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Shimoyamada M, Masuda H, Matsuno M, Murakami K, Egusa S. Viscosity of evaporated soymilk prepared in the laboratory using normal and 11S-lacking soybean seeds. JOURNAL OF THE SCIENCE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE 2023; 103:3822-3829. [PMID: 36273264 DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.12288] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2022] [Revised: 10/20/2022] [Accepted: 10/23/2022] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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BACKGROUND Soymilk is utilized not only as a beverage but also as an alternative to bovine milk, including products such as yoghurt and cream. Evaporated soymilk is expected to be utilized as condensed milk. Raw and heated soymilk samples prepared in our laboratory were evaporated and then subjected to viscosity measurement. The soymilk samples were made from two different varieties: Fukuyutaka, which contains 7S and 11S globulin proteins; and an 11S-lacking soybean (Nanahomare). RESULTS Raw Fukuyutaka soymilk had a lower viscosity and could be concentrated to a solids content of over 300 g kg-1 compared to heated soymilk (around 250 g kg-1 ), but the viscosity changes of Nanahomare soymilk showed an opposite trend. Only 7S globulin was denatured during evaporation at 75 °C and likely affected the interaction between proteins and oil bodies. This tendency was remarkable in the Nanahomare soymilk. The strange viscosity change behavior of evaporated Nanahomare soymilk, number of protein particles, intrinsic fluorescence and flow behavior suggest that thermally denatured 7S globulin accelerates the interactions between oil bodies, whereas 11S globulin, which is probably in its native state, suppresses the acceleration by denatured 7S globulin. CONCLUSION Raw soymilk containing native globulins shows a slower increase in viscosity during evaporation. However, denatured 7S globulin accelerates the increase in viscosity during evaporation through interactions between oil bodies. The effect of the denatured state of individual proteins on interactions is expected to be useful in understanding the interaction between proteins and in controlling their properties and functions. © 2022 Society of Chemical Industry.
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- Makoto Shimoyamada
- Laboratory of Food Engineering, School of Food and Nutritional Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Japan
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- Food Technology Section, Industrial Research Institute of Shizuoka Prefecture, Shizuoka, Japan
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- Food Technology Section, Industrial Research Institute of Shizuoka Prefecture, Shizuoka, Japan
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- Laboratory of Food Engineering, School of Food and Nutritional Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Japan
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Shockey J, Parchuri P, Thyssen GN, Bates PD. Assessing the biotechnological potential of cotton type-1 and type-2 diacylglycerol acyltransferases in transgenic systems. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2023; 196:940-951. [PMID: 36889233 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2023.02.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2022] [Revised: 02/14/2023] [Accepted: 02/22/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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The chemical and physical properties of vegetable oils are largely dictated by the ratios of 4-6 common fatty acids contained within each oil. However, examples of plant species that accumulate from trace amounts to >90% of certain unusual fatty acids in seed triacylglycerols have been reported. Many of the general enzymatic reactions that drive both common and unusual fatty acid biosynthesis and accumulation in stored lipids are known, but which isozymes have evolved to specifically fill this role and how they coordinate in vivo is still poorly understood. Cotton (Gossypium sp.) is the very rare example of a commodity oilseed that produces biologically relevant amounts of unusual fatty acids in its seeds and other organs. In this case, unusual cyclopropyl fatty acids (named after the cyclopropane and cyclopropene moieties within the fatty acids) are found in membrane and storage glycerolipids (e.g. seed oils). Such fatty acids are useful in the synthesis of lubricants, coatings, and other types of valuable industrial feedstocks. To characterize the role of cotton acyltransferases in cyclopropyl fatty acid accumulation for bioengineering applications, we cloned and characterized type-1 and type-2 diacylglycerol acyltransferases from cotton and compared their biochemical properties to that of litchi (Litchi chinensis), another cyclopropyl fatty acid-producing plant. The results presented from transgenic microbes and plants indicate both cotton DGAT1 and DGAT2 isozymes efficiently utilize cyclopropyl fatty acid-containing substrates, which helps to alleviate biosynthetic bottlenecks and enhances total cyclopropyl fatty acid accumulation in the seed oil.
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- Jay Shockey
- United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Southern Regional Research Center, New Orleans, LA, USA, 70124.
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- Institute of Biological Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA, 99164
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- United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Southern Regional Research Center, New Orleans, LA, USA, 70124
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- Institute of Biological Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA, 99164
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Vianna GR, Cunha NB, Rech EL. Soybean seed protein storage vacuoles for expression of recombinant molecules. CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY 2023; 71:102331. [PMID: 36603392 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2022.102331] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2022] [Revised: 11/22/2022] [Accepted: 12/01/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Soybean is one of the most important protein sources for human consumption and livestock feed. Soy production also allows the biosynthesis of edible oils, biodiesel, and biofertilizers. With the advent of modern agricultural biotechnology, soybean plants have also converted into bioreactors of therapeutic proteins and industrial enzymes. Soybean's characteristics, such as protein storage vacuoles (PSVs) and other unique organelles, allow the plant to be exploited as an accumulator of heterologous proteins under high stability and scalability conditions, and that maintains its basic functions. This review reports the main aspects of heterologous protein accumulation in soybean PSVs.
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- G R Vianna
- Embrapa Genetic Resources and Biotechnology/National Institute of Science and Technology in Synthetic Biology, Brasília, Distrito Federal, 70770-917, Brazil
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- University of Brasília (UnB), Faculty of Agronomy and Veterinary Medicine (FAV), Campus Universitario Darcy Ribeiro, Brasília, Distrito Federal, 70910-900, Brazil; Catholic University of Brasília (UCB), Postgraduate Program in Genomic Sciences and Biotechnology, Brasília, SGAN 916 Modulo B, Bloco C, 70.790-160, Brazil
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- Embrapa Genetic Resources and Biotechnology/National Institute of Science and Technology in Synthetic Biology, Brasília, Distrito Federal, 70770-917, Brazil.
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Qi N, Zhan X, Milmine J, Sahar M, Chang KH, Li J. Isolation and characterization of a novel hydrolase-producing probiotic Bacillus licheniformis and its application in the fermentation of soybean meal. Front Nutr 2023; 10:1123422. [PMID: 36969826 PMCID: PMC10030947 DOI: 10.3389/fnut.2023.1123422] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2022] [Accepted: 02/15/2023] [Indexed: 03/29/2023] Open
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Soybean meal (SBM) is one of the most important sources of plant-based protein in the livestock and poultry industry. However, SBM contains anti-nutritional factors (ANFs) such as glycinin, β-conglycinin, trypsin inhibitor and phytic acid that can damage the intestinal health of animals, inevitably reducing growth performance. Fermentation using microorganisms with probiotic potential is a viable strategy to reduce ANFs and enhance the nutritional value of SBM. In this study, a novel potential probiotic Bacillus licheniformis (B4) with phytase, protease, cellulase and xylanase activity was isolated from camel feces. The ability of B4 to tolerate different pH, bile salts concentrations and temperatures were tested using metabolic activity assay. It was found that B4 can survive at pH 3.0, or 1.0% bile salts for 5 h, and displayed high proliferative activity when cultured at 50°C. Furthermore, B4 was capable of degrading glycinin, β-conglycinin and trypsin inhibitor which in turn resulted in significant increases of the degree of protein hydrolysis from 15.9% to 25.5% (p < 0.01) and crude protein from 44.8% to 54.3% (p < 0.001). After fermentation with B4 for 24 h, phytic acid in SBM was reduced by 73.3% (p < 0.001), the neutral detergent fiber (NDF) and the acid detergent fiber of the fermented SBM were significantly decreased by 38.40% (p < 0.001) and 30.20% (p < 0.05), compared to the unfermented SBM sample. Our results suggested that the effect of solid-state fermented SBM using this novel B. licheniformis (B4) strain, could significantly reduce phytic acid concentrations whilst improving the nutritional value of SBM, presenting itself as a promising alternative to phytase additives.
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- Nanshan Qi
- Institute of Animal Health, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
- Department of Animal Biosciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada
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- Department of Animal Biosciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada
- Department of Life Science and Engineering, Foshan University, Foshan, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Animal Biosciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada
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- Department of Animal Biosciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada
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- Department of Animal Biosciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada
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- Department of Animal Biosciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada
- *Correspondence: Julang Li,
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Bu G, Li T. High hydrostatic pressure treatment reduces the potential antigenicity of β-conglycinin by changing the protein structure during in vitro digestion. JOURNAL OF THE SCIENCE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE 2022; 102:4025-4034. [PMID: 34997598 DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.11751] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2021] [Revised: 01/02/2022] [Accepted: 01/08/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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BACKGROUND High hydrostatic pressure (HHP) treatment has been used to alleviate the allergenicity of soybeans, but there are little data about the potential antigenicity of β-conglycinin after HHP treatment. RESULTS We examined the effects of HHP treatment on the antigenicity and structure of β-conglycinin. When the pressure was 300 and 400 MPa, HHP treatment reduced the immunoglobulin (Ig)G binding capacity of β-conglycinin, while its IgE binding capacity did not change significantly. After in vitro digestion, both the IgE and IgG binding of β-conglycinin was obviously inhibited after HHP treatment at 400 MPa and 60 °C, although its binding capacity with linear epitope antibodies increased. Moreover, HHP treatment changed the secondary structure of β-conglycinin, the content of α-helix and random coils increased, while the β-sheet and β-turn decreased. After HHP treatment, the conformational structure was unfolded so that a large number of hydrophobic regions were exposed. CONCLUSION HHP treatment alleviated the potential antigenicity of β-conglycinin by modifying its structure, which facilitated in vitro digestion and destroyed epitopes. This research provides a new insight into the mechanism of HHP treatment that affects the sensitization of soy protein allergens. © 2022 Society of Chemical Industry.
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- Guanhao Bu
- College of Food Science and Technology, Henan University of Technology, Zhengzhou, China
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- College of Food Science and Technology, Henan University of Technology, Zhengzhou, China
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Ramadan S, Marsh J, El-Sherbeny GA, El-Halawany ESF, Luan F, Baumert JL, Johnson P, Osman Y, Goodman RE. Purification of soybean cupins and comparison of IgE binding with peanut allergens in a population of allergic subjects. Food Chem Toxicol 2021; 147:111866. [PMID: 33217527 DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2020.111866] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2020] [Revised: 11/09/2020] [Accepted: 11/12/2020] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Identification, purification and characterization of allergens is crucial to the understanding of IgE-mediated disease. Immunologic and structural studies with purified allergens is essential for understanding relative immunogenicity and cross-reactivity. In this work, the complex soybean 7S vicilins (Gly m 5) with three subunits and 11S legumins (Gly m 6) with five subunits were purified and characterized along with purified peanut allergens (Ara h 1, 2, 3, and 6) by label-free liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS). Individual subjects plasma IgE binding was tested from subjects allergic to soybeans and or peanuts by immunoblotting, ImmunoCAP™ and ISAC™ ImmunoCAP chip, comparing these soybean proteins with those of purified peanut allergens; vicilin (Ara h 1), 2S albumin (Ara h 2 and Ara h 6) and 11S globulin (Ara h 3). Results show differences between methods and subjects demonstrating the complexity of finding answers to questions of cross-reactivity.
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- Samah Ramadan
- Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Mansoura University, 35516, Egypt
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- Food Allergy Research and Resource Program, Food Science & Technology, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, 68588-6207, USA
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- Hisense Home Appliances Group Co. Ltd., Qingdao, Shandong, 266104, China
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- Food Allergy Research and Resource Program, Food Science & Technology, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, 68588-6207, USA
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- Food Allergy Research and Resource Program, Food Science & Technology, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, 68588-6207, USA
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- Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Mansoura University, 35516, Egypt
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- Food Allergy Research and Resource Program, Food Science & Technology, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, 68588-6207, USA.
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Konda AR, Nazarenus TJ, Nguyen H, Yang J, Gelli M, Swenson S, Shipp JM, Schmidt MA, Cahoon RE, Ciftci ON, Zhang C, Clemente TE, Cahoon EB. Metabolic engineering of soybean seeds for enhanced vitamin E tocochromanol content and effects on oil antioxidant properties in polyunsaturated fatty acid-rich germplasm. Metab Eng 2020; 57:63-73. [PMID: 31654815 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymben.2019.10.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2019] [Accepted: 10/17/2019] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Soybean seeds produce oil enriched in oxidatively unstable polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) and are also a potential biotechnological platform for synthesis of oils with nutritional omega-3 PUFAs. In this study, we engineered soybeans for seed-specific expression of a barley homogentisate geranylgeranyl transferase (HGGT) transgene alone and with a soybean γ-tocopherol methyltransferase (γ-TMT) transgene. Seeds for HGGT-expressing lines had 8- to 10-fold increases in total vitamin E tocochromanols, principally as tocotrienols, with little effect on seed oil or protein concentrations. Tocochromanols were primarily in δ- and γ-forms, which were shifted largely to α- and β-tocochromanols with γ-TMT co-expression. We tested whether oxidative stability of conventional or PUFA-enhanced soybean oil could be improved by metabolic engineering for increased vitamin E antioxidants. Selected lines were crossed with a stearidonic acid (SDA, 18:4Δ6,9,12,15)-producing line, resulting in progeny with oil enriched in SDA and α- or γ-linoleic acid (ALA, 18:3Δ9,12,15 or GLA, 18:3Δ6,9,12), from transgene segregation. Oil extracted from HGGT-expressing lines had ≥6-fold increase in free radical scavenging activity compared to controls. However, the oxidative stability index of oil from vitamin E-enhanced lines was ~15% lower than that of oil from non-engineered seeds and nearly the same or modestly increased in oil from the GLA, ALA and SDA backgrounds relative to controls. These findings show that soybean is an effective platform for producing high levels of free-radical scavenging vitamin E antioxidants, but this trait may have negative effects on oxidative stability of conventional oil or only modest improvement of the oxidative stability of PUFA-enhanced oil.
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- Anji Reddy Konda
- Center for Plant Science Innovation, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, 68588, USA; Department of Biochemistry, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, 68588, USA
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- Center for Plant Science Innovation, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, 68588, USA; Department of Biochemistry, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, 68588, USA
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- Center for Plant Science Innovation, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, 68588, USA; Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, 68588, USA
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- Department of Food Science and Technology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, 68588, USA
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- Systems and Innovations for Breeding and Seed Products, Corteva Agriscience, Johnston, IA, 50131, USA
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- Center for Plant Science Innovation, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, 68588, USA; Department of Biochemistry, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, 68588, USA
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- USDA-ARS Plant Genetics Research Unit, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, 975 North Warson Road, St. Louis, Missouri, 63132, USA
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- USDA-ARS Plant Genetics Research Unit, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, 975 North Warson Road, St. Louis, Missouri, 63132, USA
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- Center for Plant Science Innovation, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, 68588, USA; Department of Biochemistry, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, 68588, USA
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- Department of Food Science and Technology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, 68588, USA
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement and College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- Center for Plant Science Innovation, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, 68588, USA; Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, 68588, USA
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- Center for Plant Science Innovation, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, 68588, USA; Department of Biochemistry, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, 68588, USA.
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He D, Lv Y, Tong Q. Succinylation Improves the Thermal Stability of Egg White Proteins. Molecules 2019; 24:molecules24203783. [PMID: 31640198 PMCID: PMC6832609 DOI: 10.3390/molecules24203783] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2019] [Revised: 10/17/2019] [Accepted: 10/18/2019] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Succinylation can improve the thermal stability of various proteins. In this study, succinylated egg white protein (SEWP) samples with different succinylation degrees were prepared by adding various succinic anhydride additives to egg white protein (EWP). The thermal stability of SEWP and the conformational structure under various succinylation degrees were investigated. With the increase in succinylation degree, the turbidity of heated SEWP solution (90 °C for 30 min) markedly declined. The heated SEWP solution with high succinylation degree (37.63%, 66.57%, and 72.37%) was transparent. Moreover, the result of differential scanning calorimetry confirmed that the thermal stability of succinylated EWP increased. The results of intrinsic fluorescence spectra and Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy illustrate that succinylation changed the conformational structure of EWP. Succinylation increased the electrostatic repulsion and decreased the surface hydrophobicity, and it changed the aggregation morphology of EWP. Cross-linked spherical aggregates of low succinylation degree transformed to thready aggregates of a high succinylation degree. Thus, succinylation improved the thermal stability of EWP.
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- Dabo He
- College of Food Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Agriculture, 7 Beinong Lu, Changping District, Beijing 102206, China.
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- College of Food Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Agriculture, 7 Beinong Lu, Changping District, Beijing 102206, China.
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- College of Food Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Agriculture, 7 Beinong Lu, Changping District, Beijing 102206, China.
- Beijing Engineering Research Center of Egg Safety Production and Processing, Beijing 100094, China.
- Beijing Laboratory for Food Quality and Safety, Beijing 100022, China.
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Ding J, Xu Z, Qi B, Liu Z, Yu L, Yan Z, Jiang L, Sui X. Thermally treated soya bean oleosomes: the changes in their stability and associated proteins. Int J Food Sci Technol 2019. [DOI: 10.1111/ijfs.14266] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Jian Ding
- College of Food Science Northeast Agricultural University Harbin150030China
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- College of Food Science Northeast Agricultural University Harbin150030China
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- College of Food Science Northeast Agricultural University Harbin150030China
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- College of Food Science Northeast Agricultural University Harbin150030China
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- Department of Nutrition and Food Science University of Maryland College Park MD20742USA
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Food Nutrition and Human Health Beijing Technology and Business University (BTBU) Beijing100048China
- College of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture Northeast Agricultural University Harbin 150030 China
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- College of Food Science Northeast Agricultural University Harbin150030China
- National Research Center of Soybean Engineering and Technology Harbin150030China
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- College of Food Science Northeast Agricultural University Harbin150030China
- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Food Nutrition and Human Health Beijing Technology and Business University (BTBU) Beijing100048China
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Li R, Wang X, Liu J, Cui Q, Wang X, Chen S, Jiang L. Relationship between Molecular Flexibility and Emulsifying Properties of Soy Protein Isolate-Glucose Conjugates. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2019; 67:4089-4097. [PMID: 30883123 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.8b06713] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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At present, the structure-activity relationships of soy protein isolate are still not well understood. In this paper, the relationship between molecular flexibility and emulsifying properties of soy protein isolate and soy protein isolate-glucose conjugates were investigated. The Maillard reaction was carried out at different temperature conditions (50 °C, 60 °C, 70 °C, 80 °C, and 90 °C) under a specific wet condition. Meanwhile, structural properties including surface hydrophobicity ( H0), molecular flexibility and secondary, tertiary, quaternary structures, and the free sulfhydryl group ( -SH) content were measured. The results showed that there was a good correlation between molecular flexibility and emulsifying properties, and the correlation coefficients was 0.920 ( P < 0.01) for emulsifying activity and 0.952 ( P < 0.01) for emulsion stability. Compared with soy protein isolate, the H0 of samples at different temperatures first increased and then decreased reaching a maximum at 70 °C, a red shift occurred during the whole given reaction conditions shown by the intrinsic fluorescence spectrum, and the free sulfhydryl content also displayed a marked increase ( P < 0.05). At the same time, the particle size gradually became smaller as the degree of grafting increased. The contents of β-turn and random coil increased at the cost of α-helix and β-sheet contents, as evidenced by Fourier transform infrared results. The findings could provide a deep insight into the structure-function relationship of soy protein isolate-glucose conjugates, thus providing theoretical guidance for further research of soy proteins.
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- Rui Li
- College of Food Science , Northeast Agricultural University , Harbin 150030 , China
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- College of Food Science , Northeast Agricultural University , Harbin 150030 , China
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- College of Food Science , Northeast Agricultural University , Harbin 150030 , China
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- College of Food Science , Northeast Agricultural University , Harbin 150030 , China
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- College of Food Science , Northeast Agricultural University , Harbin 150030 , China
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- College of Food Science , Northeast Agricultural University , Harbin 150030 , China
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- College of Food Science , Northeast Agricultural University , Harbin 150030 , China
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Zhang G, Bahn SC, Wang G, Zhang Y, Chen B, Zhang Y, Wang X, Zhao J. PLDα1-knockdown soybean seeds display higher unsaturated glycerolipid contents and seed vigor in high temperature and humidity environments. BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR BIOFUELS 2019; 12:9. [PMID: 30622651 PMCID: PMC6319013 DOI: 10.1186/s13068-018-1340-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2018] [Accepted: 12/13/2018] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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BACKGROUND Soybean oil constitutes an important source of vegetable oil and biofuel. However, high temperature and humidity adversely impacts soybean seed development, yield, and quality during plant development and after harvest. Genetic improvement of soybean tolerance to stress environments is highly desirable. RESULTS Transgenic soybean lines with knockdown of phospholipase Dα1 (PLDα1KD) were generated to study PLDα1's effects on lipid metabolism and seed vigor under high temperature and humidity conditions. Under such stress, as compared with normal growth conditions, PLDα1KD lines showed an attenuated stress-induced deterioration during soybean seed development, which was associated with elevated expression of reactive oxygen species-scavenging genes when compared with wild-type control. The developing seeds of PLDα1KD had higher levels of unsaturation in triacylglycerol (TAG) and major membrane phospholipids, but lower levels of phosphatidic acid and lysophospholipids compared with control cultivar. Lipid metabolite and gene expression profiling indicates that the increased unsaturation on phosphatidylcholine (PC) and enhanced conversion between PC and diacylglycerol (DAG) by PC:DAG acyltransferase underlie a basis for increased TAG unsaturation in PLDα1KD seeds. Meanwhile, the turnover of PC and phosphatidylethanolamine (PE) into lysoPC and lysoPE was suppressed in PLDα1KD seeds under high temperature and humidity conditions. PLDα1KD developing seeds suffered lighter oxidative stresses than did wild-type developing seeds in the stressful environments. PLDα1KD seeds contain higher oil contents and maintained higher germination rates than the wild-type seeds. CONCLUSIONS The study provides insights into the roles of PLDα1 in developing soybean seeds under high temperature and humidity stress. PLDα1KD decreases pre-harvest deterioration and enhances acyl editing in phospholipids and TAGs. The results indicate a way towards improving production of quality soybean seeds as foods and biofuels under increasing environmental stress.
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- Gaoyang Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Tea Plant Biology and Utilization, College of Tea and Food Science and Technology, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, 230036 China
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- University of Missouri at St Louis, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, St. Louis, MO 63132 USA
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- University of Missouri at St Louis, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, St. Louis, MO 63132 USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Tea Plant Biology and Utilization, College of Tea and Food Science and Technology, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, 230036 China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430075 China
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- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Resources of Tropical Crops. Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Tropical Bioscience and Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Haikou, Hainan 571101 China
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- University of Missouri at St Louis, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, St. Louis, MO 63132 USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Tea Plant Biology and Utilization, College of Tea and Food Science and Technology, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, 230036 China
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Yeom WW, Kim HJ, Lee KR, Cho HS, Kim JY, Jung HW, Oh SW, Jun SE, Kim HU, Chung YS. Increased Production of α-Linolenic Acid in Soybean Seeds by Overexpression of Lesquerella FAD3-1. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2019; 10:1812. [PMID: 32082356 PMCID: PMC7005135 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2019.01812] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2019] [Accepted: 12/27/2019] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Soybean is a major crop that is used as a source of vegetable oil for human use. To develop transgenic soybean with high α-linolenic acid (ALA; 18:3) content, the FAD3-1 gene isolated from lesquerella (Physaria fendleri) was used to construct vectors with two different seed-specific promoters, soybean β-conglycinin (Pβ-con) and kidney bean phaseolin (Pphas), and one constitutive cauliflower mosaic virus 35S promoter (P35S). The corresponding vectors were used for Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of imbibed mature half seeds. The transformation efficiency was approximately 2%, 1%, and 3% and 21, 7, and 17 transgenic plants were produced, respectively. T-DNA insertion and expression of the transgene were confirmed from most of the transgenic plants by polymerase chain reaction (PCR), quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR), reverse transcription PCR (RT-PCR), and Southern blot analysis. The fatty acid composition of soybean seeds was analyzed by gas chromatography. The 18:3 content in the transgenic generation T1 seeds was increased 7-fold in Pβ-con:PfFAD3-1, 4-fold in Pphas : PfFAD3-1, and 1.6-fold in P35S:PfFAD3-1 compared to the 18:3 content in soybean "Kwangankong". The increased content of 18:3 in the Pβ-con:PfFAD3-1 soybean (T1) resulted in a 52.6% increase in total fatty acids, with a larger decrease in 18:1 content than 18:2 content. The increase in 18:3 content was also maintained and reached 42% in the Pphas : PfFAD3-1 transgenic generation T2. Investigations of the agronomic traits of 12 Pβ-con:PfFAD3-1 transgenic lines (T1) revealed that plant height, number of branches, nodes, pods, total seeds, and total seed weight were significantly higher in several transgenic lines than those in non-transgenic soybean. Especially, an increase in seed size was observed upon expression of the PfFAD3-1 gene with the β-conglycinin promoter, and 6%-14% higher seed lengths were measured from the transgenic lines.
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- Wan Woo Yeom
- Department of Molecular Genetics, College of Natural Resources and Life Science, Dong-A University, Busan, South Korea
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, College of Natural Resources and Life Science, Dong-A University, Busan, South Korea
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- Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, National Institute of Agricultural Science, Rural Development Administration, Jeonju, South Korea
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, College of Natural Resources and Life Science, Dong-A University, Busan, South Korea
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, College of Natural Resources and Life Science, Dong-A University, Busan, South Korea
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, College of Natural Resources and Life Science, Dong-A University, Busan, South Korea
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- Biosafety Division, National Institute of Agricultural Science, Rural Development Administration, Jeonju, South Korea
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, College of Natural Resources and Life Science, Dong-A University, Busan, South Korea
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- Department of Bioindustry and Bioresource Engineering, Plant Engineering Research Institute, Sejong University, Seoul, South Korea
- *Correspondence: Hyun Uk Kim, ; Young-Soo Chung,
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, College of Natural Resources and Life Science, Dong-A University, Busan, South Korea
- *Correspondence: Hyun Uk Kim, ; Young-Soo Chung,
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Analysis of genes encoding seed storage proteins (SSPs) in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) reveals co-expressing transcription factors and a seed-specific promoter. Funct Integr Genomics 2018; 19:373-390. [PMID: 30560463 DOI: 10.1007/s10142-018-0650-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2018] [Revised: 11/22/2018] [Accepted: 11/26/2018] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Improvement of the quality and quantity of chickpea seed protein can be greatly facilitated by an understanding of the genic organization and the genetic architecture of the genes encoding seed storage proteins (SSPs). The aim of this study was to provide a comprehensive analysis of the chickpea SSP genes, putative co-expressing transcription factors (TFs), and to identify a seed-specific SSP gene promoter. A genome-wide identification of SSP genes in chickpea led to the identification of 21 non-redundant SSP encoding genes located on 6 chromosomes. Phylogenetic analysis grouped SSP genes into 3 subgroups where members within the same clade demonstrated similar motif composition and intron-exon organization. Tandem duplications were identified to be the major contributors to the expansion of the SSP gene family in chickpea. Co-expression analysis revealed 14 TFs having expression profiles similar to the SSP genes that included members of important TF families that are known to regulate seed development. Expression analysis of SSP genes and TFs revealed significantly higher expression in late stages of seed development as well as in high seed protein content (HPC) genotypes. In silico analysis of the promoter regions of the SSP encoding genes revealed several seed-specific cis-regulatory elements such as RY repeats, ACGT motifs, CAANTG, and GCN4. A candidate promoter was analyzed for seed specificity by generating stable transgenics in Arabidopsis. Overall, this study provides a useful resource to explore the regulatory networks involved in SSP synthesis and/or accumulation for utilization in developing nutritionally improved chickpea genotypes.
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Nakato J, Aoki H, Iwakura H, Suzuki H, Kanamoto R, Ohinata K. Soy-ghretropin, a novel ghrelin-releasing peptide derived from soy protein. FEBS Lett 2016; 590:2681-9. [DOI: 10.1002/1873-3468.12306] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2016] [Revised: 06/22/2016] [Accepted: 06/23/2016] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- Junya Nakato
- Division of Food Science and Biotechnology; Graduate School of Agriculture; Kyoto University; Uji Japan
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- Division of Food Science and Biotechnology; Graduate School of Agriculture; Kyoto University; Uji Japan
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- Medical Innovation Center; Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine; Japan
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- Division of Food Science and Biotechnology; Graduate School of Agriculture; Kyoto University; Uji Japan
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- Division of Food Science and Biotechnology; Graduate School of Agriculture; Kyoto University; Uji Japan
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Pandurangan S, Pajak A, Rintoul T, Beyaert R, Hernández-Sebastià C, Brown DCW, Marsolais F. Soybean seeds overexpressing asparaginase exhibit reduced nitrogen concentration. PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM 2015; 155:126-137. [PMID: 25898948 DOI: 10.1111/ppl.12341] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2013] [Revised: 03/18/2015] [Accepted: 03/28/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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In soybean seed, a correlation has been observed between the concentration of free asparagine at mid-maturation and protein concentration at maturity. In this study, a Phaseolus vulgaris K+ -dependent asparaginase cDNA, PvAspG2, was expressed in transgenic soybean under the control of the embryo specific promoter of the β-subunit of β-conglycinin. Three lines were isolated having high expression of the transgene at the transcript, protein and enzyme activity levels at mid-maturation, with a 20- to 40-fold higher asparaginase activity in embryo than a control line expressing β-glucuronidase. Increased asparaginase activity was associated with a reduction in free asparagine levels as a percentage of total free amino acids, by 11-18%, and an increase in free aspartic acid levels, by 25-60%. Two of the lines had reduced nitrogen concentration in mature seed as determined by nitrogen analysis, by 9-13%. Their levels of extractible globulins were reduced by 11-30%. This was accompanied by an increase in oil concentration, by 5-8%. The lack of change in nitrogen concentration in the third transgenic line was correlated with an increase in free glutamic acid levels by approximately 40% at mid-maturation.
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- Sudhakar Pandurangan
- Department of Biology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, N6A 5B7, Canada
- Genomics and Biotechnology, Southern Crop Protection and Food Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, London, Ontario, N5V 4T3, Canada
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- Genomics and Biotechnology, Southern Crop Protection and Food Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, London, Ontario, N5V 4T3, Canada
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- Genomics and Biotechnology, Southern Crop Protection and Food Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, London, Ontario, N5V 4T3, Canada
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- Genomics and Biotechnology, Southern Crop Protection and Food Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, London, Ontario, N5V 4T3, Canada
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- Genomics and Biotechnology, Southern Crop Protection and Food Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, London, Ontario, N5V 4T3, Canada
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- Genomics and Biotechnology, Southern Crop Protection and Food Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, London, Ontario, N5V 4T3, Canada
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- Department of Biology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, N6A 5B7, Canada
- Genomics and Biotechnology, Southern Crop Protection and Food Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, London, Ontario, N5V 4T3, Canada
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Shockey J, Mason C, Gilbert M, Cao H, Li X, Cahoon E, Dyer J. Development and analysis of a highly flexible multi-gene expression system for metabolic engineering in Arabidopsis seeds and other plant tissues. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2015; 89:113-26. [PMID: 26254605 DOI: 10.1007/s11103-015-0355-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2015] [Accepted: 07/29/2015] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Production of novel value-added compounds in transgenic crops has become an increasingly viable approach in recent years. However, in many cases, product yield still falls short of the levels necessary for optimal profitability. Determination of the limiting factors is thus of supreme importance for the long-term viability of this approach. A significant challenge to most metabolic engineering projects is the need for strong coordinated co-expression of multiple transgenes. Strong constitutive promoters have been well-characterized during the >30 years since plant transformation techniques were developed. However, organ- or tissue-specific promoters are poorly characterized in many cases. Oilseeds are one such example. Reports spanning at least 20 years have described the use of certain seed-specific promoters to drive expression of individual transgenes. Multi-gene engineering strategies are often hampered by sub-optimal expression levels or improper tissue-specificity of particular promoters, or rely on the use of multiple copies of the same promoter, which can result in DNA instability or transgene silencing. We describe here a flexible system of plasmids that allows for expression of 1-7 genes per binary plasmid, and up to 18 genes altogether after multiple rounds of transformation or sexual crosses. This vector system includes six seed-specific promoters and two constitutive promoters. Effective constitutive and seed-specific RNA interference gene-suppression cloning vectors were also constructed for silencing of endogenous genes. Taken together, this molecular toolkit allows combinatorial cloning for multiple transgene expression in seeds, vegetative organs, or both simultaneously, while also providing the means to coordinately overexpress some genes while silencing others.
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- Jay Shockey
- Commodity Utilization Research Unit, Southern Regional Research Center, USDA-ARS, 1100 Robert E. Lee Blvd., New Orleans, LA, 70124, USA.
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- Commodity Utilization Research Unit, Southern Regional Research Center, USDA-ARS, 1100 Robert E. Lee Blvd., New Orleans, LA, 70124, USA
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- Cotton Fiber Bioscience Research Unit, Southern Regional Research Center, USDA-ARS, 1100 Robert E. Lee Blvd., New Orleans, LA, 70124, USA
- Food and Feed Safety Research Unit, Southern Regional Research Center, USDA-ARS, 1100 Robert E. Lee Blvd., New Orleans, LA, 70124, USA
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- Commodity Utilization Research Unit, Southern Regional Research Center, USDA-ARS, 1100 Robert E. Lee Blvd., New Orleans, LA, 70124, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Center for Plant Science Innovation, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Center for Plant Science Innovation, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, USA
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- U.S. Arid-Land Agricultural Research Center, USDA-ARS, 21881 North Cardon Lane, Maricopa, AZ, 85138, USA
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van Erp H, Shockey J, Zhang M, Adhikari ND, Browse J. Reducing isozyme competition increases target fatty acid accumulation in seed triacylglycerols of transgenic Arabidopsis. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2015; 168:36-46. [PMID: 25739701 PMCID: PMC4424008 DOI: 10.1104/pp.114.254110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2014] [Accepted: 03/03/2015] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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One goal of green chemistry is the production of industrially useful fatty acids (FAs) in crop plants. We focus on hydroxy fatty acids (HFAs) and conjugated polyenoic FAs (α-eleostearic acids [ESAs]) using Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) as a model. These FAs are found naturally in seed oils of castor (Ricinus communis) and tung tree (Vernicia fordii), respectively, and used for the production of lubricants, nylon, and paints. Transgenic oils typically contain less target FA than that produced in the source species. We hypothesized that competition between endogenous and transgenic isozymes for substrates limits accumulation of unique FAs in Arabidopsis seeds. This hypothesis was tested by introducing a mutation in Arabidopsis diacylglycerol acyltransferase1 (AtDGAT1) in a line expressing castor FA hydroxylase and acyl-Coenzyme A:RcDGAT2 in its seeds. This led to a 17% increase in the proportion of HFA in seed oil. Expression of castor phospholipid:diacylglycerol acyltransferase 1A in this line increased the proportion of HFA by an additional 12%. To determine if our observations are more widely applicable, we investigated if isozyme competition influenced production of ESA. Expression of tung tree FA conjugase/desaturase in Arabidopsis produced approximately 7.5% ESA in seed lipids. Coexpression of VfDGAT2 increased ESA levels to approximately 11%. Overexpression of VfDGAT2 combined with suppression of AtDGAT1 increased ESA accumulation to 14% to 15%. Our results indicate that isozyme competition is a limiting factor in the engineering of unusual FAs in heterologous plant systems and that reduction of competition through mutation and RNA suppression may be a useful component of seed metabolic engineering strategies.
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- Harrie van Erp
- Institute of Biological Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164-6340 (H.v.E., N.D.A., J.B.);Southern Regional Research Center, United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, New Orleans, Louisiana 70124 (J.S.); andDepartment of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824-1312 (M.Z.)
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- Institute of Biological Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164-6340 (H.v.E., N.D.A., J.B.);Southern Regional Research Center, United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, New Orleans, Louisiana 70124 (J.S.); andDepartment of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824-1312 (M.Z.)
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- Institute of Biological Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164-6340 (H.v.E., N.D.A., J.B.);Southern Regional Research Center, United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, New Orleans, Louisiana 70124 (J.S.); andDepartment of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824-1312 (M.Z.)
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- Institute of Biological Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164-6340 (H.v.E., N.D.A., J.B.);Southern Regional Research Center, United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, New Orleans, Louisiana 70124 (J.S.); andDepartment of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824-1312 (M.Z.)
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- Institute of Biological Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164-6340 (H.v.E., N.D.A., J.B.);Southern Regional Research Center, United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, New Orleans, Louisiana 70124 (J.S.); andDepartment of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824-1312 (M.Z.)
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Downs ML, Semic-Jusufagic A, Simpson A, Bartra J, Fernandez-Rivas M, Rigby NM, Taylor SL, Baumert JL, Mills ENC. Characterization of low molecular weight allergens from English walnut (Juglans regia). JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2014; 62:11767-75. [PMID: 25388987 DOI: 10.1021/jf504672m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Although English walnut is a commonly allergenic tree nut, walnut allergens have been poorly characterized to date. The objective of this work was to characterize the natural, low molecular weight (LMW) allergens from walnut. A protocol was developed to purify LMW allergens (specifically 2S albumins) from English walnuts. In addition to 2S albumins, a series of peptides from the N-terminal region of the 7S seed storage globulin proprotein were also identified and characterized. These peptides comprised a four-cysteine motif (C-X-X-X-C-X10-12-C-X-X-X-C) repeated throughout the 7S N-terminal region. Upon IgE immunoblotting, 3/11 and 5/11 sera from walnut-allergic subjects showed IgE reactivity to the 7S N-terminal fragments and 2S albumin, respectively. The mature 7S protein and the newly described 7S N-terminal peptides represent two distinct types of allergens. Because the proteolytic processing of 7S globulins has not been elucidated in many edible plant species, similar protein fragments may be present in other nuts and seeds.
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- Melanie L Downs
- 143 Food Industry Complex, Food Allergy Research and Resource Program, Department of Food Science and Technology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln , Lincoln, Nebraska 68583-0919, United States
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Zhang Y, Schernthaner J, Labbé N, Hefford MA, Zhao J, Simmonds DH. Improved protein quality in transgenic soybean expressing a de novo synthetic protein, MB-16. Transgenic Res 2014; 23:455-67. [PMID: 24435987 DOI: 10.1007/s11248-013-9777-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2013] [Accepted: 12/16/2013] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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To improve soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merrill] seed nutritional quality, a synthetic gene, MB-16 was introduced into the soybean genome to boost seed methionine content. MB-16, an 11 kDa de novo protein enriched in the essential amino acids (EAAs) methionine, threonine, lysine and leucine, was originally developed for expression in rumen bacteria. For efficient seed expression, constructs were designed using the soybean codon bias, with and without the KDEL ER retention sequence, and β-conglycinin or cruciferin seed specific protein storage promoters. Homozygous lines, with single locus integrations, were identified for several transgenic events. Transgene transmission and MB-16 protein expression were confirmed to the T5 and T7 generations, respectively. Quantitative RT-PCR analysis of developing seed showed that the transcript peaked in growing seed, 5-6 mm long, remained at this peak level to the full-sized green seed and then was significantly reduced in maturing yellow seed. Transformed events carrying constructs with the rumen bacteria codon preference showed the same transcription pattern as those with the soybean codon preference, but the transcript levels were lower at each developmental stage. MB-16 protein levels, as determined by immunoblots, were highest in full-sized green seed but the protein virtually disappeared in mature seed. However, amino acid analysis of mature seed, in the best transgenic line, showed a significant increase of 16.2 and 65.9 % in methionine and cysteine, respectively, as compared to the parent. This indicates that MB-16 elevated the sulfur amino acids, improved the EAA seed profile and confirms that a de novo synthetic gene can enhance the nutritional quality of soybean.
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- Yunfang Zhang
- Eastern Cereals and Oilseed Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, ON, K1A0C6, Canada
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Bombarely A, Coate JE, Doyle JJ. Mining transcriptomic data to study the origins and evolution of a plant allopolyploid complex. PeerJ 2014; 2:e391. [PMID: 24883252 PMCID: PMC4034613 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.391] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2014] [Accepted: 05/01/2014] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Allopolyploidy combines two progenitor genomes in the same nucleus. It is a common speciation process, especially in plants. Deciphering the origins of polyploid species is a complex problem due to, among other things, extinct progenitors, multiple origins, gene flow between different polyploid populations, and loss of parental contributions through gene or chromosome loss. Among the perennial species of Glycine, the plant genus that includes the cultivated soybean (G. max), are eight allopolyploid species, three of which are studied here. Previous crossing studies and molecular systematic results from two nuclear gene sequences led to hypotheses of origin for these species from among extant diploid species. We use several phylogenetic and population genomics approaches to clarify the origins of the genomes of three of these allopolyploid species using single nucleotide polymorphism data and a guided transcriptome assembly. The results support the hypothesis that all three polyploid species are fixed hybrids combining the genomes of the two putative parents hypothesized on the basis of previous work. Based on mapping to the soybean reference genome, there appear to be no large regions for which one homoeologous contribution is missing. Phylogenetic analyses of 27 selected transcripts using a coalescent approach also are consistent with multiple origins for these allopolyploid species, and suggest that origins occurred within the last several hundred thousand years.
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- Department of Biology, Reed College , Portland, OR , USA
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- Department of Plant Biology, Cornell University , Ithaca, NY , USA
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He XT, Yang XQ, Zhang JB. Effects of pepsin hydrolysis on the soyβ-conglycinin aggregates formed by heat treatment at different pH. Int J Food Sci Technol 2014. [DOI: 10.1111/ijfs.12482] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Xiu-Ting He
- Research and Development Center of Food Proteins; Department of Food Science and Technology; South China University of Technology; Guangzhou 510640 China
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- Research and Development Center of Food Proteins; Department of Food Science and Technology; South China University of Technology; Guangzhou 510640 China
- State Key Laboratory of Pulp and Paper Engineering; South China University of Technology; Guangzhou 510640 China
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- Research and Development Center of Food Proteins; Department of Food Science and Technology; South China University of Technology; Guangzhou 510640 China
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Xie Z, Neigel J, Chlan C. Vicilin genes of Vigna luteola: structure, organization, expression, and variation. Biochem Genet 2011; 50:372-88. [PMID: 22160248 DOI: 10.1007/s10528-011-9481-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2011] [Accepted: 11/06/2011] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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Two different but related sequences that encode Vigna luteola 7S vicilins were isolated and characterized. The sequences differ by two nucleotide substitutions, each of which results in an amino acid replacement. This low level of divergence suggests that a recent gene duplication has occurred. Both variants are expressed in cDNA populations; therefore, neither gene is a pseudogene. Both copies were present in all individuals (72) analyzed using real-time PCR and TaqMan probes. Segregation was not observed. The two sequences are not independent alleles. Vicilin genomic sequences of 11 specimens from six geographic locations were determined. No polymorphic sites were identified in either of the two gene copies. This lack of polymorphism suggests that either a population bottleneck or selection has occurred. The genetic structure, expression patterns, and protein composition of the V. luteola vicilins were compared to those of other legume vicilins.
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- Zhongyu Xie
- Biology Department, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, P.O. Box 42451, Lafayette, LA 70504, USA
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Yin SW, Chen JC, Sun SD, Tang CH, Yang XQ, Wen QB, Qi JR. Physicochemical and structural characterisation of protein isolate, globulin and albumin from soapnut seeds (Sapindus mukorossi Gaertn.). Food Chem 2011; 128:420-6. [DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2011.03.046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2010] [Revised: 01/19/2011] [Accepted: 03/08/2011] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Cunha NB, Murad AM, Ramos GL, Maranhão AQ, Brígido MM, Araújo ACG, Lacorte C, Aragão FJL, Covas DT, Fontes AM, Souza GHMF, Vianna GR, Rech EL. Accumulation of functional recombinant human coagulation factor IX in transgenic soybean seeds. Transgenic Res 2011; 20:841-55. [PMID: 21069460 DOI: 10.1007/s11248-010-9461-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2010] [Accepted: 10/24/2010] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The seed-based production of recombinant proteins is an efficient strategy to achieve the accumulation, correct folding, and increased stability of these recombinant proteins. Among potential plant molecular farming systems, soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merrill] is a viable option for the production of recombinant proteins due to its high protein content, known regulatory sequences, efficient gene transfer protocols, and a scalable production system under greenhouse conditions. We report here the expression and stable accumulation of human coagulation factor IX (hFIX) in transgenic soybean seeds. A biolistic process was utilised to co-introduce a plasmid carrying the hFIX gene under the transcriptional control of the α' subunit of a β-conglycinin seed-specific promoter and an α-Coixin signal peptide in soybean embryonic axes from mature seeds. The 56-kDa hFIX protein was expressed in the transgenic seeds at levels of up to 0.23% (0.8 g kg(-1) seed) of the total soluble seed protein as determined by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and western blot. Ultrastructural immunocytochemistry assays indicated that the recombinant hFIX in seed cotyledonary cells was efficiently directed to protein storage vacuoles. Mass spectrometry characterisation confirmed the presence of the hFIX recombinant protein sequence. Protein extracts from transgenic seeds showed a blood-clotting activity of up to 1.4% of normal plasma. Our results demonstrate the correct processing and stable accumulation of functional hFIX in soybean seeds stored for 6 years under room temperature conditions (22 ± 2°C).
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- Nicolau B Cunha
- Embrapa Genetic Resources and Biotechnology, Parque Estação Biológica (PqEB), Av. W5 Norte, Brasília, DF 70770-917, Brazil
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Lee J, Welti R, Schapaugh WT, Trick HN. Phospholipid and triacylglycerol profiles modified by PLD suppression in soybean seed. PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL 2011; 9:359-72. [PMID: 20796246 PMCID: PMC4393948 DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7652.2010.00562.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Phospholipase D (PLD) is capable of hydrolyzing membrane phospholipids, producing phosphatidic acid. To alter phospholipid profiles in soybean seed, we attenuated PLD enzyme activity by an RNA interference construct using the partial sequence from a soybean PLDα gene. Two transgenic soybean lines were established by particle inflow gun (PIG) bombardment by co-bombarding with pSPLDi and pHG1 vectors. The lines were evaluated for the presence and expression of transgenes thoroughly through the T(4) generation. PLD-suppressed soybean lines were characterized by decreased PLDα enzyme activity and decreased PLDα protein both during seed development and in mature seeds. There was no change in total phospholipid amount; however, the PLD-attenuated transgenic soybean seed had higher levels of di18:2 (dilinoleoyl)-phosphatidylcholine (PC) and -phosphatidylethanolamine (PE) in seeds than the non-transgenic lines. The increased polyunsaturation was at the expense of PC and PE species containing monounsaturated or saturated fatty acids. In addition to increased unsaturation in the phospholipids, there was a decrease in unsaturation of the triacylglycerol (TAG) fraction of the soybean seeds. Considering recent evidence for the notion that desaturation of fatty acids occurs in the PC fraction and that the PC→DAG (diacylglycerol)→TAG pathway is the major route of TAG biosynthesis in developing soybean seed, the current data suggest that PLDα suppression slows the conversion of PC to TAG. This would be consistent with PLD playing a positive role in that conversion. The data indicate that soybean PLD attenuation is a potentially useful approach to altering properties of edible and industrial soybean lecithin.
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MESH Headings
- Blotting, Southern
- Gene Expression Regulation, Plant
- Lysophosphatidylcholines/metabolism
- Phospholipase D/genetics
- Phospholipase D/metabolism
- Phospholipids/metabolism
- Plant Oils/metabolism
- Plant Proteins/genetics
- Plant Proteins/metabolism
- Plants, Genetically Modified
- Quantitative Trait, Heritable
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- Restriction Mapping
- Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Seeds/enzymology
- Seeds/genetics
- Glycine max/enzymology
- Glycine max/genetics
- Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization
- Suppression, Genetic
- Transformation, Genetic
- Triglycerides/metabolism
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- Junghoon Lee
- Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KN, USA
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Li C, Zhang YM. Molecular evolution of glycinin and β-conglycinin gene families in soybean (Glycine max L. Merr.). Heredity (Edinb) 2011; 106:633-41. [PMID: 20668431 PMCID: PMC3183897 DOI: 10.1038/hdy.2010.97] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2010] [Revised: 06/17/2010] [Accepted: 06/24/2010] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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There are two main classes of multi-subunit seed storage proteins, glycinin (11S) and β-conglycinin (7S), which account for approximately 70% of the total protein in a typical soybean seed. The subunits of these two protein classes are encoded by a number of genes. The genomic organization of these genes follows a complex evolutionary history. This research was designed to describe the origin and maintenance of genes in each of these gene families by analyzing the synteny, phylogenies, selection pressure and duplications of the genes in each gene family. The ancestral glycinin gene initially experienced a tandem duplication event; then, the genome underwent two subsequent rounds of whole-genome duplication, thereby resulting in duplication of the glycinin genes, and finally a tandem duplication likely gave rise to the Gy1 and Gy2 genes. The β-conglycinin genes primarily originated through the more recent whole-genome duplication and several tandem duplications. Purifying selection has had a key role in the maintenance of genes in both gene families. In addition, positive selection in the glycinin genes and a large deletion in a β-conglycinin exon contribute to the diversity of the duplicate genes. In summary, our results suggest that the duplicated genes in both gene families prefer to retain similar function throughout evolution and therefore may contribute to phenotypic robustness.
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- C Li
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, College of Agriculture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, College of Agriculture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, PR China
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Imoto Y, Yamada T, Kitamura K, Kanazawa A. Spatial and temporal control of transcription of the soybean beta-conglycinin alpha subunit gene is conferred by its proximal promoter region and accounts for the unequal distribution of the protein during embryogenesis. Genes Genet Syst 2008; 83:469-76. [PMID: 19282624 DOI: 10.1266/ggs.83.469] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Differentiation into specific embryo cell types correlates with the processes that lead to the accumulation of seed storage proteins in plants. The alpha subunit of beta-conglycinin, a major component of seed storage proteins in soybean, accumulates at a higher level in cotyledons than in the embryonic axis in developing embryos. To understand the mechanisms underlying this phenomenon, we characterized the upstream region of the alpha subunit gene in terms of transcriptional control using transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana plants carrying reporter gene constructs comprising the 1357-bp upstream sequence of the alpha subunit gene and the beta-glucuronidase (GUS) gene. Analysis of the time-course-dependent pattern of GUS expression revealed that the expression was first confined to the cotyledons and occurred later in the entire embryo during embryogenesis. The level of GUS expression was higher in cotyledons than in the embryonic axis throughout the period of its expression, coincident with the distribution of the alpha subunit protein in soybean embryos. By testing progressively shorter promoter fragments, the cis-acting elements responsible for transcriptional activation in the cotyledons and the embryonic axis were both localized to the region spanning -245 to -161 relative to the transcription start site. It is also concluded that the upstream region up to -245 is sufficient to control the spatial and temporal pattern of transcription, while further upstream regions influence transcription rate without affecting the transcriptional pattern. Overall, these results indicate that the unequal distribution of alpha subunit protein within the embryos is established primarily as a consequence of differential transcriptional activation controlled by a short proximal promoter region of the gene in different embryonic tissues.
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- Yusuke Imoto
- Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University
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Bansal S, Mishra A, Tomar A, Sharma S, Khanna VK, Garg GK. Isolation and temporal endospermal expression of γ-kafirin gene of grain sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L. moench) var. M 35-1 for introgression analysis of transgene. J Cereal Sci 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcs.2008.06.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Sáenz de Miera LE, Ramos J, Pérez de la Vega M. A comparative study of convicilin storage protein gene sequences in species of the tribe Vicieae. Genome 2008; 51:511-23. [PMID: 18545275 DOI: 10.1139/g08-036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2023]
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Convicilins, a set of seed storage proteins, differ from vicilins, a related group of seed storage proteins, mainly because of the presence of the N-terminal extension, an additional sequence of amino acids in the sequence corresponding to the first exon. Convicilins have been described only in species of the legume tribe Vicieae. One or two genes for convicilins have been identified in most species of this tribe. The genus Pisum is the main exception, since two genes have been identified in most of its species. Thirty-four new convicilin gene sequences from 29 different species (Lathyrus, Lens, Pisum, and Vicia spp.) have been analyzed here. Convicilin gene sequences are generally organized in 6 exons, but in some instances one of the internal introns (2nd or 4th) is lost. In these 29 species, the N-terminal extension is formed by a stretch of 99 to 196 amino acids particularly rich in polar and charged amino acids (on average, it contains 29.43% glutamic acid and 15.38% arginine residues). This N-terminal extension has the characteristics of an intrinsically unstructured region (IUR), one of the categories of protein "degenerate sequences". A comparative analysis indicates that the N-terminal extension sequence has evolved faster than the surrounding sequence, which is common to all vicilins, and it evolved mainly through a series of duplications of short internal sequences and triplet expansions, the predominant one being GAA. This agrees with the evolution of IURs, which is faster than the evolution of surrounding sequences and is mainly due to replication slippage and unequal crossover recombination. Alternative maximum-likelihood trees of phylogenetic relationships among the 29 Vicieae species based on the convicilin exon sequences are presented and discussed.
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- L E Sáenz de Miera
- Area de Genetica, Departamento de Biologia Molecular, Universidad de Leon, 24071 Leon, Spain.
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Yamada Y, Nishizawa K, Yokoo M, Zhao H, Onishi K, Teraishi M, Utsumi S, Ishimoto M, Yoshikawa M. Anti-hypertensive activity of genetically modified soybean seeds accumulating novokinin. Peptides 2008; 29:331-7. [PMID: 18226422 DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2007.11.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2007] [Revised: 11/23/2007] [Accepted: 11/29/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Novokinin (Arg-Pro-Leu-Lys-Pro-Trp), which has been designed based on the structure of ovokinin (2-7), significantly reduces the systolic blood pressure at a dose of 100 microg/kg after oral administration in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHRs). In this study, we generated a transgenic soybean which accumulates novokinin. A vector encoding a modified beta-conglycinin alpha' subunit (4novokinin-alpha') in which four novokinin sequences have been incorporated by site-directed mutagenesis was introduced into somatic embryos by whisker-mediated gene transformation to produce a transgenic soybean. The 4novokinin-alpha' occupied 0.5% of total soluble protein and 5% of the beta-conglycinin alpha' subunit in the transgenic soybean seeds. Protein extracted from the transgenic soybean reduced systolic blood pressure after single oral administration in SHRs at a dose of 0.15 g/kg. Defatted flour from the transgenic soybean also reduced the systolic blood pressure at a dose of 0.25 g/kg. Thus, the 4novokinin-alpha' produced in soybean exhibited an anti-hypertensive activity in SHRs after oral administration.
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- Yuko Yamada
- Division of Food Science and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto, Japan.
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Sriram G, Iyer VV, Bruce Fulton D, Shanks JV. Identification of hexose hydrolysis products in metabolic flux analytes: a case study of levulinic acid in plant protein hydrolysate. Metab Eng 2007; 9:442-51. [PMID: 17888703 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymben.2007.07.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2007] [Revised: 06/27/2007] [Accepted: 07/27/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Biosynthetically directed fractional (13)C labeling, a popular methodology of metabolic flux analysis, involves culture on a mixture of (13)C and (12)C substrates and preparation a 'metabolic flux analyte' (typically protein hydrolysate) from the biomass. Metabolic flux analytes prepared from complex eukaryotes may contain additional compounds than those prepared from microorganisms. We report the presence of such compounds (hexose hydrolysis products) in a plant metabolic flux analyte (acid hydrolyzed protein from soybean embryos). We designed NMR experiments to systematically identify these compounds, and found that they were levulinic acid (LVA; major) and hydroxyacetone (HyA; minor). These acid hydrolysis products of hexoses (glucose and mannose) were generated during acid hydrolysis of glycosylating sugars (glucosamine and mannose) associated with soybean embryo protein. Analysis of LVA by two-dimensional [(13)C, (1)H] NMR and measurement of its J-coupling constants revealed long-range coupling between atoms C3 and C5, which enables LVA to provide more isotopomer information than its precursor hexose. Furthermore, we found that LVA and HyA preserve the isotopomeric composition of the metabolic hexose from which they are derived. An important consequence of these results is that comparison of LVA and HyA isotopomers from two separate metabolic flux analytes (protein hydrolysate and starch hydrolysate) from the same plant tissue can distinguish between parallel glycolysis and pentose phosphate pathways in different subcellular compartments.
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- Ganesh Sriram
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Iowa State University, 3031 Sweeney Hall, Ames, IA 50011, USA
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Vickers CE, Xue G, Gresshoff PM. A novel cis-acting element, ESP, contributes to high-level endosperm-specific expression in an oat globulin promoter. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2006; 62:195-214. [PMID: 16915522 DOI: 10.1007/s11103-006-9014-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2006] [Accepted: 04/28/2006] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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To examine the genetic controls of endosperm (ES) specificity, several cereal seed storage protein (SSP) promoters were isolated and studied using a transient expression analysis system. An oat globulin promoter (AsGlo1) capable of driving strong ES-specific expression in barley and wheat was identified. Progressive 5' deletions and cis element mutations demonstrated that the mechanism of specificity in the AsGlo1 promoter was distinct from that observed in glutelin and prolamin promoters. A novel interrupted palindromic sequence, ACATGTCATCATGT, was required for ES specificity and substantially contributed to expression strength of the AsGlo1 promoter. This sequence was termed the endosperm specificity palindrome (ESP) element. The GCN4 element, which has previously been shown to be required for ES specificity in cereal SSP promoters, had a quantitative role but was not required for tissue specificity. The 960-bp AsGlo1 promoter and a 251-bp deletion containing the ESP element also drove ES-specific expression in stably transformed barley. Reporter gene protein accumulated at very high levels (10% of total soluble protein) in ES tissues of plants transformed with an AsGlo1:GFP construct. Expression strength and tissue specificity were maintained over five transgenic generations. These attributes make the AsGlo1 promoter an ideal promoter for biotechnology applications. In conjunction with previous findings, our data demonstrate that there is more than one genetically distinct mechanism by which ES specificity can be achieved in cereal SSP promoters, and also suggest that there is redundancy between transcriptional and post-transcriptional tissue specificity mechanisms in cereal globulin genes.
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- Claudia E Vickers
- CSIRO Plant Industry, 306 Carmody Rd, St Lucia, Brisbane 4067, Australia.
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Miernyk JA, Johnston ML. Chemical cross-linking immobilized concanavalin A for use in proteomic analyses. Prep Biochem Biotechnol 2006; 36:203-14. [PMID: 16707331 DOI: 10.1080/10826060600716224] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Lectin affinity chromatography was used to reduce the amount of the abundant glycoprotein beta-conglycinin in total protein samples prepared from developing soybean (Glycine max L. Merrill cv. Jack) seeds. Electrophoretic analysis of both the concanavalin A-Sepharose binding and non-binding fraction revealed an abundant protein band at Mr 26,000. The amount of this protein was greatly increased when concanavalin A-Sepharose was used with urea-containing buffers. Peptide mass fingerprint analysis of this abundant protein band unequivocally identified it as concanavalin A (con A). A simple and gentle method was used to chemically cross-link the con A subunits so that the lectin-Sepharose retained the ability to bind high-mannose type glycoproteins. The chemically cross-linked con A-Sepharose was stable in buffers that contained up to 8M urea, making this an affinity matrix suitable for use in electrophoresis-based proteomic analyses.
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- Jan A Miernyk
- USDA, Agricultural Research Service, Plant Genetics Research Unit, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri 65211, USA.
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Sriram G, Fulton DB, Iyer VV, Peterson JM, Zhou R, Westgate ME, Spalding MH, Shanks JV. Quantification of compartmented metabolic fluxes in developing soybean embryos by employing biosynthetically directed fractional (13)C labeling, two-dimensional [(13)C, (1)H] nuclear magnetic resonance, and comprehensive isotopomer balancing. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2004; 136:3043-57. [PMID: 15466217 PMCID: PMC523366 DOI: 10.1104/pp.104.050625] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2004] [Revised: 08/06/2004] [Accepted: 08/06/2004] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Metabolic flux quantification in plants is instrumental in the detailed understanding of metabolism but is difficult to perform on a systemic level. Toward this aim, we report the development and application of a computer-aided metabolic flux analysis tool that enables the concurrent evaluation of fluxes in several primary metabolic pathways. Labeling experiments were performed by feeding a mixture of U-(13)C Suc, naturally abundant Suc, and Gln to developing soybean (Glycine max) embryos. Two-dimensional [(13)C, (1)H] NMR spectra of seed storage protein and starch hydrolysates were acquired and yielded a labeling data set consisting of 155 (13)C isotopomer abundances. We developed a computer program to automatically calculate fluxes from this data. This program accepts a user-defined metabolic network model and incorporates recent mathematical advances toward accurate and efficient flux evaluation. Fluxes were calculated and statistical analysis was performed to obtain sds. A high flux was found through the oxidative pentose phosphate pathway (19.99 +/- 4.39 micromol d(-1) cotyledon(-1), or 104.2 carbon mol +/- 23.0 carbon mol per 100 carbon mol of Suc uptake). Separate transketolase and transaldolase fluxes could be distinguished in the plastid and the cytosol, and those in the plastid were found to be at least 6-fold higher. The backflux from triose to hexose phosphate was also found to be substantial in the plastid (21.72 +/- 5.00 micromol d(-1) cotyledon(-1), or 113.2 carbon mol +/-26.0 carbon mol per 100 carbon mol of Suc uptake). Forward and backward directions of anaplerotic fluxes could be distinguished. The glyoxylate shunt flux was found to be negligible. Such a generic flux analysis tool can serve as a quantitative tool for metabolic studies and phenotype comparisons and can be extended to other plant systems.
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- Ganesh Sriram
- Department of Chemical Engineering , Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, USA
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Qu LQ, Takaiwa F. Evaluation of tissue specificity and expression strength of rice seed component gene promoters in transgenic rice. PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL 2004; 2:113-25. [PMID: 17147604 DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7652.2004.00055.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Using stable transgenic rice plants, the promoters of 15 genes expressed in rice seed were analysed for their spatial and temporal expression pattern and their potential to promote the expression of recombinant proteins in seeds. The 15 genes included 10 seed storage protein genes and five genes for enzymes involved in carbohydrate and nitrogen metabolism. The promoters for the glutelins and the 13 kDa and 16 kDa prolamins directed endosperm-specific expression, especially in the outer portion (peripheral region) of the endosperm, whilst the embryo globulin and 18 kDa oleosin promoters directed expression in the embryo and aleurone layer. Fusion of the GUS gene to the 26 kDa globulin promoter resulted in expression in the inner starchy endosperm tissue. It should be noted that the 10 kDa prolamin gene was the only one tested that required both the 5' and 3' flanking regions for intrinsic endosperm-specific expression. The promoters from the pyruvate orthophosphate dikinase (PPDK) and ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase (AGPase) small subunit genes were active not only in the seed, but also in the phloem of vegetative tissues. Within the seed, the expression from these two promoters differed in that the PPDK gene was only expressed in the endosperm, whereas the AGPase small subunit gene was expressed throughout the seed. The GUS reporter gene fused to the alanine aminotransferase (AlaAT) promoter was expressed in the inner portion of the starchy endosperm, whilst the starch branching enzyme (SBE1) and the glutamate synthase (GOGAT) genes were mainly expressed in the scutellum (between the endosperm and embryo). When promoter activities were examined during seed maturation, the glutelin GluB-4, 26 kDa globulin and 10 kDa and 16 kDa prolamin promoters exhibited much higher activities than the others. The seed promoters analysed here exhibited a wide variety of activities and expression patterns, thus providing many choices suitable for various applications in plant biotechnology.
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- Le Qing Qu
- Department of Plant Biotechnology, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Kannondai 2-1-2, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8602, Japan
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Maruyama N, Fukuda T, Saka S, Inui N, Kotoh J, Miyagawa M, Hayashi M, Sawada M, Moriyama T, Utsumi S. Molecular and structural analysis of electrophoretic variants of soybean seed storage proteins. PHYTOCHEMISTRY 2003; 64:701-8. [PMID: 13679092 DOI: 10.1016/s0031-9422(03)00385-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Soybean (Glycine max L.) storage proteins are composed mainly of two major components, beta-conglycinin and glycinin. Electrophoretic variants of the beta subunit of beta-conglycinin and the A3 polypeptide of glycinin were detected on SDS-PAGE, and designated them as beta* and A3*, respectively. beta* and A3* exhibited higher and lower mobilities, respectively, than the common beta subunit and A3 polypeptide. The N-terminal nine and 10 amino acid sequences of beta* and A3* were completely identical to the previously reported sequences of the beta subunit and the A3 polypeptide, respectively. Analysis using concanavalin A-horseradish peroxidase and treatment with N-glycosidase indicated that glycans were not responsible for the difference in electrophoretic mobility of beta* or A3*. Furthermore, five clones of beta* or beta and three clones of A3*, respectively, were sequenced but we could not detect deletions and insertions except for a single or a few amino acid substitutions as compared with the common beta subunit and A3 polypeptide. These results indicate that a single or a few amino acid substitution affects the electrophoretic mobilities of beta* and A3*.
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- Nobuyuki Maruyama
- Laboratory of Food Quality Design and Development, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan
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Nishi T, Hara H, Asano K, Tomita F. The soybean beta-conglycinin beta 51-63 fragment suppresses appetite by stimulating cholecystokinin release in rats. J Nutr 2003; 133:2537-42. [PMID: 12888633 DOI: 10.1093/jn/133.8.2537] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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We previously demonstrated that soybean beta-conglycinin peptone suppresses food intake and gastric emptying by direct action on rat small intestinal mucosal cells to stimulate cholecystokinin (CCK) release. The aim of the present study was to define the active fragment in beta-conglycinin by using synthetic peptides chosen from the sequence of three beta-conglycinin subunits. We selected the fragments that had multiple nonadjacent arginine residues, and investigated their ability to bind to components of the rat intestinal brush border membrane as well as to stimulate CCK release and appetite suppression. The fragment from 51 to 63 of the beta subunit (beta 51-63) had the strongest binding activity. Intraduodenal infusion of beta 51-63 inhibited food intake and markedly increased portal CCK concentration. The threshold concentration of beta 51-63 to affect food intake was 3 micro mol/L. The CCK-A receptor antagonist abolished the beta 51-63-induced suppression of food intake. Three types of smaller fragments of beta 51-63 (beta 51-59, beta 53-63 and beta 53-59) and two types of fragments similar to beta 51-63 in the beta-conglycinin alpha and alpha' subunits (alpha 212-224 and alpha' 230-240) had less binding ability than did beta 51-63. Model peptides constructed with arginine (R) and glycine (G), such as GRGRGRG, had strong binding affinity, but peptides containing a single R or RR did not. These results indicate that the beta-conglycinin beta 51-63 fragment is the bioactive appetite suppressant in beta-conglycinin, and multiple arginine residues in the fragment may be involved in this effect.
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- Takashi Nishi
- Northern Advancement Center for Science and Technology, Colabo-Hokkaido, Sapporo 001-0021, Japan
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Yu O, Shi J, Hession AO, Maxwell CA, McGonigle B, Odell JT. Metabolic engineering to increase isoflavone biosynthesis in soybean seed. PHYTOCHEMISTRY 2003; 63:753-63. [PMID: 12877915 DOI: 10.1016/s0031-9422(03)00345-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Isoflavone levels in Glycine max (soybean) were increased via metabolic engineering of the complex phenylpropanoid biosynthetic pathway. Phenylpropanoid pathway genes were activated by expression of the maize C1 and R transcription factors in soybean seed, which decreased genistein and increased the daidzein levels with a small overall increase in total isoflavone levels. Cosuppression of flavanone 3-hydroxylase to block the anthocyanin branch of the pathway, in conjunction with C1/R expression, resulted in higher levels of isoflavones. The combination of transcription factor-driven gene activation and suppression of a competing pathway provided a successful means of enhancing accumulation of isoflavones in soybean seed.
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- Oliver Yu
- E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, Inc., Crop Genetics, Experimental Station, PO Box 80402, Wilmington, DE 19880-0402, USA
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Cahoon EB, Schnurr JA, Huffman EA, Minto RE. Fungal responsive fatty acid acetylenases occur widely in evolutionarily distant plant families. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2003; 34:671-683. [PMID: 12787248 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313x.2003.01757.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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The fungal elicitor-induced ELI12 gene from parsley has been previously shown to encode a divergent form of the Delta12-oleic acid desaturase. In this report, we show that the ELI12 gene product is a fatty acid acetylenase or a triple-bond-forming enzyme. Expression of this enzyme in transgenic soybean seeds was accompanied by the accumulation of the Delta12-acetylenic fatty acids, crepenynic and dehydrocrepenynic acids. Using PCR with degenerate oligonucleotides, we also show that homologs of the ELI12 gene are present in other members of the Apiaceae family. In addition, cDNAs for divergent forms of the Delta12-oleic acid desaturase were detected among the expressed sequence tags (ESTs) from English ivy, an Araliaceae species, and sunflower, an Asteraceae species. As with the ELI12 gene, expression of these cDNAs in transgenic soybean embryos was accompanied by the accumulation of crepenynic and dehydrocrepenynic acids. Homologs of the sunflower acetylenase gene were also detected in other Asteraceae species, as revealed by PCR analysis of isolated genomic DNA. Results from Northern blot and EST analyses indicated that the expression of the sunflower gene, like ELI12, was induced by fungal elicitation. Overall, these results demonstrate that expressed genes for Delta12-fatty acid acetylenases occur in at least three plant families, and are responsive to fungal pathogenesis. Natural products derived from crepenynic and dehydrocrepenynic acids that display antifungal, insecticidal, and nematicidal properties are distributed through at least 15 plant families. The acetylenases described here provide probes for chemotaxonomists, and facilitate functional genomic and molecular investigations of these defensive mechanisms.
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- Edgar B Cahoon
- DuPont Crop Genetics, Experimental Station, Wilmington, DE 19880, USA
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Nishizawa K, Maruyama N, Satoh R, Fuchikami Y, Higasa T, Utsumi S. A C-terminal sequence of soybean beta-conglycinin alpha' subunit acts as a vacuolar sorting determinant in seed cells. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2003; 34:647-59. [PMID: 12787246 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313x.2003.01754.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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In maturing seed cells, many newly synthesized proteins are transported to the protein storage vacuoles (PSVs) via vesicles unique to seed cells. Vacuolar sorting determinants (VSDs) in most of these proteins have been determined using leaf, root or suspension-cultured cells apart from seed cells. In this study, we examined the VSD of the alpha' subunit of beta-conglycinin (7S globulin), one of the major seed storage proteins of soybean, using Arabidopsis and soybean seeds. The wild-type alpha' was transported to the matrix of the PSVs in seed cells of transgenic Arabidopsis, and it formed crystalloid-like structures. Some of the wild-type alpha' was also transported to the translucent compartments (TLCs) in the PSV presumed to be the globoid compartments. However, a derivative lacking the C-terminal 10 amino acids was not transported to the PSV matrix, and was secreted out of the cells, although a portion was also transported to the TLCs. The C-terminal region of alpha' was sufficient to transport a green fluorescent protein (GFP) to the PSV matrix. These indicate that alpha' contains two VSDs: one is present in the C-terminal 10 amino acids and is for the PSV matrix; and the other is for the TLC (the globoid compartment). We further verified that the C-terminal 10 amino acids were sufficient to transport GFP to the PSV matrix in soybean seed cells by using a transient expression system.
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- Keito Nishizawa
- Laboratory of Food Quality Design and Development, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan
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Herman EM, Helm RM, Jung R, Kinney AJ. Genetic modification removes an immunodominant allergen from soybean. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2003; 132:36-43. [PMID: 12746509 PMCID: PMC1540313 DOI: 10.1104/pp.103.021865] [Citation(s) in RCA: 157] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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The increasing use of soybean (Glycine max) products in processed foods poses a potential threat to soybean-sensitive food-allergic individuals. In vitro assays on soybean seed proteins with sera from soybean-sensitive individuals have immunoglobulin E reactivity to abundant storage proteins and a few less-abundant seed proteins. One of these low abundance proteins, Gly m Bd 30 K, also referred to as P34, is in fact a major (i.e. immunodominant) soybean allergen. Although a member of the papain protease superfamily, Gly m Bd 30 K has a glycine in the conserved catalytic cysteine position found in all other cysteine proteases. Transgene-induced gene silencing was used to prevent the accumulation of Gly m Bd 30 K protein in soybean seeds. The Gly m Bd 30 K-silenced plants and their seeds lacked any compositional, developmental, structural, or ultrastructural phenotypic differences when compared with control plants. Proteomic analysis of extracts from transgenic seed detected the suppression of Gly m Bd 30 K-related peptides but no other significant changes in polypeptide pattern. The lack of a collateral alteration of any other seed protein in the Gly m Bd 30 K-silenced seeds supports the presumption that the protein does not have a role in seed protein processing and maturation. These data provide evidence for substantial equivalence of composition of transgenic and non-transgenic seed eliminating one of the dominant allergens of soybean seeds.
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- Eliot M Herman
- Plant Genetics Research Unit, United States Department of Agriculture/Agricultural Research Service, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, 975 North Warson Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63132, USA
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Dry beans are an important source of proteins, carbohydrates, dietary fiber, and certain minerals and vitamins in the human food supply. Among dry beans, Phaseolus beans are cultivated and consumed in the greatest quantity on a worldwide basis. Typically, most dry beans contain 15 to 25% protein on a dry weight basis (dwb). Water-soluble albumins and salt-soluble globulins, respectively, account for up to 10 to 30% and 45 to 70% of the total proteins (dwb). Dry bean albumins are typically composed of several different proteins, including lectins and enzyme inhibitors. A single 7S globulin dominates dry bean salt soluble fraction (globulins) and may account for up to 50 to 55% of the total proteins in the dry beans (dwb). Most dry bean proteins are deficient in sulfur amino acids, methionine, and cysteine, and therefore are of lower nutritional quality when compared with the animal proteins. Despite this limitation, dry beans make a significant contribution to the human dietary protein intake. In bean-based foods, dry bean proteins also serve additional functions that may include surface activity, hydration, and hydration-related properties, structure, and certain organoleptic properties. This article is intended to provide an overview of dry bean protein functionality with emphases on nutritional quality and hydration-related properties.
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- S K Sathe
- Department of Nutrition, Food and Excercise Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee 32306-1493, USA
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Balasundaresan D, Sugadev R, Ponnuswamy MN. Purification and crystallization of coconut globulin cocosin from Cocos nucifera. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2002; 1601:121-2. [PMID: 12429510 DOI: 10.1016/s1570-9639(02)00401-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Cocosin is a legume class reserve protein found in coconut endosperm. Using coconut endosperm, two methods of purification were done. Crystallization was achieved by vapor diffusion (hanging drop) method using MPD, PEG 3350 and PEG 4000 as precipitants. X-ray diffraction data to 3.5-A resolution were collected using Mar345 image plate detector system. Crystals of cocosin grown under 20% MPD, are rhombohedral with space group R3 and cell dimensions a=92.829 A, b=92.829 A, c=215.290 A.
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- D Balasundaresan
- Department of Crystallography and Biophysics, University of Madras, Guindy Campus, Chennai 600025, India
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Cahoon EB, Ripp KG, Hall SE, McGonigle B. Transgenic production of epoxy fatty acids by expression of a cytochrome P450 enzyme from Euphorbia lagascae seed. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2002; 128:615-24. [PMID: 11842164 PMCID: PMC148923 DOI: 10.1104/pp.010768] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2001] [Revised: 10/24/2001] [Accepted: 10/31/2001] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Seed oils of a number of Asteraceae and Euphorbiaceae species are enriched in 12-epoxyoctadeca-cis-9-enoic acid (vernolic acid), an unusual 18-carbon Delta(12)-epoxy fatty acid with potential industrial value. It has been previously demonstrated that the epoxy group of vernolic acid is synthesized by the activity of a Delta(12)-oleic acid desaturase-like enzyme in seeds of the Asteraceae Crepis palaestina and Vernonia galamensis. In contrast, results from metabolic studies have suggested the involvement of a cytochrome P450 enzyme in vernolic acid synthesis in seeds of the Euphorbiaceae species Euphorbia lagascae. To clarify the biosynthetic origin of vernolic acid in E. lagascae seed, an expressed sequence tag analysis was conducted. Among 1,006 randomly sequenced cDNAs from developing E. lagascae seeds, two identical expressed sequence tags were identified that encode a cytochrome P450 enzyme classified as CYP726A1. Consistent with the seed-specific occurrence of vernolic acid in E. lagascae, mRNA corresponding to the CYP726A1 gene was abundant in developing seeds, but was not detected in leaves. In addition, expression of the E. lagascae CYP726A1 cDNA in Saccharomyces cerevisiae was accompanied by production of vernolic acid in cultures supplied with linoleic acid and an epoxy fatty acid tentatively identified as 12-epoxyoctadeca-9,15-dienoic acid (12-epoxy-18:2Delta(9,15)) in cultures supplied with alpha-linolenic acid. Consistent with this, expression of CYP726A1 in transgenic tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) callus or somatic soybean (Glycine max) embryos resulted in the accumulation of vernolic acid and 12-epoxy-18:2Delta(9,15). Overall, these results conclusively demonstrate that Asteraceae species and the Euphorbiaceae E. lagascae have evolved structurally unrelated enzymes to generate the Delta(12)-epoxy group of vernolic acid.
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- Edgar B Cahoon
- DuPont Crop Genetics, Experimental Station, Wilmington, DE 19880-0402, USA.
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Sáenz de Miera LE, Pérez de la Vega M. Evidence that the N-terminal extension of the Vicieae convicilin genes evolved by intragenic duplications and trinucleotide expansions. Genome 2001. [DOI: 10.1139/g01-107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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This study was aimed to identify lentil (Lens culinaris subsp. culinaris) convicilin genes and to carry out a comparative analysis of these genes in the tribe Vicieae. Convicilins differ from vicilins, a related group of plant seed storage proteins, mainly by the presence of an additional sequence of amino acids in the sequence corresponding to the first exon, referred as the N-terminal extension. A single gene for convicilin, a component of legume seed storage proteins, was identified in the cultivated lentil. In this species, the N-terminal extension is formed by a stretch of 126 amino acids of which 59.2% are charged amino acids: 29.6% glutamic acid, 3.2% aspartic acid, 14.4% arginine, 8.8% lysine, and 3.2% histidine. This lentil convicilin sequence is similar to the sequence of convicilins in other species of the tribe Vicieae. However, the size of the N-terminal extension clearly differs among convicilins. Sequence comparison and phylogenetic analyses including convicilin and vicilin of Vicieae species indicated that the differentiation between vicilins and convicilins predated the differentiation of the two vicilin gene families (47- and 50-kDa vicilins), and that the N-terminal extension evolved mainly by a series of duplications of short internal sequences and triplet expansions, the predominant one being GAA.Key words: convicilin, evolution by duplications, Lens culinaris Medik., lentil, legumes, trinucleotide expansion.
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Kagawa H, Yamauchi F, Hirano H. Soybean basic 7 S globulin represents a protein widely distributed in legume species. FEBS Lett 2001. [DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(87)80568-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Yoshino M, Kanazawa A, Tsutsumi KI, Nakamura I, Shimamoto Y. Structure and characterization of the gene encoding alpha subunit of soybean beta-conglycinin. Genes Genet Syst 2001; 76:99-105. [PMID: 11434464 DOI: 10.1266/ggs.76.99] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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beta-conglycinin, a soybean seed storage protein, is comprised of three different subunits, a, alpha', and beta. Several candidates for the alpha subunit gene have been isolated, however, the structure of the alpha subunit gene has not been completely determined. Accordingly, it was also unknown which of the gene candidates are functionally active. Here, we have determined the nucleotide sequence and transcription start site of the alpha subunit gene, and compared the structural components with those of the other subunits or other seed protein genes. The a subunit gene, which is located on a 7.6-kb EcoRI fragment, was composed of six exons that had the same organization as those for the alpha' subunit gene. Within a 400 bp upstream region of the transcription start site, four regions (designated as boxes I, II, III, and IV) were found to be conserved among the alpha, alpha', and other seed protein genes. Genomic Southern blot analysis of soybean varieties lacking the alpha subunit gene candidate indicated that the gene characterized in this paper actually encodes the a subunit and is functionally active. In addition, these experiments revealed the presence of an additional gene which is also responsible for the expression of the a subunit.
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- M Yoshino
- Laboratory of Plant Genetics and Evolution, Graduate School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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Seo S, Tan-Wilson A, Wilson KA. Protease C2, a cysteine endopeptidase involved in the continuing mobilization of soybean beta-conglycinin seed proteins. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2001; 1545:192-206. [PMID: 11342045 DOI: 10.1016/s0167-4838(00)00277-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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The protease that degrades the beta subunit of the soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merrill) storage protein beta-conglycinin was purified from the cotyledons of seedlings grown for 12 days. The enzyme was named protease C2 because it is the second enzyme to cleave the beta-conglycinin storage protein, the first (protease C1) being one that degrades only the alpha' and alpha subunits of the storage protein to products similar in size and sequence to the remaining intact beta subunit. Protease C2 activity is not evident in vivo until 4 days after imbibition of the seed. The 31 kDa enzyme is a cysteine protease with a pH optimum with beta-conglycinin as substrate of 5.5. The action of protease C2 on native beta-conglycinin produces a set of large fragments (52-46 kDa in size) and small fragments (29-25 kDa). This is consistent with cleavage of all beta-conglycinin subunits at the region linking their N- and C-domains. Protease C2 also cleaves phaseolin, the Phaseolus vulgaris vicilin homologous to beta-conglycinin, to fragments in the 25-28 kDa range. N-Terminal sequences of isolated beta-conglycinin and phaseolin products show that protease C2 cleaves at a bond within a very mobile surface loop connecting the two compact structural domains of each subunit. The protease C2 cleavage specificity appears to be dictated by the substrate's three-dimensional structure rather than a specificity for a particular amino acid or sequence.
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- S Seo
- Department of Biological Sciences, P.O. Box 6000, State University of New York at Binghamton, Binghamton, NY 13902-6000, USA
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Cahoon EB, Ripp KG, Hall SE, Kinney AJ. Formation of conjugated delta8,delta10-double bonds by delta12-oleic-acid desaturase-related enzymes: biosynthetic origin of calendic acid. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:2637-43. [PMID: 11067856 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m009188200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Divergent forms of the plant Delta(12)-oleic-acid desaturase (FAD2) have previously been shown to catalyze the formation of acetylenic bonds, epoxy groups, and conjugated Delta(11),Delta(13)-double bonds by modification of an existing Delta(12)-double bond in C(18) fatty acids. Here, we report a class of FAD2-related enzymes that modifies a Delta(9)-double bond to produce the conjugated trans-Delta(8),trans-Delta(10)-double bonds found in calendic acid (18:3Delta(8trans,10trans,12cis)), the major component of the seed oil of Calendula officinalis. Using an expressed sequence tag approach, cDNAs for two closely related FAD2-like enzymes, designated CoFADX-1 and CoFADX-2, were identified from a C. officinalis developing seed cDNA library. The deduced amino acid sequences of these polypeptides share 40-50% identity with those of other FAD2 and FAD2-related enzymes. Expression of either CoFADX-1 or CoFADX-2 in somatic soybean embryos resulted in the production of calendic acid. In embryos expressing CoFADX-2, calendic acid accumulated to as high as 22% (w/w) of the total fatty acids. In addition, expression of CoFADX-1 and CoFADX-2 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae was accompanied by calendic acid accumulation when induced cells were supplied exogenous linoleic acid (18:2Delta(9cis,12cis)). These results are thus consistent with a route of calendic acid synthesis involving modification of the Delta(9)-double bond of linoleic acid. Regiospecificity for Delta(9)-double bonds is unprecedented among FAD2-related enzymes and further expands the functional diversity found in this family of enzymes.
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- E B Cahoon
- DuPont Nutrition and Health, Experimental Station, Wilmington, Delaware 19880-0402, USA.
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