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Iraninasab S, Sharifian S, Homaei A, Homaee MB, Sharma T, Nadda AK, Kennedy JF, Bilal M, Iqbal HMN. Emerging trends in environmental and industrial applications of marine carbonic anhydrase: a review. Bioprocess Biosyst Eng 2022; 45:431-451. [PMID: 34821989 DOI: 10.1007/s00449-021-02667-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2021] [Accepted: 11/10/2021] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Biocatalytic conversion of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide into commercial products is one of the promising key approaches to solve the problem of climate change. Microbial enzymes, including carbonic anhydrase, NAD-dependent formate dehydrogenase, ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase, and methane monooxygenase, have been exploited to convert atmospheric gases into industrial products. Carbonic anhydrases are Zn2+-dependent metalloenzymes that catalyze the reversible conversion of CO2 into bicarbonate. They are widespread in bacteria, algae, plants, and higher organisms. In higher organisms, they regulate the physiological pH and contribute to CO2 transport in the blood. In plants, algae, and photosynthetic bacteria carbonic anhydrases are involved in photosynthesis. Converting CO2 into bicarbonate by carbonic anhydrases can solidify gaseous CO2, thereby reducing global warming due to the burning of fossil fuels. This review discusses the three-dimensional structures of carbonic anhydrases, their physiological role in marine life, their catalytic mechanism, the types of inhibitors, and their medicine and industry applications.
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- Sudabeh Iraninasab
- Department of Marine Biology, Faculty of Marine Science and Technology, University of Hormozgan, P.O. Box 3995, Bandar Abbas, Iran
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- Department of Marine Biology, Faculty of Marine Science and Technology, University of Hormozgan, P.O. Box 3995, Bandar Abbas, Iran
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- Department of Marine Biology, Faculty of Marine Science and Technology, University of Hormozgan, P.O. Box 3995, Bandar Abbas, Iran.
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- Department of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Jaypee University of Information Technology, Waknaghat, Solan, 173 234, India
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- Department of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Jaypee University of Information Technology, Waknaghat, Solan, 173 234, India
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- Chembiotech Laboratories, Advanced Science and Technology Institute, The Kyrewood Centre, Tenbury Wells, Worcs, WR15 8FF, UK
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- School of Life Science and Food Engineering, Huaiyin Institute of Technology, Huaian, 223003, China
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- Tecnologico de Monterrey, School of Engineering and Sciences, 64849, Monterrey, Mexico
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Kumar S, Seth D, Deshpande PA. Molecular dynamics simulations identify the regions of compromised thermostability in SazCA. Proteins 2020; 89:375-388. [PMID: 33146427 DOI: 10.1002/prot.26022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2020] [Revised: 09/14/2020] [Accepted: 10/16/2020] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The present study examined the structure and dynamics of the most active and thermostable carbonic anhydrase, SazCA, probed using molecular dynamics simulations. The molecular system was described by widely used biological force-fields (AMBER, CHARMM22, CHARMM36, and OPLS-AA) in conjunction with TIP3P water model. The comparison of molecular dynamics simulation results suggested AMBER to be a suitable choice to describe the structure and dynamics of SazCA. In addition to this, we also addressed the effect of temperature on the stability of SazCA. We performed molecular dynamics simulations at 313, 333, 353, 373, and 393 K to study the relationship between thermostability and flexibility in SazCA. The amino acid residues VAL98, ASN99, GLY100, LYS101, GLU145, and HIS207 were identified as the most flexible residues from root-mean-square fluctuations. The salt bridge analysis showed that ion-pairs ASP113-LYS81, ASP115-LYS81, ASP115-LYS114, GLU144-LYS143, and GLU144-LYS206, were responsible for the compromised thermal stability of SazCA.
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- Shashi Kumar
- Quantum and Molecular Engineering Laboratory, Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, India
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- Quantum and Molecular Engineering Laboratory, Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, India
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- Quantum and Molecular Engineering Laboratory, Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, India
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Momayyezi M, McKown AD, Bell SCS, Guy RD. Emerging roles for carbonic anhydrase in mesophyll conductance and photosynthesis. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2020; 101:831-844. [PMID: 31816145 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.14638] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2019] [Revised: 11/17/2019] [Accepted: 11/25/2019] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Carbonic anhydrase (CA) is an abundant protein in most photosynthesizing organisms and higher plants. This review paper considers the physiological importance of the more abundant CA isoforms in photosynthesis, through their effects on CO2 diffusion and other processes in photosynthetic organisms. In plants, CA has multiple isoforms in three different families (α, β and γ) and is mainly known to catalyze the CO2↔HCO3- equilibrium. This reversible conversion has a clear role in photosynthesis, primarily through sustaining the CO2 concentration at the site of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (Rubisco). Despite showing the same major reaction mechanism, the three main CA families are evolutionarily distinct. For different CA isoforms, cellular localization and total gene expression as a function of developmental stage are predicted to determine the role of each family in relation to the net assimilation rate. Reaction-diffusion modeling and observational evidence support a role for CA activity in reducing resistance to CO2 diffusion inside mesophyll cells by facilitating CO2 transfer in both gas and liquid phases. In addition, physical and/or biochemical interactions between CAs and other membrane-bound compartments, for example aquaporins, are suggested to trigger a CO2 -sensing response by stomatal movement. In response to environmental stresses, changes in the expression level of CAs and/or stimulated deactivation of CAs may correspond with lower photosynthetic capacity. We suggest that further studies should focus on the dynamics of the relationship between the activity of CAs (with different subcellular localization, abundance and gene expression) and limitations due to CO2 diffusivity through the mesophyll and supply of CO2 to photosynthetic reactions.
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- Mina Momayyezi
- Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences, Faculty of Forestry, University of British Columbia, Forest Sciences Centre, 2424 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4, Canada
- Department of Viticulture and Enology, University of California, Davis, CA, 95616, USA
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- Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences, Faculty of Forestry, University of British Columbia, Forest Sciences Centre, 2424 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4, Canada
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- Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences, Faculty of Forestry, University of British Columbia, Forest Sciences Centre, 2424 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4, Canada
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- Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences, Faculty of Forestry, University of British Columbia, Forest Sciences Centre, 2424 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4, Canada
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Hsu K, Tan S, Chiu C, Chang Y, Ng I. ARduino‐pH Tracker and screening platform for characterization of recombinant carbonic anhydrase in
Escherichia coli. Biotechnol Prog 2019; 35:e2834. [DOI: 10.1002/btpr.2834] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2019] [Revised: 04/21/2019] [Accepted: 04/29/2019] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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- Kao‐Pang Hsu
- Department of Chemical EngineeringNational Cheng Kung University Tainan Taiwan, ROC
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- Department of Chemical EngineeringNational Cheng Kung University Tainan Taiwan, ROC
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- Graduate School of Biochemical EngineeringMing Chi University of Technology New Taipei City Taiwan, ROC
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- Graduate School of Biochemical EngineeringMing Chi University of Technology New Taipei City Taiwan, ROC
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- Department of Chemical EngineeringNational Cheng Kung University Tainan Taiwan, ROC
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Aspatwar A, Haapanen S, Parkkila S. An Update on the Metabolic Roles of Carbonic Anhydrases in the Model Alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Metabolites 2018. [PMID: 29534024 PMCID: PMC5876011 DOI: 10.3390/metabo8010022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Carbonic anhydrases (CAs) are metalloenzymes that are omnipresent in nature. CAs catalyze the basic reaction of the reversible hydration of CO2 to HCO3− and H+ in all living organisms. Photosynthetic organisms contain six evolutionarily different classes of CAs, which are namely: α-CAs, β-CAs, γ-CAs, δ-CAs, ζ-CAs, and θ-CAs. Many of the photosynthetic organisms contain multiple isoforms of each CA family. The model alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii contains 15 CAs belonging to three different CA gene families. Of these 15 CAs, three belong to the α-CA gene family; nine belong to the β-CA gene family; and three belong to the γ-CA gene family. The multiple copies of the CAs in each gene family may be due to gene duplications within the particular CA gene family. The CAs of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii are localized in different subcellular compartments of this unicellular alga. The presence of a large number of CAs and their diverse subcellular localization within a single cell suggests the importance of these enzymes in the metabolic and biochemical roles they perform in this unicellular alga. In the present review, we update the information on the molecular biology of all 15 CAs and their metabolic and biochemical roles in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. We also present a hypothetical model showing the known functions of CAs and predicting the functions of CAs for which precise metabolic roles are yet to be discovered.
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- Ashok Aspatwar
- Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, University of Tampere, FI-33014 Tampere, Finland.
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- Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, University of Tampere, FI-33014 Tampere, Finland.
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- Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, University of Tampere, FI-33014 Tampere, Finland.
- Fimlab, Ltd., and Tampere University Hospital, FI-33520 Tampere, Finland.
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DiMario RJ, Machingura MC, Waldrop GL, Moroney JV. The many types of carbonic anhydrases in photosynthetic organisms. PLANT SCIENCE : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2018; 268:11-17. [PMID: 29362079 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2017.12.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2017] [Revised: 11/22/2017] [Accepted: 12/02/2017] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Carbonic anhydrases (CAs) are enzymes that catalyze the interconversion of CO2 and HCO3-. In nature, there are multiple families of CA, designated with the Greek letters α through θ. CAs are ubiquitous in plants, algae and photosynthetic bacteria, often playing essential roles in the CO2 concentrating mechanisms (CCMs) which enhance the delivery of CO2 to Rubisco. As algal CCMs become better characterized, it is clear that different types of CAs are playing the same role in different algae. For example, an α-CA catalyzes the conversion of accumulated HCO3- to CO2 in the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, while a θ-CA performs the same function in the diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum. In this review we argue that, in addition to its role of delivering CO2 for photosynthesis, other metabolic roles of CA have likely changed as the Earth's atmospheric CO2 level decreased. Since the algal and plant lineages diverged well before the decrease in atmospheric CO2, it is likely that plant, algae and photosynthetic bacteria all adapted independently to the drop in atmospheric CO2. In light of this, we will discuss how the roles of CAs may have changed over time, focusing on the role of CA in pH regulation, how CAs affect CO2 supply for photosynthesis and how CAs may help in the delivery of HCO3- for other metabolic reactions.
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- Robert J DiMario
- School of Biological Sciences, Molecular Plant Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164, United States.
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, United States.
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, United States.
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, United States.
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Yao X, Zhao W, Yang R, Wang J, Zhao F, Wang S. Preparation and applications of guard cell protoplasts from the leaf epidermis of Solanum lycopersicum. PLANT METHODS 2018; 14:26. [PMID: 29593827 PMCID: PMC5866509 DOI: 10.1186/s13007-018-0294-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2017] [Accepted: 03/16/2018] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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BACKGROUND Guard cell protoplasts (GCPs) isolated from various plants have proven to be especially useful for studies of signal transduction pathways and plant development. But it is not easy to isolate highly purified preparations of large numbers of GCPs from plants. In this research, our focus is on a method to isolate large numbers of guard cells from tomato leaves. The protocols described yield millions of highly purified, viable GCPs, which are also suitable for studies on guard cell physiology. RESULTS We developed an efficient method for isolating GCPs from epidermal fragments of tomato leaves. The protocol requires a two-step digestion to isolate high-quality tomato GCPs. In this procedure, cellulysin (in method L) was replaced by cellulose "Onozuka" RS (in method S) in the first digestion step, which indicated that cellulase RS was more effective than cellulysin. Method S dramatically shortened the time required for obtaining high yields and high-quality GCPs. Moreover, according to the GCP yields, hydroponic plants were more effective than substrate-cultured plants. CONCLUSIONS In this paper, protocols for large-scale preparation of GCPs and mesophyll cell protoplasts were described, followed by some success examples of their use in biochemical and molecular approaches such as reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction, real-time polymerase chain reaction and sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The method was proved to be a more efficient GCP-isolating method, capable of providing high yields with better quality in less time.
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- Xuehui Yao
- College of Plant Science and Technology, Beijing University of Agriculture, No. 7 Beinong Road, Changping District, Beijing, 102206 People’s Republic of China
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- College of Plant Science and Technology, Beijing University of Agriculture, No. 7 Beinong Road, Changping District, Beijing, 102206 People’s Republic of China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of New Technology in Agricultural Application, National Demonstration Center for Experimental Plant Production Education, Beijing University of Agriculture, No. 7 Beinong Road, Changping District, Beijing, 102206 People’s Republic of China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of New Technology in Agricultural Application, National Demonstration Center for Experimental Plant Production Education, Beijing University of Agriculture, No. 7 Beinong Road, Changping District, Beijing, 102206 People’s Republic of China
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- Biological Science and Technology College, Beijing University of Agriculture, No. 7 BeiNong Road, Changping District, Beijing, 102206 People’s Republic of China
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- College of Plant Science and Technology, Beijing University of Agriculture, No. 7 Beinong Road, Changping District, Beijing, 102206 People’s Republic of China
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β-carbonic anhydrases play a role in salicylic acid perception in Arabidopsis. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0181820. [PMID: 28753666 PMCID: PMC5533460 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0181820] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2017] [Accepted: 07/07/2017] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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The plant hormone salicylic acid (SA) is required for defense responses. NON EXPRESSER OFPATHOGENESISRELATED1 (NPR1) and NONRECOGNITION OFBTH-4 (NRB4) are required for the response to SA in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana). Here, we isolated several interactors of NRB4 using yeast two-hybrid assays. Two of these interactors, βCA1 and βCA2, are β-carbonic anhydrase family proteins. Since double mutant βca1 βca2 plants did not show any obvious phenotype, we investigated other βCAs and found that NRB4 also interacts with βCA3 and βCA4. Moreover, several βCAs interacted with NPR1 in yeast, including one that interacted in a SA-dependent manner. This interaction was abolished in loss-of-function alleles of NPR1. Interactions between βCAs and both NRB4 and NPR1 were also detected in planta, with evidence for a triple interaction, NRB4-βCA1-NPR1. The quintuple mutant βca1 βca2 βca3 βca4 βca6 showed partial insensitivity to SA. These findings suggest that one of the functions of carbonic anhydrases is to modulate the perception of SA in plants.
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Floryszak-Wieczorek J, Arasimowicz-Jelonek M. The multifunctional face of plant carbonic anhydrase. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2017; 112:362-368. [PMID: 28152407 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2017.01.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2016] [Revised: 01/10/2017] [Accepted: 01/11/2017] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Although most studies on the ubiquitous enzyme carbonic anhydrase (CA) have indicated its significant role in plants to facilitate the diffusion of CO2 to the site of inorganic carbon fixation, it is becoming increasingly likely that carbonic anhydrase isoforms also have diverse unexplored functions in plant cells. This review lays emphasis on additional roles of CA associated with many physiological, biochemical and structural changes in plant metabolism. The presented findings have revealed essential functions of CA isoforms in plant adjustment to both abiotic and biotic agents and developmental stimuli. However, sometimes it is difficult to separate the non-photosynthetic from the photosynthetic-related role of CAs during post-stress impaired metabolism, and the preventive CA outcome might be due to the effect of these enzymes on improvement of photosynthetic capacity. Finally, taking into account the experimental evidence, the direct and indirect functional roles of CAs in mitigating negative effects of environmental conditions are presented.
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DiMario RJ, Clayton H, Mukherjee A, Ludwig M, Moroney JV. Plant Carbonic Anhydrases: Structures, Locations, Evolution, and Physiological Roles. MOLECULAR PLANT 2017; 10:30-46. [PMID: 27646307 PMCID: PMC5226100 DOI: 10.1016/j.molp.2016.09.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 124] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2016] [Revised: 08/30/2016] [Accepted: 09/04/2016] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Carbonic anhydrases (CAs) are zinc metalloenzymes that catalyze the interconversion of CO2 and HCO3- and are ubiquitous in nature. Higher plants contain three evolutionarily distinct CA families, αCAs, βCAs, and γCAs, where each family is represented by multiple isoforms in all species. Alternative splicing of CA transcripts appears common; consequently, the number of functional CA isoforms in a species may exceed the number of genes. CAs are expressed in numerous plant tissues and in different cellular locations. The most prevalent CAs are those in the chloroplast, cytosol, and mitochondria. This diversity in location is paralleled in the many physiological and biochemical roles that CAs play in plants. In this review, the number and types of CAs in C3, C4, and crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) plants are considered, and the roles of the α and γCAs are briefly discussed. The remainder of the review focuses on plant βCAs and includes the identification of homologs between species using phylogenetic approaches, a consideration of the inter- and intracellular localization of the proteins, along with the evidence for alternative splice forms. Current understanding of βCA tissue-specific expression patterns and what controls them are reviewed, and the physiological roles for which βCAs have been implicated are presented.
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- Robert J DiMario
- Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA
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- School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA 6009 Australia
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA
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- School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA 6009 Australia
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA.
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Semenihin AV, Zolotareva OK. CARBONIC ANHYDRASE ACTIVITY OF INTEGRAL-FUNCTIONAL COMPLEXES OF THYLAKOID MEMBRANES OF SPINACH CHLOROPLASTS. UKRAINIAN BIOCHEMICAL JOURNAL 2015; 87:47-56. [PMID: 26502699 DOI: 10.15407/ubj87.03.047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Isolated thylakoid membranes were disrupted by treatment with nonionic detergents digitonin or dodecyl maltoside. Solubilized polypeptide complexes were separated by native gel charge shift electrophoresis. The position of ATP-synthase complex and its isolated catalytic part (CF1) within gel was determined using the color reaction for ATPase activity. Due to the presence of cytochromes, the red band in unstained gels corresponded to the cytochrome b6f complex. Localization of the cytochrome b6f complex, ATP synthase and coupling CF1 in the native gel was confirmed by their subunit composition determined after SDS-electrophoretic analysis. Carbonic anhydrase (CA) activity in polypeptide zones of PS II, cytochrome b6f complex, and ATP-synthase CF1 was identified in native gels using indicator bromothymol blue. CA activity of isolated CF1 in solution was determined by infrared gas analysis as the rate of bicarbonate dehydration. The water-soluble acetazolamide, an inhibitor of CA, unlike lipophilic ethoxyzolamide inhibited CA activity of CF1 Thus, it was shown for the first time that ATP-synthase has a component which is capable of catalyzing the interconversion of forms of carbonic acid associated with proton exchange. The data obtained suggest the presence of multiple forms of carbonic anhydrase in the thylakoid membranes of spinach chloroplasts and confirm their involvement in the proton transfer to the ATP synthase.
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Zolfaghari Emameh R, Kuuslahti M, Vullo D, Barker HR, Supuran CT, Parkkila S. Ascaris lumbricoides β carbonic anhydrase: a potential target enzyme for treatment of ascariasis. Parasit Vectors 2015; 8:479. [PMID: 26385556 PMCID: PMC4575479 DOI: 10.1186/s13071-015-1098-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2015] [Accepted: 09/15/2015] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND A parasitic roundworm, Ascaris lumbricoides, is the causative agent of ascariasis, with approximately 760 million cases around the world. Helminthic infections occur with a high prevalence mostly in tropical and developing xcountries. Therefore, design of affordable broad-spectrum anti-helminthic agents against a variety of pathogens, including not only A. lumbricoides but also hookworms and whipworms, is desirable. Beta carbonic anhydrases (β-CAs) are considered promising targets of novel anthelminthics because these enzymes are present in various parasites, while completely absent in vertebrates. METHODS In this study, we identified an A. lumbricoides β-CA (AIBCA) protein from protein sequence data using bioinformatics tools. We used computational biology resources and methods (including InterPro, CATH/Gene3D, KEGG, and METACYC) to analyze AlBCA and define potential roles of this enzyme in biological pathways. The AlBCA gene was cloned into pFastBac1, and recombinant AIBCA was produced in sf-9 insect cells. Kinetics of AlBCA were analyzed by a stopped-flow method. RESULTS Multiple sequence alignment revealed that AIBCA contains the two sequence motifs, CXDXR and HXXC, typical for β-CAs. Recombinant AIBCA showed significant CA catalytic activity with kcat of 6.0 × 10(5) s(-1) and kcat/KM of 4.3 × 10(7) M(-1) s(-1). The classical CA inhibitor, acetazolamide, showed an inhibition constant of 84.1 nM. Computational modeling suggests that the molecular architecture of AIBCA is highly similar to several other known β-CA structures. Functional predictions suggest that AIBCA might play a role in bicarbonate-mediated metabolic pathways, such as gluconeogenesis and removal of metabolically produced cyanate. CONCLUSIONS These results open new avenues to further investigate the precise functions of β-CAs in parasites and suggest that novel β-CA specific inhibitors should be developed and tested against helminthic diseases.
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- Reza Zolfaghari Emameh
- Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland.
- BioMediTech, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland.
- Fimlab Laboratories Ltd and Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland.
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- Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland.
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Laboratorio di Chimica Bioinorganica, Universita' degli Studi di Firenze, Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy.
- Neurofarba Department, Sezione di Scienze Farmaceutiche e Nutraceutiche, Universita' degli Studi di Firenze, Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy.
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- Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland.
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Laboratorio di Chimica Bioinorganica, Universita' degli Studi di Firenze, Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy.
- Neurofarba Department, Sezione di Scienze Farmaceutiche e Nutraceutiche, Universita' degli Studi di Firenze, Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy.
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- Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland.
- Fimlab Laboratories Ltd and Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland.
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Thermostable Carbonic Anhydrases in Biotechnological Applications. Int J Mol Sci 2015; 16:15456-80. [PMID: 26184158 PMCID: PMC4519908 DOI: 10.3390/ijms160715456] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2015] [Revised: 07/01/2015] [Accepted: 07/02/2015] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Carbonic anhydrases are ubiquitous metallo-enzymes which catalyze the reversible hydration of carbon dioxide in bicarbonate ions and protons. Recent years have seen an increasing interest in the utilization of these enzymes in CO2 capture and storage processes. However, since this use is greatly limited by the harsh conditions required in these processes, the employment of thermostable enzymes, both those isolated by thermophilic organisms and those obtained by protein engineering techniques, represents an interesting possibility. In this review we will provide an extensive description of the thermostable carbonic anhydrases so far reported and the main processes in which these enzymes have found an application.
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Zolfaghari Emameh R, Syrjänen L, Barker H, Supuran CT, Parkkila S. Drosophila melanogaster: a model organism for controllingDipteranvectors and pests. J Enzyme Inhib Med Chem 2014; 30:505-13. [DOI: 10.3109/14756366.2014.944178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Zolfaghari Emameh R, Barker H, Tolvanen MEE, Ortutay C, Parkkila S. Bioinformatic analysis of beta carbonic anhydrase sequences from protozoans and metazoans. Parasit Vectors 2014; 7:38. [PMID: 24447594 PMCID: PMC3907363 DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-7-38] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2013] [Accepted: 01/10/2014] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Background Despite the high prevalence of parasitic infections, and their impact on global health and economy, the number of drugs available to treat them is extremely limited. As a result, the potential consequences of large-scale resistance to any existing drugs are a major concern. A number of recent investigations have focused on the effects of potential chemical inhibitors on bacterial and fungal carbonic anhydrases. Among the five classes of carbonic anhydrases (alpha, beta, gamma, delta and zeta), beta carbonic anhydrases have been reported in most species of bacteria, yeasts, algae, plants, and particular invertebrates (nematodes and insects). To date, there has been a lack of knowledge on the expression and molecular structure of beta carbonic anhydrases in metazoan (nematodes and arthropods) and protozoan species. Methods Here, the identification of novel beta carbonic anhydrases was based on the presence of the highly-conserved amino acid sequence patterns of the active site. A phylogenetic tree was constructed based on codon-aligned DNA sequences. Subcellular localization prediction for each identified invertebrate beta carbonic anhydrase was performed using the TargetP webserver. Results We verified a total of 75 beta carbonic anhydrase sequences in metazoan and protozoan species by proteome-wide searches and multiple sequence alignment. Of these, 52 were novel, and contained highly conserved amino acid residues, which are inferred to form the active site in beta carbonic anhydrases. Mitochondrial targeting peptide analysis revealed that 31 enzymes are predicted with mitochondrial localization; one was predicted to be a secretory enzyme, and the other 43 were predicted to have other undefined cellular localizations. Conclusions These investigations identified 75 beta carbonic anhydrases in metazoan and protozoan species, and among them there were 52 novel sequences that were not previously annotated as beta carbonic anhydrases. Our results will not only change the current information in proteomics and genomics databases, but will also suggest novel targets for drugs against parasites.
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The β-carbonic anhydrases (β-CAs) are a structurally distinct family of carbonic anhydrase that is widely distributed in microorganisms, algae, plants, and invertebrates. Like all carbonic anhydrases, β-CAs catalyze the reaction CO2 + H2O ⇆ HCO3 (-) + H(+), and is typically associated with other enzymes that produce or utilize CO2 or HCO3 (-). β-CA is required for normal growth for many organisms. Unique among the five different families of carbonic anhydrases, β-CA is the only family of carbonic anhydrase to exhibit allostery. This chapter summarizes the structure, catalytic mechanism, and allosteric regulation of β-CA.
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- Roger S Rowlett
- Department of Chemistry, Colgate University, Hamilton, NY, USA,
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Ludwig M. Carbonic anhydrase and the molecular evolution of C4 photosynthesis. PLANT, CELL & ENVIRONMENT 2012; 35:22-37. [PMID: 21631531 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2011.02364.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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C(4) photosynthesis, a biochemical CO(2)-concentrating mechanism (CCM), evolved more than 60 times within the angiosperms from C(3) ancestors. The genus Flaveria, which contains species demonstrating C(3), C(3)-C(4), C(4)-like or C(4) photosynthesis, is a model for examining the molecular evolution of the C(4) pathway. Work with carbonic anhydrase (CA), and C(3) and C(4) Flaveria congeners has added significantly to the understanding of this process. The C(4) form of CA3, a β-CA, which catalyses the first reaction in the C(4) pathway by hydrating atmospheric CO(2) to bicarbonate in the cytosol of mesophyll cells (mcs), evolved from a chloroplastic C(3) ancestor. The molecular modifications to the ancestral CA3 gene included the loss of the sequence encoding the chloroplast transit peptide, and mutations in regulatory regions that resulted in high levels of expression in the C(4) mesophyll. Analyses of the CA3 proteins and regulatory elements from Flaveria photosynthetic intermediates indicated C(4) biochemistry very likely evolved in a specific, stepwise manner in this genus. The details of the mechanisms involved in the molecular evolution of other C(4) plant β-CAs are unknown; however, comparative genetics indicate gene duplication and neofunctionalization played significant roles as they did in Flaveria.
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- Martha Ludwig
- School of Biomedical, Biomolecular and Chemical Sciences [M310], The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia.
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Moroney JV, Ma Y, Frey WD, Fusilier KA, Pham TT, Simms TA, DiMario RJ, Yang J, Mukherjee B. The carbonic anhydrase isoforms of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii: intracellular location, expression, and physiological roles. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 2011; 109:133-49. [PMID: 21365258 DOI: 10.1007/s11120-011-9635-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 129] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2010] [Accepted: 02/12/2011] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Aquatic photosynthetic organisms, such as the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, respond to low CO(2) conditions by inducing a CO(2) concentrating mechanism (CCM). Carbonic anhydrases (CAs) are important components of the CCM. CAs are zinc-containing metalloenzymes that catalyze the reversible interconversion of CO(2) and HCO(3)(-). In C. reinhardtii, there are at least 12 genes that encode CA isoforms, including three alpha, six beta, and three gamma or gamma-like CAs. The expression of the three alpha and six beta genes has been measured from cells grown on elevated CO(2) (having no active CCM) versus cells growing on low levels of CO(2) (with an active CCM) using northern blots, differential hybridization to DNA chips and quantitative RT-PCR. Recent RNA-seq profiles add to our knowledge of the expression of all of the CA genes. In addition, protein content for some of the CA isoforms was estimated using antibodies corresponding to the specific CA isoforms: CAH1/2, CAH3, CAH4/5, CAH6, and CAH7. The intracellular location of each of the CA isoforms was elucidated using immunolocalization and cell fractionation techniques. Combining these results with previous studies using CA mutant strains, we will discuss possible physiological roles of the CA isoforms concentrating on how these CAs might contribute to the acquisition and retention of CO(2) in C. reinhardtii.
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- James V Moroney
- Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA.
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Ludwig M. The molecular evolution of β-carbonic anhydrase in Flaveria. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2011; 62:3071-3081. [PMID: 21406474 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/err071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Limited information exists regarding molecular events that occurred during the evolution of C(4) plants from their C(3) ancestors. The enzyme β-carbonic anhydrase (CA; EC 4.2.1.1), which catalyses the reversible hydration of CO(2), is present in multiple forms in C(3) and C(4) plants, and has given insights into the molecular evolution of the C(4) pathway in the genus Flaveria. cDNAs encoding three distinct isoforms of β-CA, CA1-CA3, have been isolated and examined from Flaveria C(3) and C(4) congeners. Sequence data, expression analyses of CA orthologues, and chloroplast import assays with radiolabelled CA precursor proteins from the C(3) species F. pringlei Gandoger and the C(4) species F. bidentis (L.) Kuntze have shown that both contain chloroplastic and cytosolic forms of the enzyme, and the potential roles of these isoforms are discussed. The data also identified CA3 as the cytosolic isoform important in C(4) photosynthesis and indicate that the C(4) CA3 gene evolved as a result of gene duplication and neofunctionalization, which involved mutations in coding and non-coding regions of the ancestral C(3) CA3 gene. Comparisons of the deduced CA3 amino acid sequences from Flaveria C(3), C(4), and photosynthetic intermediate species showed that all the C(3)-C(4) intermediates investigated and F. brownii, a C(4)-like species, have a C(3)-type CA3, while F. vaginata, another C(4)-like species, contains a C(4)-type CA3. These observations correlate with the photosynthetic physiologies of the intermediates, suggesting that the molecular evolution of C(4) photosynthesis in Flaveria may have resulted from a temporally dependent, stepwise modification of protein-encoding genes and their regulatory elements.
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- Martha Ludwig
- School of Biomedical, Biomolecular and Chemical Sciences, University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia.
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Kaul T, Reddy PS, Mahanty S, Thirulogachandar V, Reddy RA, Kumar B, Sopory SK, Reddy MK. Biochemical and molecular characterization of stress-induced β-carbonic anhydrase from a C(4) plant, Pennisetum glaucum. JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2011; 168:601-10. [PMID: 20884079 DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2010.08.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2010] [Revised: 08/19/2010] [Accepted: 08/29/2010] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Genes encoding for many β-carbonic anhydrases and their functions in various developmental processes are well established in lower plants, however, similar studies are limited in higher plants. We report the cloning and characterization of cDNA encoding for a β-carbonic anhydrase (PgCA) from Pennisetum glaucum, a C(4) crop plant. cDNA encoding 249 amino acids and its deduced amino acid sequence analysis revealed that is related to other plant β-CA family members with an over all conserved architecture of a typical β-CA protein. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that PgCA is evolutionarily very close to chloroplast β-CA isoform. Signal sequence predicting programs identify a N-terminus putative chloroplast targeting sequence. Heterologous Escherichia coli expression system was utilized to overexpress recombinant PgCA, which showed high thermostability, an alkaline pH optima and dual activity with both reversible CO(2) hydration and esterase activities. The β-CAs studied so far possessed only CO(2) hydration activity with no detectable esterase activity. Recombinant PgCA esterase activity is inhibited by standard CA inhibitors acetazolamide, methazolamide and azide. Subcellular immunostaining studies revealed a chloroplastic localization of PgCA protein. Expression of PgCA transcript is differentially up regulated in response to various abiotic stresses wherein its accumulation in Pennisetum leaves positively correlated with the intensity and duration of stress. Biochemical and transcript analyses suggest that PgCA may play a significant role in plant's adaptation to different abiotic stresses in addition to the previously recognized role of replenishing the CO(2) supply within plant cells.
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- Tanushri Kaul
- Plant Molecular Biology Group, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067, India
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Rowlett RS. Structure and catalytic mechanism of the beta-carbonic anhydrases. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-PROTEINS AND PROTEOMICS 2009; 1804:362-73. [PMID: 19679201 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2009.08.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2009] [Revised: 07/30/2009] [Accepted: 08/02/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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The beta-carbonic anhydrases (beta-CAs) are a diverse but structurally related group of zinc-metalloenzymes found in eubacteria, plant chloroplasts, red and green algae, and in the Archaea. The enzyme catalyzes the rapid interconversion of CO(2) and H(2)O to HCO(3)(-) and H(+), and is believed to be associated with metabolic enzymes that consume or produce CO(2) or HCO(3)(-). For many organisms, beta-CA is essential for growth at atmospheric concentrations of CO(2). Of the five evolutionarily distinct classes of carbonic anhydrase, beta-CA is the only one known to exhibit allosterism. Here we review the structure and catalytic mechanism of beta-CA, including the structural basis for allosteric regulation.
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- Roger S Rowlett
- Colgate University, Department of Chemistry, Hamilton, NY 13346, USA.
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Tanz SK, Tetu SG, Vella NGF, Ludwig M. Loss of the transit peptide and an increase in gene expression of an ancestral chloroplastic carbonic anhydrase were instrumental in the evolution of the cytosolic C4 carbonic anhydrase in Flaveria. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2009; 150:1515-29. [PMID: 19448040 PMCID: PMC2705015 DOI: 10.1104/pp.109.137513] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2009] [Accepted: 05/11/2009] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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C(4) photosynthesis has evolved multiple times from ancestral C(3) species. Carbonic anhydrase (CA) catalyzes the reversible hydration of CO(2) and is involved in both C(3) and C(4) photosynthesis; however, its roles and the intercellular and intracellular locations of the majority of its activity differ between C(3) and C(4) plants. To understand the molecular changes underlying the evolution of the C(4) pathway, three cDNAs encoding distinct beta-CAs (CA1, CA2, and CA3) were isolated from the leaves of the C(3) plant Flaveria pringlei. The phylogenetic relationship of the F. pringlei proteins with other embryophyte beta-CAs was reconstructed. Gene expression and protein localization patterns showed that CA1 and CA3 demonstrate high expression in leaves and their products localize to the chloroplast, while CA2 expression is low in all organs examined and encodes a cytosolic enzyme. The roles of the F. pringlei enzymes were considered in light of these results, other angiosperm beta-CAs, and Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) "omics" data. All three F. pringlei CAs have orthologs in the closely related C(4) plant Flaveria bidentis, and comparisons of ortholog sequences, expression patterns, and intracellular locations of their products indicated that CA1 and CA2 have maintained their ancestral role in C(4) plants, whereas modifications to the C(3) CA3 gene led to the evolution of the CA isoform that catalyzes the first step in the C(4) photosynthetic pathway. These changes included the loss of the chloroplast transit peptide and an increase in gene expression, which resulted in the high levels of CA activity seen in the cytosol of C(4) mesophyll cells.
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- Sandra K Tanz
- Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales 2109, Australia
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Mitra M, Lato SM, Ynalvez RA, Xiao Y, Moroney JV. Identification of a new chloroplast carbonic anhydrase in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2004; 135:173-82. [PMID: 15122009 PMCID: PMC429345 DOI: 10.1104/pp.103.037283] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2003] [Revised: 01/23/2004] [Accepted: 01/23/2004] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Carbonic anhydrases (CA) are zinc-containing metalloenzymes that catalyze the reversible hydration of CO2. The three evolutionarily unrelated families of CAs are designated alpha-, beta-, and gamma-CA. Aquatic photosynthetic organisms have evolved different forms of CO2 concentrating mechanisms (CCMs) to aid Rubisco in capturing CO2 from the surrounding environment. One aspect of all CCMs is the critical roles played by various specially localized extracellular and intracellular CAs. Five CAs have previously been identified in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, a green alga with a well-studied CCM. Here we identify a sixth gene encoding a beta-type CA. This new beta-CA, designated Cah6, is distinct from the two mitochondrial beta-CAs in C. reinhardtii. Nucleotide sequence data show that the Cah6 cDNA contains an open reading frame encoding a polypeptide of 264 amino acids with a leader sequence likely targeting the protein to the chloroplast stroma. We have fused the Cah6 open reading frame to the coding sequence of maltose-binding protein in a pMal expression vector. The purified recombinant fusion protein is active and was used to partially characterize the Cah6 protein. The purified recombinant fusion protein was cleaved with protease Factor Xa to separate Cah6 from the maltose-binding protein and the purified Cah6 protein was used to raise an antibody. Western blots, immunolocalization studies, and northern blots collectively indicated that Cah6 is constitutively expressed in the stroma of chloroplasts. A possible role for Cah6 in the CCM of C. reinhardtii is proposed.
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MESH Headings
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Blotting, Northern
- Blotting, Western
- Carbon Dioxide/metabolism
- Carbonic Anhydrases/genetics
- Carbonic Anhydrases/metabolism
- Chlamydomonas reinhardtii/enzymology
- Chlamydomonas reinhardtii/genetics
- Chlamydomonas reinhardtii/ultrastructure
- Chloroplasts/enzymology
- Chloroplasts/ultrastructure
- Cloning, Molecular
- DNA, Complementary/chemistry
- DNA, Complementary/genetics
- DNA, Protozoan/chemistry
- DNA, Protozoan/genetics
- Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic
- Genome, Protozoan
- Immunohistochemistry
- Microscopy, Immunoelectron
- Models, Biological
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Plant Proteins
- Recombinant Fusion Proteins/genetics
- Recombinant Fusion Proteins/metabolism
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
- Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
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- Mautusi Mitra
- Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
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Satoh D, Hiraoka Y, Colman B, Matsuda Y. Physiological and molecular biological characterization of intracellular carbonic anhydrase from the marine diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2001; 126:1459-70. [PMID: 11500545 PMCID: PMC117146 DOI: 10.1104/pp.126.4.1459] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2001] [Revised: 04/26/2001] [Accepted: 05/18/2001] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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A single intracellular carbonic anhydrase (CA) was detected in air-grown and, at reduced levels, in high CO(2)-grown cells of the marine diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum (UTEX 642). No external CA activity was detected irrespective of growth CO(2) conditions. Ethoxyzolamide (0.4 mM), a CA-specific inhibitor, severely inhibited high-affinity photosynthesis at low concentrations of dissolved inorganic carbon, whereas 2 mM acetazolamide had little effect on the affinity for dissolved inorganic carbon, suggesting that internal CA is crucial for the operation of a carbon concentrating mechanism in P. tricornutum. Internal CA was purified 36.7-fold of that of cell homogenates by ammonium sulfate precipitation, and two-step column chromatography on diethylaminoethyl-sephacel and p-aminomethylbenzene sulfone amide agarose. The purified CA was shown, by SDS-PAGE, to comprise an electrophoretically single polypeptide of 28 kD under both reduced and nonreduced conditions. The entire sequence of the cDNA of this CA was obtained by the rapid amplification of cDNA ends method and indicated that the cDNA encodes 282 amino acids. Comparison of this putative precursor sequence with the N-terminal amino acid sequence of the purified CA indicated that it included a possible signal sequence of up to 46 amino acids at the N terminus. The mature CA was found to consist of 236 amino acids and the sequence was homologous to beta-type CAs. Even though the zinc-ligand amino acid residues were shown to be completely conserved, the amino acid residues that may constitute a CO(2)-binding site appeared to be unique among the beta-CAs so far reported.
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- D Satoh
- Department of Chemistry, Kwansei-Gakuin University, 1-1-155 Uegahara, Nishinomiya 662-8501, Japan
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- J N Burnell
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, James Cook University of North Queensland, Townsville, Queensland, 4811, Australia
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- R E Tashian
- Department of Human Genetics, University of Michigan Medical School, Medical Science II, M4708, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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- D Hewett-Emmett
- Human Genetics Center, School of Public Health, University of Texas-Houston Health Science Center, Houston, TX 77225-0334, USA
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Gálvez S, Hirsch AM, Wycoff KL, Hunt S, Layzell DB, Kondorosi A, Crespi M. Oxygen regulation of a nodule-located carbonic anhydrase in alfalfa. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2000; 124:1059-68. [PMID: 11080283 PMCID: PMC59205 DOI: 10.1104/pp.124.3.1059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2000] [Accepted: 08/03/2000] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Control of the permeability to oxygen is critical for the function of symbiotic nitrogen fixation in legume nodules. The inner cortex (IC) seems to be a primary site for this regulation. In alfalfa (Medicago sativa) nodules, expression of the Msca1 gene encoding a carbonic anhydrase (CA) was previously found to be restricted to the IC. We have now raised antibodies against recombinant Msca1 protein and used them, together with antibodies raised against potato leaf CA, to demonstrate the presence of two forms of CA in mature nodules. Each antibody recognizes a different CA isoform in nodule tissues. Immunolocalization revealed that leaf-related CAs were localized primarily in the nitrogen-fixing zone, whereas the Msca1 protein was restricted exclusively to the IC region, in indeterminate and determinate nodules. In alfalfa nodules grown at various O(2) concentrations, an inverse correlation was observed between the external oxygen pressure and Msca1 protein content in the IC, the site of the putative diffusion barrier. Thus Msca1 is a molecular target of physiological processes occurring in the IC cells involved in gas exchange in the nodule.
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- S Gálvez
- Institut des Sciences Végétales, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, F-91198 Gif-sur-Yvette cédex, France
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Puskás LG, Inui M, Zahn K, Yukawa H. A periplasmic, alpha-type carbonic anhydrase from Rhodopseudomonas palustris is essential for bicarbonate uptake. MICROBIOLOGY (READING, ENGLAND) 2000; 146 ( Pt 11):2957-2966. [PMID: 11065374 DOI: 10.1099/00221287-146-11-2957] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Intact cells of the purple non-sulfur bacterium Rhodopseudomonas palustris growing anaerobically, but not aerobically, contain carbonic anhydrase (CA) activity. The native enzyme was purified >2000-fold to apparent homogeneity and found to be a dimer with an estimated molecular mass of 54 kDa and a subunit molecular mass of 27 kDa. The CA gene (acaP) was cloned and its sequence revealed that it was homologous to alpha-type CAs. The upstream region of acaP was fused to the lacZ gene and beta-galactosidase activity was measured under different growth conditions. Acetazolamide inhibited purified CA with an IC(50) in the range of 10(-8) M, and in the culture media concentrations as low as 30 microM inhibited phototrophic growth under anaerobic, light conditions when bicarbonate was used. An acaP::KAN:(r) mutant strain was constructed by insertion of a kanamycin-resistance cassette and showed a growth pattern similar to wild-type cells grown in the presence of CA inhibitor. CO(2) gas supplied as an inorganic carbon source reversed the effect of mutation or acetazolamide. CA activity measurements, fusion and Western blot experiments confirmed that CA is expressed under different anaerobic conditions independently of bicarbonate or CO(2) and that there is no expression under aerobic conditions.
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- László G Puskás
- Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth (RITE), 9-2 Kizugawadai, Kizu, Soraku, Kyoto 619-0292, Japan1
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- Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth (RITE), 9-2 Kizugawadai, Kizu, Soraku, Kyoto 619-0292, Japan1
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- Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth (RITE), 9-2 Kizugawadai, Kizu, Soraku, Kyoto 619-0292, Japan1
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- Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth (RITE), 9-2 Kizugawadai, Kizu, Soraku, Kyoto 619-0292, Japan1
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Ludwig M, Badger MR, Furbank RT. Expression of tobacco carbonic anhydrase in the C4 dicot flaveria bidentis leads to increased leakiness of the bundle sheath and a defective CO2-concentrating mechanism. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 1998; 117:1071-81. [PMID: 9662550 PMCID: PMC34923 DOI: 10.1104/pp.117.3.1071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/1997] [Accepted: 03/31/1998] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Flaveria bidentis (L.) Kuntze, a C4 dicot, was genetically transformed with a construct encoding the mature form of tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.) carbonic anhydrase (CA) under the control of a strong constitutive promoter. Expression of the tobacco CA was detected in transformant whole-leaf and bundle-sheath cell (bsc) extracts by immunoblot analysis. Whole-leaf extracts from two CA-transformed lines demonstrated 10% to 50% more CA activity on a ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase-site basis than the extracts from transformed, nonexpressing control plants, whereas 3 to 5 times more activity was measured in CA transformant bsc extracts. This increased CA activity resulted in plants with moderately reduced rates of CO2 assimilation (A) and an appreciable increase in C isotope discrimination compared with the controls. With increasing O2 concentrations up to 40% (v/v), a greater inhibition of A was found for transformants than for wild-type plants; however, the quantum yield of photosystem II did not differ appreciably between these two groups over the O2 levels tested. The quantum yield of photosystem II-to-A ratio suggested that at higher O2 concentrations, the transformants had increased rates of photorespiration. Thus, the expression of active tobacco CA in the cytosol of F. bidentis bsc and mesophyll cells perturbed the C4 CO2-concentrating mechanism by increasing the permeability of the bsc to inorganic C and, thereby, decreasing the availability of CO2 for photosynthetic assimilation by ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase.
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Carbonic anhydrase (CA; carbonate hydro-lyase, EC 4.2.1.1) is a zinc-containing enzyme that catalyzes the reversible hydration of carbon dioxide: CO2+ H2O<-->HCO3(-)+H+. The enzyme is the target for drugs, such as acetazolamide, methazolamide, and dichlorphenamide, for the treatment of glaucoma. There are three evolutionarily unrelated CA families, designated alpha, beta, and gamma. All known CAs from the animal kingdom are of the alpha type. There are seven mammalian CA isozymes with different tissue distributions and intracellular locations, CA I-VII. Crystal structures of human CA I and II, bovine CA III, and murine CA V have been determined. All of them have the same tertiary fold, with a central 10-stranded beta-sheet as the dominating secondary structure element. The zinc ion is located in a cone-shaped cavity and coordinated to three histidyl residues and a solvent molecule. Inhibitors bind at or near the metal center guided by a hydrogen-bonded system comprising Glu-106 and Thr-199. The catalytic mechanism of CA II has been studied in particular detail. It involves an attack of zinc-bound OH- on a CO2 molecule loosely bound in a hydrophobic pocket. The resulting zinc-coordinated HCO3- ion is displaced from the metal ion by H2O. The rate-limiting step is an intramolecular proton transfer from the zinc-bound water molecule to His-64, which serves as a proton shuttle between the metal center and buffer molecules in the reaction medium.
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- S Lindskog
- Department of Biochemistry, Umeå University, Sweden
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Larsson S, Björkbacka H, Forsman C, Samuelsson G, Olsson O. Molecular cloning and biochemical characterization of carbonic anhydrase from Populus tremula x tremuloides. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 1997; 34:583-592. [PMID: 9247540 DOI: 10.1023/a:1005849202731] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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A leaf cDNA library from hybrid aspen, Populus tremula x tremuloides, was constructed. From this two different cDNA clones, denoted CA1a and CA1b, encoding a chloroplastic carbonic anhydrase (CA) were isolated and DNA sequenced. Analysis of the deduced amino acid sequences showed that the isolated CAs belong to the beta-CA family, and have identities around 70% to other dicotyledonous plant CAs. The two hybrid aspen cDNA clones display a high nucleotide sequence identity, only 12 nucleotides differ. Since only one gene copy of this soluble chloroplastic CA is present in the nuclear genome, we postulate that the two isolated cDNA clones are alleles. Northern blot hybridization revealed a CA transcript of ca. 1300 bases, 140 bases shorter than in pea. Western and northern blot hybridizations on crude protein extracts and on total RNA, respectively, isolated from stem and leaves, showed that hybrid aspen CA is expressed specifically in the leaf under the growth conditions used. Based on the deduced amino acid sequence, the mature hybrid aspen CA enzyme subunit has a molecular mass of 24.8 kDa. The enzyme was over-expressed in Escherichia coli, and purified by affinity chromatography. Biochemical characterization showed that the protein structure and the CO2-hydration activity are similar to the pea enzyme. Molecular characterization of a CA from a perennial plant has not previously been performed, and it demonstrates that both the structure and activity of hybrid aspen CA resembles CAs from annual plants.
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- S Larsson
- Department of Plant Physiology, Umeå University, Sweden
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Rumeau D, Cuiné S, Fina L, Gault N, Nicole M, Peltier G. Subcellular distribution of carbonic anhydrase in Solanum tuberosum L. leaves: characterization of two compartment-specific isoforms. PLANTA 1996; 199:79-88. [PMID: 8680307 DOI: 10.1007/bf00196884] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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The intracellular compartmentation of carbonic anhydrase (CA; EC 4.2.1.1), an enzyme that catalyses the reversible hydration of CO2 to bicarbonate, has been investigated in potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) leaves. Although enzyme activity was mainly located in chloroplasts (87% of total cellular activity), significant activity (13%) was also found in the cytosol. The corresponding CA isoforms were purified either from chloroplasts or crude leaf extracts, respectively. The cytosolic isoenzyme has a molecular mass of 255,000 and is composed of eight identical subunits with an estimated Mr of 30,000. The chloroplastic isoenzyme (Mr 220,000) is also an octamer composed of two different subunits with Mr estimated at 27,000 and 27,500, respectively. The N-terminal amino acid sequences of both chloroplastic CA subunits demonstrated that they were identical except that the Mr-27,000 subunit was three amino acids shorter than that of the Mr-27,500 subunit. Cytosolic and chloroplastic CA isoenzymes were found to be similarly inhibited by monovalent anions (Cl-, I-, N3- and NO3-) and by sulfonamides (ethoxyzolamide and acetozolamide). Both CA isoforms were found to be dependent on a reducing agent such as cysteine or dithiothreitol in order to retain the catalytic activity, but 2-mercaptoethanol was found to be a potent inhibitor. A polyclonal antibody directed against a synthetic peptide corresponding to the N-terminal amino acid sequence of the chloroplastic CA monomers also recognized the cytosolic CA isoform. This antibody was used for immunocytolocalization experiments which confirmed the intracellular compartmentation of CA: within chloroplasts, CA is restricted to the stroma and appears randomly distributed in the cytosol.
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- D Rumeau
- CEA-CNRS, Département d'Ecophysiologie Végétale et Microbiologie, UMR-CNRS 163, Centre de Cadarache, Saint-Paul-lez Durance, France
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Ludwig M, Burnell JN. Molecular comparison of carbonic anhydrase from Flaveria species demonstrating different photosynthetic pathways. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 1995; 29:353-365. [PMID: 7579185 DOI: 10.1007/bf00043658] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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During the evolution of C4 plants from C3 plants, both the function and intracellular location of carbonic anhydrase (CA) have changed. To determine whether these changes are due to changes at the molecular level, we have studied the cDNA sequences and the expression of CA from Flaveria species demonstrating different photosynthetic pathways. In leaf extracts from F. bidentis (C4), F. brownii (C4-like), F. linearis (C3-C4) and F. pringlei (C3), two polypeptides of M(r) 31 kDa and 35 kDa cross-reacted with anti-spinach CA antibodies. However, the relative labelling intensities of the two polypeptides differed depending on the species. Northern blot analysis indicated at least two CA transcripts are present in each Flaveria species with sizes ranging from 1.1 to 1.6 kb. Carbonic anhydrase cDNAs from all four Flaveria species studied encode an open reading frame for a polypeptide of 35-36 kDa. The amino acid sequences deduced from all four Flaveria cDNAs share at least 70% homology with the sequences of other dicot CAs. The F. bidentis (C4) CA sequence was found to be the least similar of the Flaveria proteins and, as most of the sequence dissimilarity was found in the first third of the CA molecule, these differences may be involved in the intracellular targeting of CA. A neighbour-joining tree inferred from CA amino acid sequences showed that the Flaveria CAs cluster with other dicot CAs forming a group distinct from those of monocot CAs and prokaryotic and Chlamydomonas periplasmic CAs.
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- M Ludwig
- Centre for Molecular Biotechnology, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia
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Hauser M, Eichelmann H, Oja V, Heber U, Laisk A. Stimulation by Light of Rapid pH Regulation in the Chloroplast Stroma in Vivo as Indicated by CO2 Solubilization in Leaves. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 1995; 108:1059-1066. [PMID: 12228527 PMCID: PMC157457 DOI: 10.1104/pp.108.3.1059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Leaves of Brassica oleracea, Helianthus annuus, and Nicotiana rustica were exposed for 20 s to high concentrations of CO2. CO2 uptake by the leaf, which was very fast, was measured as a transient increase in the concentration of oxygen. Rapid solubilization of CO2 in excess of that which is physically dissolved in aqueous phases is proposed to be caused by bicarbonate formation in the stroma of chloroplasts, which contain carbonic anhydrase. On this basis, pH values and bicarbonate accumulation in the chloroplast stroma were calculated. Buffer capacities were far higher than expected on the basis of known concentrations in the chloroplast stroma. Moreover, apparent buffer capacities increased with the time of exposure to high CO2, and they were higher when the measurements were performed in the light than in the dark. During prolonged exposure of leaves to 16% CO2, calculated bicarbonate concentrations in the chloroplast stroma exceeded 90 mM in the dark and 120 mM in the light. The observations are interpreted as indicating that under acid stress protons are rapidly exported from the chloroplasts in exchange for cations, which are imported. The data are discussed in terms of effective metabolic pH control by ion transport, first across the chloroplast envelope and, then, across the tonoplast of leaf mesophyll cells. The direct involvement of the vacuole in the regulation of the chloroplast pH in leaf cells is suggested.
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- M. Hauser
- Julius-von-Sachs-Institute for Biosciences, University of Wurzburg, D-97082 Wurzburg, Germany (M.H., U.H.)
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Cavallaro A, Ludwig M, Burnell J. The nucleotide sequence of a complementary DNA encoding Flaveria bidentis carbonic anhydrase. FEBS Lett 1994; 350:216-8. [PMID: 8070567 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(94)00767-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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We have isolated and characterised a cDNA clone encoding the cytosolic form of carbonic anhydrase in the leaves of Flaveria bidentis, a C4 dicotyledonous plant. The deduced amino acid sequence is similar to the carbonic anhydrase found in the chloroplasts of C3 dicotyledonous plants. Western blot analysis of crude leaf extracts of F. bidentis indicates that the leader sequence (equivalent to the transit peptide of the chloroplastic form of CA found in C3 plants) is not removed following translation of mRNA.
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- A Cavallaro
- Centre for Molecular Biotechnology, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia
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Fett JP, Coleman JR. Characterization and expression of two cDNAs encoding carbonic anhydrase in Arabidopsis thaliana. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 1994; 105:707-13. [PMID: 7520589 PMCID: PMC159412 DOI: 10.1104/pp.105.2.707] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Two distinct cDNA clones encoding carbonic anhydrase (CA) were isolated from an Arabidopsis thaliana lambda YES library. One of these clones, CA1, encodes a 36.1-kD polypeptide and is essentially the same as a previously reported Arabidopsis CA cDNA (C.A. Raines, P.R. Horsnell, C. Holder, J.C. Lloyd [1992] Plant Mol Biol 20: 1143-1148). Comparison of the derived amino acid sequence from this clone with other plant CAs suggests the presence of a chloroplastic transit peptide, which, when cleaved, would render a mature protein of 24.3 kD. The other identified clone, CA2, encodes a 28.3-kD polypeptide, which in addition to other residue changes, is 78 amino acids shorter at the N terminus than the primary product of CA1. The two cDNAs exhibit 76.9% sequence similarity at the DNA level and 84.6% identity between the predicted amino acid sequences. A polyclonal antibody generated against pea CA (N. Majeau, J.R. Coleman [1991] Plant Physiol 100: 1077-1078) hybridized to two protein bands (25 and 28 kD) from a total leaf extract and to only one band (25 kD) from a chloroplastic protein extract. The data suggest that the CA2 protein is an extrachloroplastic form of CA, presumably localized in the cytoplasm. Southern analysis indicated that CA1 and CA2 are encoded by different genes. Northern analysis of total leaf RNA resulted in hybridization of CA1- and CA2-derived probes to two transcripts of 1.47 and 1.2 kb, respectively. These data provide additional evidence that the CA2 clone is a full-length cDNA and that two transcribed CA genes are present in the Arabidopsis genome. Transcript levels of CA1 and CA2 decreased 70 and 20%, respectively, when mature plants were transferred to dark for 24 h. Seedlings germinated in the dark showed CA1 and CA2 transcript abundance levels of 4 and 22%, respectively, when compared with light-germinated seedlings. These data suggest that expression of CA1 is light regulated and dependent of leaf and/or chloroplast development. A possible role for cytoplasmic CA in the plant cell is discussed.
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- J P Fett
- Department of Botany, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Chloroplast carbonic anhydrase from Pisum sativum has been isolated. The kinetic properties of the enzyme have been studied and comparisons to the well characterised human carbonic anhydrase II made. Pea carbonic anhydrase was found to be dependent on a reducing agent in order to retain the catalytic activity. Oxidised, inactive, enzyme could be activated by the addition of a SH-agent. However, such activation gave only 60% of the activity of an enzyme kept in a reduced state all the time. The kinetics of CO2 hydration show an increase in kcat as well as in kcat/Km with pH, but the pH profile does not follow a simple titration curve. The pH dependence is more complicated and it seems as if there are several titratable groups affecting the activity. At pH 9 we obtain a turnover number of 4 x 10(5) s-1 and a kcat/Km value of 1.8 x 10(8) M-1 s-1 with reference to the subunit. We also find that the enzyme needs high concentrations of buffer to work at a maximal rate. Apparent Km values with respect to the total buffer concentration are found between 52-185 mM at neutral and high pH. At low pH the situation is complex with deviations from Michaelis-Menten kinetics. Chloroplast carbonic anhydrase from higher plants have been reported to have primary structures that are completely different from the enzyme from animals. In addition, we find the circular dichroic spectrum of pea carbonic anhydrase to be well distinguished from that of human carbonic anhydrase II. Despite those structural differences the kinetic parameters indicate that pea carbonic anhydrase is equally efficient as human carbonic anhydrase II in catalysing the hydration of CO2. However, the mechanism for proton transfer from the active site to the surrounding medium seems to differ between the two enzymes.
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- I M Johansson
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Umeå, Sweden
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Provart NJ, Majeau N, Coleman JR. Characterization of pea chloroplastic carbonic anhydrase. Expression in Escherichia coli and site-directed mutagenesis. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 1993; 22:937-943. [PMID: 8400138 DOI: 10.1007/bf00028967] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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A cDNA encoding the mature, chloroplast-localized carbonic anhydrase in pea has been expressed in E. coli. The enzyme is fully active and yields of up to 20% of the total soluble protein can be obtained from the bacteria. This expression system was used to monitor the effects of site-directed mutagenesis of seven residues found within conserved regions in the pea carbonic anhydrase amino acid sequence. The effects of these modifications are discussed with respect to the potential of various amino acids to act as sites for zinc coordination or intramolecular proton shuttles.
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- N J Provart
- Dept. of Botany, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Johansson IM, Forsman C. Processing of the chloroplast transit peptide of pea carbonic anhydrase in chloroplasts and in Escherichia coli. Identification of two cleavage sites. FEBS Lett 1992; 314:232-6. [PMID: 1468554 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(92)81478-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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The chloroplast transit peptide (cTP) of pea carbonic anhydrase was shown to be processed at two different sites, giving protein subunits of two sizes. The cleavage sites were identified and found to be localized immediately before and after a highly charged part, containing 8 acidic and 6 basic residues, of the cTP. Properties of pea carbonic anhydrase produced in Escherichia coli show that folding, oligomerization and catalytic activity do not depend on the presence of the acidic part or the rest of the cTP. The pattern of processing of the cTP in E. coli indicates that cleavage at site I is specific for a chloroplastic stromal peptidase and that cleavage at site I prevents processing at site II.
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- I M Johansson
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Umeå, Sweden
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Yu JW, Price GD, Song L, Badger MR. Isolation of a Putative Carboxysomal Carbonic Anhydrase Gene from the Cyanobacterium Synechococcus PCC7942. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 1992; 100:794-800. [PMID: 16653060 PMCID: PMC1075628 DOI: 10.1104/pp.100.2.794] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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The Type II mutants of the cyanobacterium Synechococcus PCC7942 (G.D. Price, M.R. Badger [1989] Plant Physiol 91: 514-525) are able to accumulate a large pool of inorganic carbon inside the cell, but are unable to utilize it for CO(2) fixation, resulting in a high CO(2)-requiring phenotype. We have isolated a 3.5-kb BamHI clone (pT2) that complements the Type II mutants, and complementation analysis with DNA subclones indicated that the complementing region was located in the 0.75-kb XhoI-Bg/II fragment. This same region hybridized to the chloroplastic carbonic anhydrase (CA) gene from spinach on Southern blots and to a mRNA of approximate 1 kb on northern blots. Restriction mapping and sequence analysis revealed that pT2 is the same as a genomic clone (pBM3.8) that complements another high CO(2)-requiring (temperature sensitive) mutant, C3P-O (E. Suzuki, H. Fukuzawa, S. Miyachi [1991] Mol Gen Genet 226: 401-408). Recently, a 272-amino acid open reading frame showing 22% homology with pea and spinach chloroplast CA genes was identified in clone pBM3.8 (H. Fukuzawa, E. Suzuki, Y. Komukal, S. Miyachi [1992] Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 89: 4437-4441). CA activity was detected in Escherichia coli cells transformed with subclones of pT2 (pT2-A and pT2-A1) containing the HindIII-Bg/II fragment, and the expressed CA has properties similar to those of the CA activity associated with carboxysomes purified from Synechococcus PCC7942 (G.D. Price, J.R. Coleman, M.R. Badger [1992] Plant Physiol 100: 784-793). Therefore, it is reasonable to conclude that the HindIII-Bg/II fragment codes for the carboxysomal CA gene product. The result is discussed in the context of the role that carboxysomal CA plays in the operation of the CO(2)-concentrating mechanism in cyanobacteria.
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- J W Yu
- Plant Environmental Biology Group, Research School of Biological Science, Australian National University, P.O. Box 475, Canberra City, A.C.T. 2601, Australia
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- R E Tashian
- Department of Human Genetics, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor 48109
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Douwe de Boer A, Weisbeek PJ. Chloroplast protein topogenesis: import, sorting and assembly. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1991; 1071:221-53. [PMID: 1958688 DOI: 10.1016/0304-4157(91)90015-o] [Citation(s) in RCA: 172] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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- A Douwe de Boer
- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Majeau N, Coleman JR. Isolation and characterization of a cDNA coding for pea chloroplastic carbonic anhydrase. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 1991; 95:264-8. [PMID: 16667962 PMCID: PMC1077516 DOI: 10.1104/pp.95.1.264] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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Using a polyclonal antibody generated against the purified pea (Pisum sativum) carbonic anhydrase (CA) monomeric species, we have isolated and characterized a cDNA coding for this enzyme. Protein sequence analysis was used to confirm the identity of the clone. The presence of a large transit peptide suggests that CA is transported into the chloroplast and then processed to the mature size of approximately 26 kilodaltons. Northern hybridization, using the CA cDNA as a probe of total leaf RNA, revealed a single transcript of 1.45 kilobase pairs. This transcript was not detected in RNA extracted from root or etiolated leaf tissue. Comparison of the deduced amino acid sequence with that of spinach CA showed approximately 68% identity over the length of the nascent protein but with greater similarity observed within the mature protein sequences. In addition, regions of the pea and spinach CA proteins were found to be significantly similar to the Escherichia coli cyanate permease.
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- N Majeau
- Centre for Plant Biotechnology, Department of Botany, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 3B2
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Apparent carbonic anhydrase activity in leaf extracts, measured as the rate of H+ production associated with the CO2 hydration reaction, varied by as much as 25-fold when the assay buffer was varied. Highest activities were usually recorded in barbitone buffer, with lower activities in imidazole, Tricine, Hepes, Tris, and phosphate buffers. The greatest differences were observed with the enzyme isolated from leaves of the monocotyledonous plants Zea mays (maize) and Triticum aestivum (wheat). Smaller differences were observed with carbonic anhydrase from dicotyledonous species and there was no effect on the erythrocyte enzyme. Leaf carbonic anhydrase activity measured by the mass spectrometric procedure was unaffected by varying the assay buffer. The low activity in certain buffers observed with the former assay system was found to be due to inhibition of the enzyme-catalyzed reaction by higher concentrations of CO2. Carbonic anhydrase from some sources was also strongly inhibited by certain inorganic and organic anions.
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- M D Hatch
- Division of Plant Industry, CSIRO, Canberra, ACT, Australia
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Roeske CA, Ogren WL. Nucleotide sequence of pea cDNA encoding chloroplast carbonic anhydrase. Nucleic Acids Res 1990; 18:3413. [PMID: 2113277 PMCID: PMC330966 DOI: 10.1093/nar/18.11.3413] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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- C A Roeske
- Department of Plant Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign 61801
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Fukuzawa H, Fujiwara S, Yamamoto Y, Dionisio-Sese ML, Miyachi S. cDNA cloning, sequence, and expression of carbonic anhydrase in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii: regulation by environmental CO2 concentration. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1990; 87:4383-7. [PMID: 2112252 PMCID: PMC54114 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.87.11.4383] [Citation(s) in RCA: 148] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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cDNA clones for the periplasmic carbonic anhydrase (CA; carbonate hydro-lyase, EC 4.2.1.1) of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii cells were isolated and characterized. The fact that the cloned cDNA fragments encoded a 377-amino acid polypeptide (41,626 Da) consisting of an NH2-terminal hydrophobic signal peptide of 20 amino acids, a large (35,603 Da) subunit polypeptide, and a small (4144 Da) subunit polypeptide indicates that the two subunits are cotranslated as a precursor polypeptide. The amino acid sequence of mature subunits deduced from the nucleotide sequence showed 20-22% homology with human CA isozymes (CAI, CAII, and CAIII). Three zinc-liganded histidine residues and those forming a hydrogen-bond network to zinc-bound solvent molecules were highly conserved in the plant and animal enzymes. Three possible asparagine-linked glycosylation sites were found in the large subunit. Northern blot analysis was carried out using the cDNA fragment as a probe. The level of 2.0-kilobase CA mRNA increased within 1 hr when CO2 concentration of the bubbling gas was changed from 5% to 0.04% (air level) in the presence of light. On the other hand, CA mRNA did not accumulate when CO2 concentration was lowered in the dark. Experiments using 3-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-1,1-dimethylurea showed that photosynthesis is absolutely required for the accumulation of CA mRNA. These results indicate that CA biosynthesis is regulated by changes in environmental CO2 concentration as well as light at the level of mRNA abundance.
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- H Fukuzawa
- Institute of Applied Microbiology, University of Tokyo, Japan
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