K, Gemrotová M, Spíchal L, Galuszka P, Depuydt S, Temmerman W, Stes E, De Keyser A, Riefler M, Biondi S, Novák O, Schmülling T, Strnad M, Tarkowski P, Holsters M, Vereecke D. Rhodococcus fascians impacts plant development through the dynamic fas-mediated production of a cytokinin mix. MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS : MPMI 2010; 23:1164-1174. [PMID: 20687806 DOI: 10.1094/mpmi-23-9-1164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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The phytopathogenic actinomycete Rhodococcus fascians D188 relies mainly on the linear plasmid-encoded fas operon for its virulence. The bacteria secrete six cytokinin bases that synergistically redirect the developmental program of the plant to stimulate proliferation of young shoot tissue, thus establishing a leafy gall as a niche. A yeast-based cytokinin bioassay combined with cytokinin profiling of bacterial mutants revealed that the fas operon is essential for the enhanced production of isopentenyladenine, trans-zeatin, cis-zeatin, and the 2-methylthio derivatives of the zeatins. Cytokinin metabolite data and the demonstration of the enzymatic activities of FasD (isopentenyltransferase), FasE (cytokinin oxidase/dehydrogenase), and FasF (phosphoribohydrolase) led us to propose a pathway for the production of the cytokinin spectrum. Further evaluation of the pathogenicity of different fas mutants and of fas gene expression and cytokinin signal transduction upon infection implied that the secretion of the cytokinin mix is a highly dynamic process, with the consecutive production of a tom initiation wave followed by a maintenance flow.
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- Ine Pertry
- Department of Plant Systems Biology, VIB, Ghent University, Gent, Belgium
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Kopecný D, Briozzo P, Popelková H, Sebela M, Koncitíková R, Spíchal L, Nisler J, Madzak C, Frébort I, Laloue M, Houba-Hérin N. Phenyl- and benzylurea cytokinins as competitive inhibitors of cytokinin oxidase/dehydrogenase: a structural study. Biochimie 2010; 92:1052-62. [PMID: 20478354 DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2010.05.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2009] [Accepted: 05/07/2010] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Cytokinin oxidase/dehydrogenase (CKO) is a flavoenzyme, which irreversibly degrades the plant hormones cytokinins and thereby participates in their homeostasis. Several synthetic cytokinins including urea derivatives are known CKO inhibitors but structural data explaining enzyme-inhibitor interactions are lacking. Thus, an inhibitory study with numerous urea derivatives was undertaken using the maize enzyme (ZmCKO1) and the crystal structure of ZmCKO1 in a complex with N-(2-chloro-pyridin-4-yl)-N'-phenylurea (CPPU) was solved. CPPU binds in a planar conformation and competes for the same binding site with natural substrates like N(6)-(2-isopentenyl)adenine (iP) and zeatin (Z). Nitrogens at the urea backbone are hydrogen bonded to the putative active site base Asp169. Subsequently, site-directed mutagenesis of L492 and E381 residues involved in the inhibitor binding was performed. The crystal structures of L492A mutant in a complex with CPPU and N-(2-chloro-pyridin-4-yl)-N'-benzylurea (CPBU) were solved and confirm the importance of a stacking interaction between the 2-chloro-4-pyridinyl ring of the inhibitor and the isoalloxazine ring of the FAD cofactor. Amino derivatives like N-(2-amino-pyridin-4-yl)-N'-phenylurea (APPU) inhibited ZmCKO1 more efficiently than CPPU, as opposed to the inhibition of E381A/S mutants, emphasizing the importance of this residue for inhibitor binding. As highly specific CKO inhibitors without undesired side effects are of major interest for physiological studies, all studied compounds were further analyzed for cytokinin activity in the Amaranthus bioassay and for binding to the Arabidopsis cytokinin receptors AHK3 and AHK4. By contrast to CPPU itself, APPU and several benzylureas bind only negligibly to the receptors and exhibit weak cytokinin activity.
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- David Kopecný
- Laboratoire de Biologie Cellulaire, INRA, Route de Saint-Cyr, F-78026 Versailles Cedex, France.
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Frébortová J, Novák O, Frébort I, Jorda R. Degradation of cytokinins by maize cytokinin dehydrogenase is mediated by free radicals generated by enzymatic oxidation of natural benzoxazinones. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2010; 61:467-81. [PMID: 19912568 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313x.2009.04071.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Hydroxamic acid 2,4-dihydroxy-7-methoxy-1,4-benzoxazin-one (DIMBOA) was isolated from maize phloem sap as a compound enhancing the degradation of isopentenyl adenine by maize cytokinin dehydrogenase (CKX), after oxidative conversion by either laccase or peroxidase. Laccase and peroxidase catalyze oxidative cleavage of DIMBOA to 4-nitrosoresorcinol-1-monomethyl ether (coniferron), which serves as a weak electron acceptor of CKX. The oxidation of DIMBOA and coniferron generates transitional free radicals that are used by CKX as effective electron acceptors. The function of free radicals in the CKX-catalyzed reaction was also verified with a stable free radical of 2,2'-azino-bis-3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid. Application of exogenous cytokinin to maize seedlings resulted in an enhanced benzoxazinoid content in maize phloem sap. The results indicate a new function for DIMBOA in the metabolism of the cytokinin group of plant hormones.
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- Jitka Frébortová
- Laboratory of Growth Regulators, Faculty of Science, Palacký University/Institute of Experimental Botany of the Academy of Science, Slechtitelů 11, 783 71 Olomouc, Czech Republic.
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Kachalova GS, Bourenkov GP, Mengesdorf T, Schenk S, Maun HR, Burghammer M, Riekel C, Decker K, Bartunik HD. Crystal Structure Analysis of Free and Substrate-Bound 6-Hydroxy-l-Nicotine Oxidase from Arthrobacter nicotinovorans. J Mol Biol 2010; 396:785-99. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2009.12.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2009] [Revised: 12/04/2009] [Accepted: 12/07/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Forneris F, Orru R, Bonivento D, Chiarelli LR, Mattevi A. ThermoFAD, a Thermofluor-adapted flavin ad hoc detection system for protein folding and ligand binding. FEBS J 2009; 276:2833-40. [PMID: 19459938 DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2009.07006.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 154] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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In living organisms, genes encoding proteins that contain flavins as a prosthetic group constitute approximately 2-3% of the total. The fluorescence of flavin cofactors in these proteins is a property that is widely employed for biochemical characterisation. Here, we present a modified Thermofluor approach called ThermoFAD (Thermofluor-adapted flavin ad hoc detection system), which simplifies identification of optimal purification and storage conditions as well as high-affinity ligands. In this technique, the flavin cofactor is used as an intrinsic probe to monitor protein folding and stability, taking advantage of the different fluorescent properties of flavin-containing proteins between the folded and denatured state. The main advantage of the method is that it allows a large amount of biochemical data to be obtained using very small amounts of protein sample and standard laboratory equipment. We have explored several cases that demonstrate the reliability and versatility of this technique when applied to globular flavoenzymes, membrane-anchored flavoproteins, and macromolecular complexes. The information gathered from ThermoFAD analysis can be very valuable for any biochemical and biophysical analysis, including crystallisation. The method is likely to be applicable to other classes of proteins that possess endogenous fluorescent cofactors and prosthetic groups.
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- Federico Forneris
- Department of Genetics and Microbiology, University of Pavia, Italy.
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Heuts DPHM, Scrutton NS, McIntire WS, Fraaije MW. What's in a covalent bond? On the role and formation of covalently bound flavin cofactors. FEBS J 2009; 276:3405-27. [PMID: 19438712 DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2009.07053.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 140] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Many enzymes use one or more cofactors, such as biotin, heme, or flavin. These cofactors may be bound to the enzyme in a noncovalent or covalent manner. Although most flavoproteins contain a noncovalently bound flavin cofactor (FMN or FAD), a large number have these cofactors covalently linked to the polypeptide chain. Most covalent flavin-protein linkages involve a single cofactor attachment via a histidyl, tyrosyl, cysteinyl or threonyl linkage. However, some flavoproteins contain a flavin that is tethered to two amino acids. In the last decade, many studies have focused on elucidating the mechanism(s) of covalent flavin incorporation (flavinylation) and the possible role(s) of covalent protein-flavin bonds. These endeavors have revealed that covalent flavinylation is a post-translational and self-catalytic process. This review presents an overview of the known types of covalent flavin bonds and the proposed mechanisms and roles of covalent flavinylation.
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- Dominic P H M Heuts
- Laboratory of Biochemistry, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
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Smehilová M, Galuszka P, Bilyeu KD, Jaworek P, Kowalska M, Sebela M, Sedlárová M, English JT, Frébort I. Subcellular localization and biochemical comparison of cytosolic and secreted cytokinin dehydrogenase enzymes from maize. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2009; 60:2701-12. [PMID: 19436049 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erp126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Cytokinin dehydrogenase (CKX; EC 1.5.99.12) degrades cytokinin hormones in plants. There are several differently targeted isoforms of CKX in plant cells. While most CKX enzymes appear to be localized in the apoplast or vacuoles, there is generally only one CKX per plant genome that lacks a translocation signal and presumably functions in the cytosol. The only extensively characterized maize CKX is the apoplastic ZmCKX1; a maize gene encoding a non-secreted CKX has not previously been cloned or characterized. Thus, the aim of this work was to characterize the maize non-secreted CKX gene (ZmCKX10), elucidate the subcellular localization of ZmCKX10, and compare its biochemical properties with those of ZmCKX1. Expression profiling of ZmCKX1 and ZmCKX10 was performed in maize tissues to determine their transcript abundance and organ-specific expression. For determination of the subcellular localization, the CKX genes were fused with green fluorescent protein (GFP) and overexpressed in tomato hairy roots. Using confocal microscopy, the ZmCKX1-GFP signal was confirmed to be present in the apoplast, whereas ZmCKX10-GFP was detected in the cytosol. No interactions of ZmCKX1 with the plasma membrane were observed. While roots overexpressing ZmCKX1-GFP formed significantly more mass in comparison with the control, non-secreted CKX overexpression resulted in a small reduction in root mass accumulation. Biochemical characterization of ZmCKX10 was performed using recombinant protein produced in Pichia pastoris. In contrast to the preference for 2,6-dichlorophenolindophenol (DCPIP) as an electron acceptor and trans-zeatin, N(6)-(Delta(2)-isopentenyl)adenine (iP) and N(6)-(Delta(2)-isopentenyl)adenosine (iPR) as substrates for ZmCKX1, the non-secreted ZmCKX10 had a range of suitable electron acceptors, and the enzyme had a higher preference for cis-zeatin and cytokinin N-glucosides as substrates.
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- Mária Smehilová
- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, Slechtitelů 11, 78371 Olomouc, Czech Republic.
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Winkler A, Lyskowski A, Riedl S, Puhl M, Kutchan TM, Macheroux P, Gruber K. A concerted mechanism for berberine bridge enzyme. Nat Chem Biol 2008; 4:739-41. [PMID: 18953357 DOI: 10.1038/nchembio.123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2008] [Accepted: 10/07/2008] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Berberine bridge enzyme catalyzes the conversion of (S)-reticuline to (S)-scoulerine by formation of a carbon-carbon bond between the N-methyl group and the phenolic ring. We elucidated the structure of berberine bridge enzyme from Eschscholzia californica and determined the kinetic rates for three active site protein variants. Here we propose a catalytic mechanism combining base-catalyzed proton abstraction with concerted carbon-carbon coupling accompanied by hydride transfer from the N-methyl group to the N5 atom of the FAD cofactor.
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- Andreas Winkler
- Institute of Biochemistry, Graz University of Technology, Petersgasse 12/II, 8010 Graz, Austria
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Kopecný D, Sebela M, Briozzo P, Spíchal L, Houba-Hérin N, Masek V, Joly N, Madzak C, Anzenbacher P, Laloue M. Mechanism-based inhibitors of cytokinin oxidase/dehydrogenase attack FAD cofactor. J Mol Biol 2008; 380:886-99. [PMID: 18571199 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2008.05.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2008] [Revised: 05/16/2008] [Accepted: 05/20/2008] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Cytokinin oxidases/dehydrogenases (CKOs) mediate catabolic regulation of cytokinin levels in plants. Several substrate analogs containing an unsaturated side chain were studied for their possible inhibitory effect on maize CKO (ZmCKO1) by use of various bioanalytical methods. Two allenic derivatives, N(6)-(buta-2,3-dienyl)adenine (HA-8) and N(6)-(penta-2,3-dienyl)adenine (HA-1), were identified as strong mechanism-based inhibitors of the enzyme. Despite exhaustive dialysis, the enzyme remained inhibited. Conversely, substrate analogs with a triple bond in the side chain were much weaker inactivators. The crystal structures of recombinant ZmCKO1 complexed with HA-1 or HA-8 were solved to 1.95 A resolution. Together with Raman spectra of the inactivated enzyme, it was revealed that reactive imine intermediates generated by oxidation of the allenic inhibitors covalently bind to the flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD) cofactor. The binding occurs at the C4a atom of the isoalloxazine ring of FAD, the planarity of which is consequently disrupted. All the compounds under study were also analyzed for binding to the Arabidopsis cytokinin receptors AHK3 and AHK4 in a bacterial receptor assay and for cytokinin activity in the Amaranthus bioassay. HA-1 and HA-8 were found to be good receptor ligands with a significant cytokinin activity. Nevertheless, due to their ability to inactivate CKO in the desired time intervals or developmental stages, they both represent attractive compounds for physiological studies, as the inhibition mechanism of HA-1 and HA-8 is mainly FAD dependent.
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- David Kopecný
- Laboratoire de Biologie Cellulaire, INRA, Route de Saint-Cyr, F-78026 Versailles Cedex, France
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Leferink NGH, Heuts DPHM, Fraaije MW, van Berkel WJH. The growing VAO flavoprotein family. Arch Biochem Biophys 2008; 474:292-301. [PMID: 18280246 DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2008.01.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2007] [Revised: 01/28/2008] [Accepted: 01/30/2008] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The VAO flavoprotein family is a rapidly growing family of oxidoreductases that favor the covalent binding of the FAD cofactor. In this review we report on the catalytic properties of some newly discovered VAO family members and their mode of flavin binding. Covalent binding of the flavin is a self-catalytic post-translational modification primarily taking place in oxidases. Covalent flavinylation increases the redox potential of the cofactor and thus its oxidation power. Recent findings have revealed that some members of the VAO family anchor the flavin via a dual covalent linkage (6-S-cysteinyl-8alpha-N1-histidyl FAD). Some VAO-type aldonolactone oxidoreductases favor the non-covalent binding of the flavin cofactor. These enzymes act as dehydrogenases, using cytochrome c as electron acceptor.
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- Nicole G H Leferink
- Laboratory of Biochemistry, Wageningen University, Dreijenlaan 3, 6703 HA Wageningen, The Netherlands
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Bae E, Bingman CA, Bitto E, Aceti DJ, Phillips GN. Crystal structure of Arabidopsis thaliana cytokinin dehydrogenase. Proteins 2008; 70:303-6. [PMID: 17886275 DOI: 10.1002/prot.21678] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Euiyoung Bae
- Center for Eukaryotic Structural Genomics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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Metabolism of plant hormones cytokinins and their function in signaling, cell differentiation and plant development. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/s1572-5995(08)80028-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register]
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Barciszewski J, Massino F, Clark BFC. Kinetin--a multiactive molecule. Int J Biol Macromol 2007; 40:182-92. [PMID: 16899291 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2006.06.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2006] [Revised: 06/30/2006] [Accepted: 06/30/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Cytokinins are important adenine derivatives that serve as hormones to control many processes in plants. They were discovered as factors that promote cell division in tobacco tissue cultures and have been shown also to regulate several other developmental events. Kinetin which was isolated 50 years ago for the first time as a plant hormone, as well as other cytokinins isopentenyladenine, zeatin and benzylaminopurine induce callus (clusters of dedifferentiated plant cells) to redifferentiate into adventitious buds. Because of some similarities in the biological phenotypes of cancer and callus cells, cytokinins and especially kinetin, affect the differentiation of human cells through a common signal transduction system. Therefore, cytokinins found their way to use in molecular medicine.
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- Jan Barciszewski
- Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Noskowskiego 12, 61-704 Poznan, Poland.
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Fang ZD, Laskey JG, Huang S, Bilyeu KD, Morris RO, Schmidt FJ, English JT. Combinatorially selected defense peptides protect plant roots from pathogen infection. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2006; 103:18444-9. [PMID: 17030803 PMCID: PMC1693683 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0605542103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2006] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Agricultural productivity and sustainability are continually challenged by emerging and indigenous pathogens. Currently, many pathogens can be combatted only with biocides or environmentally dangerous fumigants. Here, we report a rapid and pathogen-specific strategy to reduce infection by organisms that target plant roots. Combinatorially selected defense peptides, previously shown to effect premature encystment of Phytophthora capsici zoospores, were fused to maize cytokinin oxidase/dehydrogenase as a display scaffold. When expressed in tomato roots, the peptide-scaffold constructs were secreted and accumulated to sufficient concentrations in the rhizosphere to induce zoospore encystment and thereby deter taxis to the root surface. Pathogen infection was significantly inhibited in roots expressing bioactive peptides fused to the maize cytokinin oxidase/dehydrogenase scaffold. This peptide-delivery technology is broadly applicable for rapid development of plant defense attributes against plant pathogens.
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- Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Columbia, MO 65211
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- Biochemistry, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211; and
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Popelková H, Fraaije M, Novák O, Frébortová J, Bilyeu K, Frébort I. Kinetic and chemical analyses of the cytokinin dehydrogenase-catalysed reaction: correlations with the crystal structure. Biochem J 2006; 398:113-24. [PMID: 16686601 PMCID: PMC1525011 DOI: 10.1042/bj20060280] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2006] [Revised: 04/21/2006] [Accepted: 05/11/2006] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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CKX (cytokinin dehydrogenase) is a flavoprotein that cleaves cytokinins to adenine and the corresponding side-chain aldehyde using a quinone-type electron acceptor. In the present study, reactions of maize (Zea mays) CKX with five different substrates (N6-isopentenyladenine, trans-zeatin, kinetin, p-topolin and N-methyl-isopentenyladenine) were studied. By using stopped-flow analysis of the reductive half-reaction, spectral intermediates were observed indicative of the transient formation of a binary enzyme-product complex between the cytokinin imine and the reduced enzyme. The reduction rate was high for isoprenoid cytokinins that showed formation of a charge-transfer complex of reduced enzyme with bound cytokinin imine. For the other cytokinins, flavin reduction was slow and no charge-transfer intermediates were observed. The binary complex of reduced enzyme and imine product intermediate decays relatively slowly to form an unbound product, cytokinin imine, which accumulates in the reaction mixture. The imine product only very slowly hydrolyses to adenine and an aldehyde derived from the cytokinin N6 side-chain. Mixing of the substrate-reduced enzyme with Cu2+/imidazole as an electron acceptor to monitor the oxidative half-reaction revealed a high rate of electron transfer for this type of electron acceptor when using N6-isopentenyladenine. The stability of the cytokinin imine products allowed their fragmentation analysis and structure assessment by Q-TOF (quadrupole-time-of-flight) MS/MS. Correlations of the kinetic data with the known crystal structure are discussed for reactions with different cytokinins.
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- Hana Popelková
- *Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, Šlechtitelů 11, 783 71 Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- †Laboratory of Biochemistry, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands
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- ‡Laboratory of Growth Regulators, Palacký Universtity/Institute of Experimental Botany of the Academy of Science, Šlechtitelů 11, 783 71 Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- ‡Laboratory of Growth Regulators, Palacký Universtity/Institute of Experimental Botany of the Academy of Science, Šlechtitelů 11, 783 71 Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- §USDA-ARS, Plant Genetics Research Unit, University of Missouri, 210 Waters Hall, Columbia, MO 65211, U.S.A
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- *Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, Šlechtitelů 11, 783 71 Olomouc, Czech Republic
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Werner T, Köllmer I, Bartrina I, Holst K, Schmülling T. New insights into the biology of cytokinin degradation. PLANT BIOLOGY (STUTTGART, GERMANY) 2006; 8:371-81. [PMID: 16807830 DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-923928] [Citation(s) in RCA: 179] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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A survey of recent results is presented concerning the role of cytokinin degradation in plants, which is catalyzed by cytokinin oxidase/dehydrogenase (CKX) enzymes. An overview of Arabidopsis CKX gene expression suggests that their differential regulation by biotic and abiotic factors contributes significantly to functional specification. Here, we show using reporter gene and semiquantitative RT-PCR analyses regulation of individual CKX genes by cytokinin, auxin, ABA, and phosphate starvation. Partially overlapping expression domains of CKX genes and cytokinin-synthesizing IPT genes in meristematic tissues and endo-reduplicating cells lend support for a locally restricted function of cytokinin. On the other hand, their expression in vascular tissue suggests a function in controlling transported cytokinin. Recent studies led to a model for the biochemical reaction mechanism of CKX-mediated catalysis, which was refined on the basis of the three-dimensional enzyme structure. Last but not least, the developmental functions of CKX enzymes are addressed. The recent identification of the rice OSCKX2 gene as an important novel breeding tool is highlighted. Together the results corroborate the relevance of metabolic control in determining cytokinin activity.
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- T Werner
- Institute of Biology/Applied Genetics, Free University of Berlin, Albrecht-Thaer-Weg 6, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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Mattevi A. To be or not to be an oxidase: challenging the oxygen reactivity of flavoenzymes. Trends Biochem Sci 2006; 31:276-83. [PMID: 16600599 DOI: 10.1016/j.tibs.2006.03.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 220] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2006] [Revised: 02/21/2006] [Accepted: 03/22/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Flavin-dependent enzymes catalyse a wide range of reactions and, thereby, facilitate a variety of cellular processes. Among the properties that equip flavoenzymes with this chemical versatility is their reactivity towards oxygen, which shows huge variation among flavoproteins. A survey of known 3D structures of flavin-dependent oxidases and dehydrogenases and the correlation with their functional properties indicates that there are no structural rules that enable prediction of whether or how a flavoenzyme reacts with oxygen. Combinations of subtle factors such as dipole pre-organization, charge distribution, dynamics and solvation in the active centre determine the balance of interactions that control oxygen reactivity. The chemical basis of oxygen reactivity remains a puzzling problem and represents one of the challenging questions in modern flavoenzymology.
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- Andrea Mattevi
- Department of Genetics and Microbiology, University of Pavia, via Ferrata 1, Pavia 27100, Italy.
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Lee MH, Lai WL, Lin SF, Hsu CS, Liaw SH, Tsai YC. Structural characterization of glucooligosaccharide oxidase from Acremonium strictum. Appl Environ Microbiol 2006; 71:8881-7. [PMID: 16332885 PMCID: PMC1317382 DOI: 10.1128/aem.71.12.8881-8887.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Glucooligosaccharide oxidase from Acremonium strictum was screened for potential applications in oligosaccharide acid production and carbohydrate detection. This protein is a unique covalent flavoenzyme which catalyzes the oxidation of a variety of carbohydrates with high selectivity for cello- and maltooligosaccharides. Kinetic measurements suggested that this enzyme possesses an open carbohydrate-binding groove, which is mainly composed of two glucosyl-binding subsites. The encoding gene was subsequently cloned, and one intron was detected in the genomic DNA. Large amounts of active enzymes were expressed in Pichia pastoris, with a yield of 300 mg per liter medium. The protein was predicted to share structural homology with plant cytokinin dehydrogenase and related flavoproteins that share a conserved flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD)-binding domain. The closest sequence matches are those of plant berberine bridge enzyme-like proteins, particularly the characteristic flavinylation site. Unexpectedly, mutation of the putative FAD-attaching residue, H70, to alanine, serine, cysteine, and tyrosine did not abolish the covalent FAD linkage and had little effect on the Km. Instead, the variants displayed kcat values that were 50- to 600-fold lower, indicating that H70 is crucial for efficient redox catalysis, perhaps through modulation of the oxidative power of the flavin.
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- Meng-Hwan Lee
- Institute of Biochemistry, National Yang-Ming University, 155, Sec. 2, Li-Nong St., Pei-Tou, Taipei 11221, Taiwan
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