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Escandón M, Bigatton ED, Guerrero-Sánchez VM, Hernández-Lao T, Rey MD, Jorrín-Novo JV, Castillejo MA. Identification of Proteases and Protease Inhibitors in Seeds of the Recalcitrant Forest Tree Species Quercus ilex. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 13:907042. [PMID: 35832232 PMCID: PMC9271950 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.907042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2022] [Accepted: 06/06/2022] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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Proteases and protease inhibitors have been identified in the recalcitrant species Quercus ilex using in silico and wet methods, with focus on those present in seeds during germination. In silico analyses showed that the Q. ilex transcriptome database contained 2,240 and 97 transcripts annotated as proteases and protease inhibitors, respectively. They belonged to the different families according to MEROPS, being the serine and metallo ones the most represented. The data were compared with those previously reported for other Quercus species, including Q. suber, Q. lobata, and Q. robur. Changes in proteases and protease inhibitors alongside seed germination in cotyledon and embryo axis tissues were assessed using proteomics and in vitro and in gel activity assays. Shotgun (LC-MSMS) analysis of embryo axes and cotyledons in nonviable (NV), mature (T1) and germinated (T3) seeds allowed the identification of 177 proteases and 12 protease inhibitors, mostly represented by serine and metallo types. Total protease activity, as determined by in vitro assays using azocasein as substrate, was higher in cotyledons than in embryo axes. There were not differences in activity among cotyledon samples, while embryo axis peaked at germinated T4 stage. Gel assays revealed the presence of protease activities in at least 10 resolved bands, in the Mr range of 60-260 kDa, being some of them common to cotyledons and embryo axes in either nonviable, mature, and germinated seeds. Bands showing quantitative or qualitative changes upon germination were observed in embryo axes but not in cotyledons at Mr values of 60-140 kDa. Proteomics shotgun analysis of the 10 bands with protease activity supported the results obtained in the overall proteome analysis, with 227 proteases and 3 protease inhibitors identified mostly represented by the serine, cysteine, and metallo families. The combined use of shotgun proteomics and protease activity measurements allowed the identification of tissue-specific (e.g., cysteine protease inhibitors in embryo axes of mature acorns) and stage-specific proteins (e.g., those associated with mobilization of storage proteins accumulated in T3 stage). Those proteins showing differences between nonviable and viable seeds could be related to viability, and those variables between mature and germinated could be associated with the germination process. These differences are observed mostly in embryo axes but not in cotyledons. Among them, those implicated in mobilization of reserve proteins, such as the cathepsin H cysteine protease and Clp proteases, and also the large number of subunits of the CNS and 26S proteasome complex differentially identified in embryos of the several stages suggests that protein degradation via CNS/26S plays a major role early in germination. Conversely, aspartic proteases such as nepenthesins were exclusively identified in NV seeds, so their presence could be used as indicator of nonviability.
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- Monica Escandón
- Agroforestry and Plant Biochemistry, Proteomics and Systems Biology, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain
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- Agroforestry and Plant Biochemistry, Proteomics and Systems Biology, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain
- Agricultural Microbiology, Faculty of Agricultural Science, National University of Córdoba, CONICET, Córdoba, Argentina
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- Agroforestry and Plant Biochemistry, Proteomics and Systems Biology, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain
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- Agroforestry and Plant Biochemistry, Proteomics and Systems Biology, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain
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- Agroforestry and Plant Biochemistry, Proteomics and Systems Biology, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain
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- Agroforestry and Plant Biochemistry, Proteomics and Systems Biology, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain
- Jesus V. Jorrín-Novo,
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- Agroforestry and Plant Biochemistry, Proteomics and Systems Biology, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain
- *Correspondence: Maria Angeles Castillejo,
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Gomez-Sanchez A, Santamaria ME, Gonzalez-Melendi P, Muszynska A, Matthess C, Martinez M, Diaz I. Repression of barley cathepsins, HvPap-19 and HvPap-1, differentially alters grain composition and delays germination. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2021; 72:3474-3485. [PMID: 33454762 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erab007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2020] [Accepted: 01/13/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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During barley germination, cysteine proteases are essential in the mobilization of storage compounds providing peptides and amino acids to sustain embryo growth until photosynthesis is completely established. Knockdown barley plants, generated by artificial miRNA, for the cathepsins B- and F-like HvPap-19 and HvPap-1 genes, respectively, showed less cysteine protease activities and consequently lower protein degradation. The functional redundancy between proteases triggered an enzymatic compensation associated with an increase in serine protease activities in both knockdown lines, which was not sufficient to maintain germination rates and behaviour. Concomitantly, these transgenic lines showed alterations in the accumulation of protein and carbohydrates in the grain. While the total amount of protein increased in both transgenic lines, the starch content decreased in HvPap-1 knockdown lines and the sucrose concentration was reduced in silenced HvPap-19 grains. Consequently, phenotypes of HvPap-1 and HvPap-19 artificial miRNA lines showed a delay in the grain germination process. These data demonstrate the potential of exploring the properties of barley proteases for selective modification and use in brewing or in the livestock feeding industry.
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- Andrea Gomez-Sanchez
- Centro de Biotecnología y Genómica de Plantas, Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid (UPM), Spain
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- Centro de Biotecnología y Genómica de Plantas, Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid (UPM), Spain
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- Centro de Biotecnología y Genómica de Plantas, Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid (UPM), Spain
- Departamento de Biotecnología-Biología Vegetal, Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería Agronómica, Alimentaria y de Biosistemas, UPM, Madrid, Spain
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- Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), Corrensstrasse, Gatersleben, Germany
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- Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), Corrensstrasse, Gatersleben, Germany
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- Centro de Biotecnología y Genómica de Plantas, Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid (UPM), Spain
- Departamento de Biotecnología-Biología Vegetal, Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería Agronómica, Alimentaria y de Biosistemas, UPM, Madrid, Spain
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- Centro de Biotecnología y Genómica de Plantas, Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid (UPM), Spain
- Departamento de Biotecnología-Biología Vegetal, Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería Agronómica, Alimentaria y de Biosistemas, UPM, Madrid, Spain
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Jutras PV, Grosse‐Holz F, Kaschani F, Kaiser M, Michaud D, van der Hoorn RA. Activity-based proteomics reveals nine target proteases for the recombinant protein-stabilizing inhibitor SlCYS8 in Nicotiana benthamiana. PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL 2019; 17:1670-1678. [PMID: 30742730 PMCID: PMC6662110 DOI: 10.1111/pbi.13092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2018] [Revised: 02/07/2019] [Accepted: 02/07/2019] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Co-expression of protease inhibitors like the tomato cystatin SlCYS8 is useful to increase recombinant protein production in plants, but key proteases involved in protein proteolysis are still unknown. Here, we performed activity-based protein profiling to identify proteases that are inhibited by SlCYS8 in agroinfiltrated Nicotiana benthamiana. We discovered that SlCYS8 selectively suppresses papain-like cysteine protease (PLCP) activity in both apoplastic fluids and total leaf extracts, while not affecting vacuolar-processing enzyme and serine hydrolase activity. A robust concentration-dependent inhibition of PLCPs occurred in vitro when purified SlCYS8 was added to leaf extracts, indicating direct cystatin-PLCP interactions. Activity-based proteomics revealed that nine different Cathepsin-L/-F-like PLCPs are strongly inhibited by SlCYS8 in leaves. By contrast, the activity of five other Cathepsin-B/-H-like PLCPs, as well as 87 Ser hydrolases, was unaffected by SlCYS8. SlCYS8 expression prevented protein degradation by inhibiting intermediate and mature isoforms of granulin-containing proteases from the Resistant-to-Desiccation-21 (RD21) PLCP subfamily. Our data underline the key role of endogenous PLCPs on recombinant protein degradation and reveal candidate proteases for depletion strategies.
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- Philippe V. Jutras
- Department of Plant SciencesPlant Chemetics LaboratoryUniversity of OxfordOxfordUK
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- Chemische BiologieZentrum für Medizinische BiotechnologieFakultät für BiologieUniversität Duisburg‐EssenEssenGermany
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- Chemische BiologieZentrum für Medizinische BiotechnologieFakultät für BiologieUniversität Duisburg‐EssenEssenGermany
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- Centre de recherche et d'innovation sur les végétauxUniversité LavalQuébecCanada
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Morán-Diez ME, Carrero-Carrón I, Rubio MB, Jiménez-Díaz RM, Monte E, Hermosa R. Transcriptomic Analysis of Trichoderma atroviride Overgrowing Plant-Wilting Verticillium dahliae Reveals the Role of a New M14 Metallocarboxypeptidase CPA1 in Biocontrol. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:1120. [PMID: 31191472 PMCID: PMC6545926 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.01120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2019] [Accepted: 05/03/2019] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Verticillium dahliae, a vascular-colonizing fungus, causes economically important wilt diseases in many crops, including olive trees. Trichoderma spp. have demonstrated an effective contribution as biocontrol agents against this pathogen through a variety of mechanisms that may involve direct mycoparasitism and antibiosis. However, molecular aspects underlaying Trichoderma–V. dahliae interactions are not well known yet due to the few studies in which this pathogen has been used as a target for Trichoderma. In the present study, Trichoderma atroviride T11 overgrew colonies of V. dahliae on agar plates and inhibited growth of highly virulent defoliating (D) V. dahliae V-138I through diffusible molecules and volatile organic compounds produced before contact. A Trichoderma microarray approach of T11 growing alone (CON), and before contact (NV) or overgrowing (OV) colonies of V-138I, helped to identify 143 genes that differed significantly in their expression level by more than twofold between OV and CON or NV. Functional annotation of these genes indicated a marked up-regulation of hydrolytic, catalytic and transporter activities, and secondary metabolic processes when T11 overgrew V-138I. This transcriptomic analysis identified peptidases as enzymatic activity overrepresented in the OV condition, and the cpa1 gene encoding a putative carboxypeptidase (ID number 301733) was selected to validate this study. The role of cpa1 in strain T11 on antagonism of V-138I was analyzed by a cpa1-overexpression approach. The increased levels of cpa1 expression and protease activity in the cpa1-overexpressed transformants compared to those in wild-type or transformation control strains were followed by significantly higher antifungal activity against V-138I in in vitro assays. The use of Trichoderma spp. for the integrated management of plant diseases caused by V. dahliae requires a better understanding of the molecular mechanisms underlying this interaction that might provide an increase on its efficiency.
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- María E Morán-Diez
- Department of Microbiology and Genetics, Spanish-Portuguese Institute for Agricultural Research (CIALE), University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
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- Department of Microbiology and Genetics, Spanish-Portuguese Institute for Agricultural Research (CIALE), University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain.,College of Agriculture and Forestry (ETSIAM), University of Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain
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- Department of Microbiology and Genetics, Spanish-Portuguese Institute for Agricultural Research (CIALE), University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
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- College of Agriculture and Forestry (ETSIAM), University of Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain.,Institute for Sustainable Agriculture (IAS), Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Córdoba, Spain
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- Department of Microbiology and Genetics, Spanish-Portuguese Institute for Agricultural Research (CIALE), University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
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- Department of Microbiology and Genetics, Spanish-Portuguese Institute for Agricultural Research (CIALE), University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
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Martinez M, Gómez-Cabellos S, Giménez MJ, Barro F, Diaz I, Diaz-Mendoza M. Plant Proteases: From Key Enzymes in Germination to Allies for Fighting Human Gluten-Related Disorders. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2019; 10:721. [PMID: 31191594 PMCID: PMC6548828 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2019.00721] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2019] [Accepted: 05/16/2019] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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Plant proteases play a crucial role in many different biological processes along the plant life cycle. One of the most determinant stages in which proteases are key protagonists is the plant germination through the hydrolysis and mobilization of other proteins accumulated in seeds and cereal grains. The most represented proteases in charge of this are the cysteine proteases group, including the C1A family known as papain-like and the C13 family also called legumains. In cereal species such as wheat, oat or rye, gluten is a very complex mixture of grain storage proteins, which may affect the health of sensitive consumers like celiac patients. Since gluten proteins are suitable targets for plant proteases, the knowledge of the proteases involved in storage protein mobilization could be employed to manipulate the amount of gluten in the grain. Some proteases have been previously found to exhibit promising properties for their application in the degradation of known toxic peptides from gluten. To explore the variability in gluten-degrading capacities, we have now analyzed the degradation of gluten from different wheat cultivars using several cysteine proteases from barley. The wide variability showed highlights the possibility to select the protease with the highest potential to alter grain composition reducing the gluten content. Consequently, new avenues could be explored combining genetic manipulation of proteolytic processes with silencing techniques to be used as biotechnological tools against gluten-related disorders.
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- Manuel Martinez
- Centro de Biotecnologia y Genomica de Plantas, Instituto Nacional de Investigacion y Tecnologia Agraria y Alimentaria (INIA), Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM), Campus Montegancedo UPM, Madrid, Spain
- Departamento de Biotecnologia-Biologia Vegetal, Escuela Tecnica Superior de Ingenieria Agronomica, Alimentaria y de Biosistemas, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM), Madrid, Spain
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- Centro de Biotecnologia y Genomica de Plantas, Instituto Nacional de Investigacion y Tecnologia Agraria y Alimentaria (INIA), Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM), Campus Montegancedo UPM, Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Mejora Genética Vegetal, Instituto de Agricultura Sostenible (IAS-CSIC), Córdoba, Spain
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- Departamento de Mejora Genética Vegetal, Instituto de Agricultura Sostenible (IAS-CSIC), Córdoba, Spain
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- Centro de Biotecnologia y Genomica de Plantas, Instituto Nacional de Investigacion y Tecnologia Agraria y Alimentaria (INIA), Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM), Campus Montegancedo UPM, Madrid, Spain
- Departamento de Biotecnologia-Biologia Vegetal, Escuela Tecnica Superior de Ingenieria Agronomica, Alimentaria y de Biosistemas, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM), Madrid, Spain
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- Centro de Biotecnologia y Genomica de Plantas, Instituto Nacional de Investigacion y Tecnologia Agraria y Alimentaria (INIA), Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM), Campus Montegancedo UPM, Madrid, Spain
- *Correspondence: Mercedes Diaz-Mendoza,
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Guzmán-Ortiz FA, Castro-Rosas J, Gómez-Aldapa CA, Mora-Escobedo R, Rojas-León A, Rodríguez-Marín ML, Falfán-Cortés RN, Román-Gutiérrez AD. Enzyme activity during germination of different cereals: A review. FOOD REVIEWS INTERNATIONAL 2018. [DOI: 10.1080/87559129.2018.1514623] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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- Área Académica de Química (AAQ), Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo, Hidalgo. CP, Mexico
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- Departamento de Ingeniería Bioquímica, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Campus Zacatenco, Unidad Profesional “Adolfo López Mateos”, Calle Wilfrido Massieu esquina Cda, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Área Académica de Química (AAQ), Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo, Hidalgo. CP, Mexico
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Pillay P, Kunert KJ, van Wyk S, Makgopa ME, Cullis CA, Vorster BJ. Agroinfiltration contributes to VP1 recombinant protein degradation. Bioengineered 2016; 7:459-477. [PMID: 27459147 PMCID: PMC5094629 DOI: 10.1080/21655979.2016.1208868] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2016] [Revised: 06/24/2016] [Accepted: 06/28/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022] Open
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There is a growing interest in applying tobacco agroinfiltration for recombinant protein production in a plant based system. However, in such a system, the action of proteases might compromise recombinant protein production. Protease sensitivity of model recombinant foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) virus P1-polyprotein (P1) and VP1 (viral capsid protein 1) as well as E. coli glutathione reductase (GOR) were investigated. Recombinant VP1 was more severely degraded when treated with the serine protease trypsin than when treated with the cysteine protease papain. Cathepsin L- and B-like as well as legumain proteolytic activities were elevated in agroinfiltrated tobacco tissues and recombinant VP1 was degraded when incubated with such a protease-containing tobacco extract. In silico analysis revealed potential protease cleavage sites within the P1, VP1 and GOR sequences. The interaction modeling of the single VP1 protein with the proteases papain and trypsin showed greater proximity to proteolytic active sites compared to modeling with the entire P1-polyprotein fusion complex. Several plant transcripts with differential expression were detected 24 hr post-agroinfiltration when the RNA-seq technology was applied to identify changed protease transcripts using the recently available tobacco draft genome. Three candidate genes were identified coding for proteases which included the Responsive-to-Desiccation-21 (RD21) gene and genes for coding vacuolar processing enzymes 1a (NbVPE1a) and 1b (NbVPE1b). The data demonstrates that the tested recombinant proteins are sensitive to protease action and agroinfiltration induces the expression of potential proteases that can compromise recombinant protein production.
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- Priyen Pillay
- Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), University of Pretoria, Hillcrest, Pretoria, South Africa
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- Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), University of Pretoria, Hillcrest, Pretoria, South Africa
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- Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), University of Pretoria, Hillcrest, Pretoria, South Africa
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- Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), University of Pretoria, Hillcrest, Pretoria, South Africa
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- Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), University of Pretoria, Hillcrest, Pretoria, South Africa
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Paireder M, Mehofer U, Tholen S, Porodko A, Schähs P, Maresch D, Biniossek ML, van der Hoorn RAL, Lenarcic B, Novinec M, Schilling O, Mach L. The death enzyme CP14 is a unique papain-like cysteine proteinase with a pronounced S2 subsite selectivity. Arch Biochem Biophys 2016; 603:110-7. [PMID: 27246477 DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2016.05.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2016] [Revised: 05/25/2016] [Accepted: 05/26/2016] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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The cysteine protease CP14 has been identified as a central component of a molecular module regulating programmed cell death in plant embryos. CP14 belongs to a distinct subfamily of papain-like cysteine proteinases of which no representative has been characterized thoroughly to date. However, it has been proposed that CP14 is a cathepsin H-like protease. We have now produced recombinant Nicotiana benthamiana CP14 (NbCP14) lacking the C-terminal granulin domain. As typical for papain-like cysteine proteinases, NbCP14 undergoes rapid autocatalytic activation when incubated at low pH. The mature protease is capable of hydrolysing several synthetic endopeptidase substrates, but cathepsin H-like aminopeptidase activity could not be detected. NbCP14 displays a strong preference for aliphatic over aromatic amino acids in the specificity-determining P2 position. This subsite selectivity was also observed upon digestion of proteome-derived peptide libraries. Notably, the specificity profile of NbCP14 differs from that of aleurain-like protease, the N. benthamiana orthologue of cathepsin H. We conclude that CP14 is a papain-like cysteine proteinase with unusual enzymatic properties which may prove of central importance for the execution of programmed cell death during plant development.
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- Melanie Paireder
- Department of Applied Genetics and Cell Biology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Applied Genetics and Cell Biology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Molecular Medicine and Cell Research, University of Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Applied Genetics and Cell Biology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Applied Genetics and Cell Biology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Molecular Medicine and Cell Research, University of Freiburg, Germany
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- The Plant Chemetics Laboratory, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Institute of Molecular Medicine and Cell Research, University of Freiburg, Germany; BIOSS Centre for Biological Signaling Studies, University of Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Applied Genetics and Cell Biology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria.
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Butts CT, Zhang X, Kelly JE, Roskamp KW, Unhelkar MH, Freites JA, Tahir S, Martin RW. Sequence comparison, molecular modeling, and network analysis predict structural diversity in cysteine proteases from the Cape sundew, Drosera capensis. Comput Struct Biotechnol J 2016; 14:271-82. [PMID: 27471585 PMCID: PMC4949590 DOI: 10.1016/j.csbj.2016.05.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2016] [Revised: 05/11/2016] [Accepted: 05/17/2016] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Carnivorous plants represent a so far underexploited reservoir of novel proteases with potentially useful activities. Here we investigate 44 cysteine proteases from the Cape sundew, Drosera capensis, predicted from genomic DNA sequences. D. capensis has a large number of cysteine protease genes; analysis of their sequences reveals homologs of known plant proteases, some of which are predicted to have novel properties. Many functionally significant sequence and structural features are observed, including targeting signals and occluding loops. Several of the proteases contain a new type of granulin domain. Although active site residues are conserved, the sequence identity of these proteases to known proteins is moderate to low; therefore, comparative modeling with all-atom refinement and subsequent atomistic MD-simulation is used to predict their 3D structures. The structure prediction data, as well as analysis of protein structure networks, suggest multifarious variations on the papain-like cysteine protease structural theme. This in silico methodology provides a general framework for investigating a large pool of sequences that are potentially useful for biotechnology applications, enabling informed choices about which proteins to investigate in the laboratory. 44 new cysteine proteases from the carnivorous plant Drosera capensis are described. Structure prediction and molecular dynamics simulation predict overall folds similar to papain. Functionally significant sequence and structural features are observed, including targeting signals and occluding loops. Several of the proteases contain a new type of granulin domain. Protein structure networks reveal global differences in interactions among chemical groups.
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- Carter T Butts
- Department of Sociology, UC Irvine, USA; Department of Sociology, UC Irvine, USA; Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, UC Irvine, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, UC Irvine, USA; Department of Molecular Biology & Biochemistry, UC Irvine, Irvine, CA, 92697 USA
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Diaz-Mendoza M, Dominguez-Figueroa JD, Velasco-Arroyo B, Cambra I, Gonzalez-Melendi P, Lopez-Gonzalvez A, Garcia A, Hensel G, Kumlehn J, Diaz I, Martinez M. HvPap-1 C1A Protease and HvCPI-2 Cystatin Contribute to Barley Grain Filling and Germination. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2016; 170:2511-24. [PMID: 26912343 PMCID: PMC4824613 DOI: 10.1104/pp.15.01944] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2015] [Accepted: 02/23/2016] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Proteolysis is an essential process throughout the mobilization of storage proteins in barley (Hordeum vulgare) grains during germination. It involves numerous types of enzymes, with C1A Cys proteases the most abundant key players. Manipulation of the proteolytic machinery is a potential way to enhance grain yield and quality, and it could influence the mobilization of storage compounds along germination. Transgenic barley plants silencing or over-expressing the cathepsin F-like HvPap-1 Cys protease show differential accumulation of storage molecules such as starch, proteins, and free amino acids in the grain. It is particularly striking that the HvPap-1 artificial microRNA lines phenotype show a drastic delay in the grain germination process. Alterations to the proteolytic activities in the over-expressing and knock-down grains associated with changes in the level of expression of several C1A peptidases were also detected. Similarly, down-regulating cystatin Icy-2, one of the proteinaceous inhibitors of the cathepsin F-like protease, also has important effects on grain filling. However, the ultimate physiological influence of manipulating a peptidase or an inhibitor cannot be always predicted, since the plant tries to compensate the modified proteolytic effects by modulating the expression of some other peptidases or their inhibitors.
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- Mercedes Diaz-Mendoza
- Centro de Biotecnologia y Genomica de Plantas, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Campus Montegancedo, 28223-Pozuelo de Alarcon, Madrid, Spain (M.D.-M., J.D.D.-F., B.V.-A., I.C., P.G.-M., I.D., M.M.); Centre for Metabolomics and Bioanalysis, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad CEU San Pablo, Campus Monteprincipe, Boadilla del Monte 28668, Madrid, Spain (A.L.-G., A.G.); andPlant Reproductive Biology, Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research, Corrensstr. 3, 06466 Stadt Seeland/OT Gatersleben, Germany (G.H., J.K.)
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- Centro de Biotecnologia y Genomica de Plantas, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Campus Montegancedo, 28223-Pozuelo de Alarcon, Madrid, Spain (M.D.-M., J.D.D.-F., B.V.-A., I.C., P.G.-M., I.D., M.M.); Centre for Metabolomics and Bioanalysis, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad CEU San Pablo, Campus Monteprincipe, Boadilla del Monte 28668, Madrid, Spain (A.L.-G., A.G.); andPlant Reproductive Biology, Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research, Corrensstr. 3, 06466 Stadt Seeland/OT Gatersleben, Germany (G.H., J.K.)
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- Centro de Biotecnologia y Genomica de Plantas, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Campus Montegancedo, 28223-Pozuelo de Alarcon, Madrid, Spain (M.D.-M., J.D.D.-F., B.V.-A., I.C., P.G.-M., I.D., M.M.); Centre for Metabolomics and Bioanalysis, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad CEU San Pablo, Campus Monteprincipe, Boadilla del Monte 28668, Madrid, Spain (A.L.-G., A.G.); andPlant Reproductive Biology, Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research, Corrensstr. 3, 06466 Stadt Seeland/OT Gatersleben, Germany (G.H., J.K.)
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- Centro de Biotecnologia y Genomica de Plantas, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Campus Montegancedo, 28223-Pozuelo de Alarcon, Madrid, Spain (M.D.-M., J.D.D.-F., B.V.-A., I.C., P.G.-M., I.D., M.M.); Centre for Metabolomics and Bioanalysis, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad CEU San Pablo, Campus Monteprincipe, Boadilla del Monte 28668, Madrid, Spain (A.L.-G., A.G.); andPlant Reproductive Biology, Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research, Corrensstr. 3, 06466 Stadt Seeland/OT Gatersleben, Germany (G.H., J.K.)
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- Centro de Biotecnologia y Genomica de Plantas, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Campus Montegancedo, 28223-Pozuelo de Alarcon, Madrid, Spain (M.D.-M., J.D.D.-F., B.V.-A., I.C., P.G.-M., I.D., M.M.); Centre for Metabolomics and Bioanalysis, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad CEU San Pablo, Campus Monteprincipe, Boadilla del Monte 28668, Madrid, Spain (A.L.-G., A.G.); andPlant Reproductive Biology, Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research, Corrensstr. 3, 06466 Stadt Seeland/OT Gatersleben, Germany (G.H., J.K.)
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- Centro de Biotecnologia y Genomica de Plantas, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Campus Montegancedo, 28223-Pozuelo de Alarcon, Madrid, Spain (M.D.-M., J.D.D.-F., B.V.-A., I.C., P.G.-M., I.D., M.M.); Centre for Metabolomics and Bioanalysis, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad CEU San Pablo, Campus Monteprincipe, Boadilla del Monte 28668, Madrid, Spain (A.L.-G., A.G.); andPlant Reproductive Biology, Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research, Corrensstr. 3, 06466 Stadt Seeland/OT Gatersleben, Germany (G.H., J.K.)
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- Centro de Biotecnologia y Genomica de Plantas, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Campus Montegancedo, 28223-Pozuelo de Alarcon, Madrid, Spain (M.D.-M., J.D.D.-F., B.V.-A., I.C., P.G.-M., I.D., M.M.); Centre for Metabolomics and Bioanalysis, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad CEU San Pablo, Campus Monteprincipe, Boadilla del Monte 28668, Madrid, Spain (A.L.-G., A.G.); andPlant Reproductive Biology, Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research, Corrensstr. 3, 06466 Stadt Seeland/OT Gatersleben, Germany (G.H., J.K.)
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- Centro de Biotecnologia y Genomica de Plantas, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Campus Montegancedo, 28223-Pozuelo de Alarcon, Madrid, Spain (M.D.-M., J.D.D.-F., B.V.-A., I.C., P.G.-M., I.D., M.M.); Centre for Metabolomics and Bioanalysis, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad CEU San Pablo, Campus Monteprincipe, Boadilla del Monte 28668, Madrid, Spain (A.L.-G., A.G.); andPlant Reproductive Biology, Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research, Corrensstr. 3, 06466 Stadt Seeland/OT Gatersleben, Germany (G.H., J.K.)
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- Centro de Biotecnologia y Genomica de Plantas, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Campus Montegancedo, 28223-Pozuelo de Alarcon, Madrid, Spain (M.D.-M., J.D.D.-F., B.V.-A., I.C., P.G.-M., I.D., M.M.); Centre for Metabolomics and Bioanalysis, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad CEU San Pablo, Campus Monteprincipe, Boadilla del Monte 28668, Madrid, Spain (A.L.-G., A.G.); andPlant Reproductive Biology, Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research, Corrensstr. 3, 06466 Stadt Seeland/OT Gatersleben, Germany (G.H., J.K.)
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- Centro de Biotecnologia y Genomica de Plantas, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Campus Montegancedo, 28223-Pozuelo de Alarcon, Madrid, Spain (M.D.-M., J.D.D.-F., B.V.-A., I.C., P.G.-M., I.D., M.M.); Centre for Metabolomics and Bioanalysis, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad CEU San Pablo, Campus Monteprincipe, Boadilla del Monte 28668, Madrid, Spain (A.L.-G., A.G.); andPlant Reproductive Biology, Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research, Corrensstr. 3, 06466 Stadt Seeland/OT Gatersleben, Germany (G.H., J.K.)
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- Centro de Biotecnologia y Genomica de Plantas, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Campus Montegancedo, 28223-Pozuelo de Alarcon, Madrid, Spain (M.D.-M., J.D.D.-F., B.V.-A., I.C., P.G.-M., I.D., M.M.); Centre for Metabolomics and Bioanalysis, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad CEU San Pablo, Campus Monteprincipe, Boadilla del Monte 28668, Madrid, Spain (A.L.-G., A.G.); andPlant Reproductive Biology, Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research, Corrensstr. 3, 06466 Stadt Seeland/OT Gatersleben, Germany (G.H., J.K.)
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Niemer M, Mehofer U, Verdianz M, Porodko A, Schähs P, Kracher D, Lenarcic B, Novinec M, Mach L. Nicotiana benthamiana cathepsin B displays distinct enzymatic features which differ from its human relative and aleurain-like protease. Biochimie 2016; 122:119-25. [PMID: 26166069 DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2015.06.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2015] [Accepted: 06/26/2015] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The tobacco-related plant species Nicotiana benthamiana has recently emerged as a versatile expression platform for the rapid generation of recombinant biopharmaceuticals, but product yield and quality frequently suffer from unintended proteolysis. Previous studies have highlighted that recombinant protein fragmentation in plants involves papain-like cysteine proteinases (PLCPs). For this reason, we have now characterized two major N. benthamiana PLCPs in detail: aleurain-like protease (NbALP) and cathepsin B (NbCathB). As typical for PLCPs, the precursor of NbCathB readily undergoes autocatalytic activation when incubated at low pH. On the contrary, maturation of NbALP requires the presence of a cathepsin L-like PLCP as processing enzyme. While the catalytic features of NbALP closely resemble those of its mammalian homologue cathepsin H, NbCathB displays remarkable differences to human cathepsin B. In particular, NbCathB appears to be a far less efficient peptidyldipeptidase (removing C-terminal dipeptides) than its human counterpart, suggesting that it functions primarily as an endopeptidase. Importantly, NbCathB was far more efficient than NbALP in processing the human anti-HIV-1 antibody 2F5 into fragments observed during its production in N. benthamiana. This suggests that targeted down-regulation of NbCathB could improve the performance of this plant-based expression platform.
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- Melanie Niemer
- Department of Applied Genetics and Cell Biology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Applied Genetics and Cell Biology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Applied Genetics and Cell Biology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Applied Genetics and Cell Biology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Applied Genetics and Cell Biology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Food Science and Technology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Applied Genetics and Cell Biology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria.
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Pérez E, Rubio MB, Cardoza RE, Gutiérrez S, Bettiol W, Monte E, Hermosa R. The importance of chorismate mutase in the biocontrol potential of Trichoderma parareesei. Front Microbiol 2015; 6:1181. [PMID: 26579090 PMCID: PMC4621298 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.01181] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2015] [Accepted: 10/12/2015] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Species of Trichoderma exert direct biocontrol activity against soil-borne plant pathogens due to their ability to compete for nutrients and to inhibit or kill their targets through the production of antibiotics and/or hydrolytic enzymes. In addition to these abilities, Trichoderma spp. have beneficial effects for plants, including the stimulation of defenses and the promotion of growth. Here we study the role in biocontrol of the T. parareesei Tparo7 gene, encoding a chorismate mutase (CM), a shikimate pathway branch point leading to the production of aromatic amino acids, which are not only essential components of protein synthesis but also the precursors of a wide range of secondary metabolites. We isolated T. parareesei transformants with the Tparo7 gene silenced. Compared with the wild-type, decreased levels of Tparo7 expression in the silenced transformants were accompanied by reduced CM activity, lower growth rates on different culture media, and reduced mycoparasitic behavior against the phytopathogenic fungi Rhizoctonia solani, Fusarium oxysporum and Botrytis cinerea in dual cultures. By contrast, higher amounts of the aromatic metabolites tyrosol, 2-phenylethanol and salicylic acid were detected in supernatants from the silenced transformants, which were able to inhibit the growth of F. oxysporum and B. cinerea. In in vitro plant assays, Tparo7-silenced transformants also showed a reduced capacity to colonize tomato roots. The effect of Tparo7-silencing on tomato plant responses was examined in greenhouse assays. The growth of plants colonized by the silenced transformants was reduced and the plants exhibited an increased susceptibility to B. cinerea in comparison with the responses observed for control plants. In addition, the plants turned yellowish and were defective in jasmonic acid- and ethylene-regulated signaling pathways which was seen by expression analysis of lipoxygenase 1 (LOX1), ethylene-insensitive protein 2 (EIN2) and pathogenesis-related protein 1 (PR-1) genes.
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- Esclaudys Pérez
- Department of Microbiology and Genetics, Spanish-Portuguese Centre for Agricultural Research (CIALE), University of SalamancaSalamanca, Spain
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- Department of Microbiology and Genetics, Spanish-Portuguese Centre for Agricultural Research (CIALE), University of SalamancaSalamanca, Spain
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- Area of Microbiology, University School of Agricultural Engineers, University of León, Campus de PonferradaPonferrada, Spain
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- Area of Microbiology, University School of Agricultural Engineers, University of León, Campus de PonferradaPonferrada, Spain
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- Department of Microbiology and Genetics, Spanish-Portuguese Centre for Agricultural Research (CIALE), University of SalamancaSalamanca, Spain
- Embrapa EnvironmentJaguariúna, Brazil
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- Department of Microbiology and Genetics, Spanish-Portuguese Centre for Agricultural Research (CIALE), University of SalamancaSalamanca, Spain
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- Department of Microbiology and Genetics, Spanish-Portuguese Centre for Agricultural Research (CIALE), University of SalamancaSalamanca, Spain
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Lu H, Chandrasekar B, Oeljeklaus J, Misas-Villamil JC, Wang Z, Shindo T, Bogyo M, Kaiser M, van der Hoorn RAL. Subfamily-Specific Fluorescent Probes for Cysteine Proteases Display Dynamic Protease Activities during Seed Germination. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2015; 168:1462-75. [PMID: 26048883 PMCID: PMC4528725 DOI: 10.1104/pp.114.254466] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2014] [Accepted: 05/27/2015] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Cysteine proteases are an important class of enzymes implicated in both developmental and defense-related programmed cell death and other biological processes in plants. Because there are dozens of cysteine proteases that are posttranslationally regulated by processing, environmental conditions, and inhibitors, new methodologies are required to study these pivotal enzymes individually. Here, we introduce fluorescence activity-based probes that specifically target three distinct cysteine protease subfamilies: aleurain-like proteases, cathepsin B-like proteases, and vacuolar processing enzymes. We applied protease activity profiling with these new probes on Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) protease knockout lines and agroinfiltrated leaves to identify the probe targets and on other plant species to demonstrate their broad applicability. These probes revealed that most commercially available protease inhibitors target unexpected proteases in plants. When applied on germinating seeds, these probes reveal dynamic activities of aleurain-like proteases, cathepsin B-like proteases, and vacuolar processing enzymes, coinciding with the remobilization of seed storage proteins.
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- Haibin Lu
- Plant Chemetics Laboratory, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3RB, United Kingdom (H.L., B.C., J.C.M.-V., R.A.L.v.d.H.);Plant Chemetics Laboratory, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, 50829 Cologne, Germany (H.L., B.C., J.C.M.-V., T.S., R.A.L.v.d.H.);Center for Medical Biotechnology, Faculty of Biology, University of Duisburg-Essen, 45117 Essen, Germany (J.O., Z.W., M.K.); andDepartment of Pathology, Stanford School for Medicine, Stanford, California 94305-5324 (M.B.)
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- Plant Chemetics Laboratory, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3RB, United Kingdom (H.L., B.C., J.C.M.-V., R.A.L.v.d.H.);Plant Chemetics Laboratory, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, 50829 Cologne, Germany (H.L., B.C., J.C.M.-V., T.S., R.A.L.v.d.H.);Center for Medical Biotechnology, Faculty of Biology, University of Duisburg-Essen, 45117 Essen, Germany (J.O., Z.W., M.K.); andDepartment of Pathology, Stanford School for Medicine, Stanford, California 94305-5324 (M.B.)
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- Plant Chemetics Laboratory, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3RB, United Kingdom (H.L., B.C., J.C.M.-V., R.A.L.v.d.H.);Plant Chemetics Laboratory, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, 50829 Cologne, Germany (H.L., B.C., J.C.M.-V., T.S., R.A.L.v.d.H.);Center for Medical Biotechnology, Faculty of Biology, University of Duisburg-Essen, 45117 Essen, Germany (J.O., Z.W., M.K.); andDepartment of Pathology, Stanford School for Medicine, Stanford, California 94305-5324 (M.B.)
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- Plant Chemetics Laboratory, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3RB, United Kingdom (H.L., B.C., J.C.M.-V., R.A.L.v.d.H.);Plant Chemetics Laboratory, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, 50829 Cologne, Germany (H.L., B.C., J.C.M.-V., T.S., R.A.L.v.d.H.);Center for Medical Biotechnology, Faculty of Biology, University of Duisburg-Essen, 45117 Essen, Germany (J.O., Z.W., M.K.); andDepartment of Pathology, Stanford School for Medicine, Stanford, California 94305-5324 (M.B.)
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- Plant Chemetics Laboratory, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3RB, United Kingdom (H.L., B.C., J.C.M.-V., R.A.L.v.d.H.);Plant Chemetics Laboratory, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, 50829 Cologne, Germany (H.L., B.C., J.C.M.-V., T.S., R.A.L.v.d.H.);Center for Medical Biotechnology, Faculty of Biology, University of Duisburg-Essen, 45117 Essen, Germany (J.O., Z.W., M.K.); andDepartment of Pathology, Stanford School for Medicine, Stanford, California 94305-5324 (M.B.)
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- Plant Chemetics Laboratory, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3RB, United Kingdom (H.L., B.C., J.C.M.-V., R.A.L.v.d.H.);Plant Chemetics Laboratory, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, 50829 Cologne, Germany (H.L., B.C., J.C.M.-V., T.S., R.A.L.v.d.H.);Center for Medical Biotechnology, Faculty of Biology, University of Duisburg-Essen, 45117 Essen, Germany (J.O., Z.W., M.K.); andDepartment of Pathology, Stanford School for Medicine, Stanford, California 94305-5324 (M.B.)
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- Plant Chemetics Laboratory, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3RB, United Kingdom (H.L., B.C., J.C.M.-V., R.A.L.v.d.H.);Plant Chemetics Laboratory, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, 50829 Cologne, Germany (H.L., B.C., J.C.M.-V., T.S., R.A.L.v.d.H.);Center for Medical Biotechnology, Faculty of Biology, University of Duisburg-Essen, 45117 Essen, Germany (J.O., Z.W., M.K.); andDepartment of Pathology, Stanford School for Medicine, Stanford, California 94305-5324 (M.B.)
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- Plant Chemetics Laboratory, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3RB, United Kingdom (H.L., B.C., J.C.M.-V., R.A.L.v.d.H.);Plant Chemetics Laboratory, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, 50829 Cologne, Germany (H.L., B.C., J.C.M.-V., T.S., R.A.L.v.d.H.);Center for Medical Biotechnology, Faculty of Biology, University of Duisburg-Essen, 45117 Essen, Germany (J.O., Z.W., M.K.); andDepartment of Pathology, Stanford School for Medicine, Stanford, California 94305-5324 (M.B.)
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- Plant Chemetics Laboratory, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3RB, United Kingdom (H.L., B.C., J.C.M.-V., R.A.L.v.d.H.);Plant Chemetics Laboratory, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, 50829 Cologne, Germany (H.L., B.C., J.C.M.-V., T.S., R.A.L.v.d.H.);Center for Medical Biotechnology, Faculty of Biology, University of Duisburg-Essen, 45117 Essen, Germany (J.O., Z.W., M.K.); andDepartment of Pathology, Stanford School for Medicine, Stanford, California 94305-5324 (M.B.)
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Ibl V, Stoger E. Live Cell Imaging During Germination Reveals Dynamic Tubular Structures Derived from Protein Storage Vacuoles of Barley Aleurone Cells. PLANTS 2014; 3:442-57. [PMID: 27135513 PMCID: PMC4844346 DOI: 10.3390/plants3030442] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2014] [Revised: 08/20/2014] [Accepted: 08/21/2014] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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The germination of cereal seeds is a rapid developmental process in which the endomembrane system undergoes a series of dynamic morphological changes to mobilize storage compounds. The changing ultrastructure of protein storage vacuoles (PSVs) in the cells of the aleurone layer has been investigated in the past, but generally this involved inferences drawn from static pictures representing different developmental stages. We used live cell imaging in transgenic barley plants expressing a TIP3-GFP fusion protein as a fluorescent PSV marker to follow in real time the spatially and temporally regulated remodeling and reshaping of PSVs during germination. During late-stage germination, we observed thin, tubular structures extending from PSVs in an actin-dependent manner. No extensions were detected following the disruption of actin microfilaments, while microtubules did not appear to be involved in the process. The previously-undetected tubular PSV structures were characterized by complex movements, fusion events and a dynamic morphology. Their function during germination remains unknown, but might be related to the transport of solutes and metabolites.
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- Verena Ibl
- Department for Applied Genetics and Cell Biology, Molecular Plant Physiology and Crop Biotechnology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Muthgasse 18, Vienna 1190, Austria.
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- Department for Applied Genetics and Cell Biology, Molecular Plant Physiology and Crop Biotechnology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Muthgasse 18, Vienna 1190, Austria.
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Badgujar SB, Mahajan RT. Identification and characterization of Euphorbia nivulia latex proteins. Int J Biol Macromol 2014; 64:193-201. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2013.12.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2013] [Revised: 11/30/2013] [Accepted: 12/03/2013] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Schmitt MR, Skadsen RW, Budde AD. Protein mobilization and malting-specific proteinase expression during barley germination. J Cereal Sci 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcs.2013.05.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Oszywa B, Makowski M, Pawełczak M. Purification and partial characterization of aminopeptidase from barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) seeds. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2013; 65:75-80. [PMID: 23434924 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2013.01.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2012] [Accepted: 01/28/2013] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Aminopeptidases (EC 3.4.11) are proteolytic enzymes, which hydrolyze one amino acid from N-terminus of peptidic substrates. Inhibitors of plant aminopeptidases can find an application in agriculture as herbicides. Isolation and partial characterization of aminopeptidase from barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) seeds has been described. The enzyme was purified to molecular homogeneity using a six-step purification procedure (precipitation with (NH4)2SO4, followed by chromatography on Sephadex G-25, DEAE-Sepharose, Sephacryl HR 300, Macro-Prep Q and Phenyl-Sepharose HP columns). The enzyme was purified 365-fold with recovery above 18%. The molecular weight of the purified enzyme was determined by SDS-PAGE and gel filtration as 58 kDa, and was found to be a monomer. Its pH and temperature optima were 7.5 and 52 °C, respectively. The enzyme behaves as standard leucine aminopeptidase by preferring bulky amino acids at the N-terminus, with phenylalanine being of choice.
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- Bartosz Oszywa
- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Opole, Oleska 48, 45-052 Opole, Poland.
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MacGregor AW. MALTING AND BREWING SCIENCE: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES*,†. JOURNAL OF THE INSTITUTE OF BREWING 2013. [DOI: 10.1002/j.2050-0416.1996.tb00900.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Kihara M, Saito W, Okada Y, Kaneko T, Asakura T, Ito K. Relationship Between Proteinase Activity During Malting and Malt Quality. JOURNAL OF THE INSTITUTE OF BREWING 2012. [DOI: 10.1002/j.2050-0416.2002.tb00563.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Cambra I, Martinez M, Dáder B, González-Melendi P, Gandullo J, Santamaría ME, Diaz I. A cathepsin F-like peptidase involved in barley grain protein mobilization, HvPap-1, is modulated by its own propeptide and by cystatins. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2012; 63:4615-29. [PMID: 22791822 PMCID: PMC3421991 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ers137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Among the C1A cysteine proteases, the plant cathepsin F-like group has been poorly studied. This paper describes the molecular and functional characterization of the HvPap-1 cathepsin F-like protein from barley. This peptidase is N-glycosylated and has to be processed to become active by its own propeptide being an important modulator of the peptidase activity. The expression pattern of its mRNA and protein suggest that it is involved in different proteolytic processes in the barley plant. HvPap-1 peptidase has been purified in Escherichia coli and the recombinant protein is able to degrade different substrates, including barley grain proteins (hordeins, albumins, and globulins) stored in the barley endosperm. It has been localized in protein bodies and vesicles of the embryo and it is induced in aleurones by gibberellin treatment. These three features support the implication of HvPap-1 in storage protein mobilization during grain germination. In addition, a complex regulation exerted by the barley cystatins, which are cysteine protease inhibitors, and by its own propeptide, is also described.
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- Ines Cambra
- Centro de Biotecnología y Genómica de Plantas (UPM-INIA), Campus Montegancedo, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Autovía M40 (Km 38), 28223-Pozuelo de Alarcón, Madrid, Spain
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- Centro de Biotecnología y Genómica de Plantas (UPM-INIA), Campus Montegancedo, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Autovía M40 (Km 38), 28223-Pozuelo de Alarcón, Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto de Ciencias Agrarias-CSIC, Calle Serrano 115bis, 28006 Madrid,Spain
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- Centro de Biotecnología y Genómica de Plantas (UPM-INIA), Campus Montegancedo, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Autovía M40 (Km 38), 28223-Pozuelo de Alarcón, Madrid, Spain
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- Centro de Biotecnología y Genómica de Plantas (UPM-INIA), Campus Montegancedo, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Autovía M40 (Km 38), 28223-Pozuelo de Alarcón, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Biology WSC 339/341, The University of Western Ontario, 1151 Richmond St, London, Ontario, N6A 5B7 Canada
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- Centro de Biotecnología y Genómica de Plantas (UPM-INIA), Campus Montegancedo, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Autovía M40 (Km 38), 28223-Pozuelo de Alarcón, Madrid, Spain
- To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail:
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González-Rábade N, Badillo-Corona JA, Aranda-Barradas JS, Oliver-Salvador MDC. Production of plant proteases in vivo and in vitro--a review. Biotechnol Adv 2011; 29:983-96. [PMID: 21889977 DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2011.08.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2011] [Revised: 08/10/2011] [Accepted: 08/19/2011] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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In the latest two decades, the interest received by plant proteases has increased significantly. Plant enzymes such as proteases are widely used in medicine and the food industry. Some proteases, like papain, bromelain and ficin are used in various processes such as brewing, meat softening, milk-clotting, cancer treatment, digestion and viral disorders. These enzymes can be obtained from their natural source or through in vitro cultures, in order to ensure a continuous source of plant enzymes. The focus of this review will be the production of plant proteases both in vivo and in vitro, with particular emphasis on the different types of commercially important plant proteases that have been isolated and characterized from naturally grown plants. In vitro approaches for the production of these proteases is also explored, focusing on the techniques that do not involve genetic transformation of the plants and the attempts that have been made in order to enhance the yield of the desired proteases.
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Montero-Barrientos M, Hermosa R, Cardoza RE, Gutiérrez S, Monte E. Functional analysis of the Trichoderma harzianum nox1 gene, encoding an NADPH oxidase, relates production of reactive oxygen species to specific biocontrol activity against Pythium ultimum. Appl Environ Microbiol 2011; 77:3009-16. [PMID: 21421791 PMCID: PMC3126390 DOI: 10.1128/aem.02486-10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2010] [Accepted: 03/04/2011] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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The synthesis of reactive oxygen species (ROS) is one of the first events following pathogenic interactions in eukaryotic cells, and NADPH oxidases are involved in the formation of such ROS. The nox1 gene of Trichoderma harzianum was cloned, and its role in antagonism against phytopathogens was analyzed in nox1-overexpressed transformants. The increased levels of nox1 expression in these transformants were accompanied by an increase in ROS production during their direct confrontation with Pythium ultimum. The transformants displayed an increased hydrolytic pattern, as determined by comparing protease, cellulase, and chitinase activities with those for the wild type. In confrontation assays against P. ultimum the nox1-overexpressed transformants were more effective than the wild type, but not in assays against Botrytis cinerea or Rhizoctonia solani. A transcriptomic analysis using a Trichoderma high-density oligonucleotide (HDO) microarray also showed that, compared to gene expression for the interaction of wild-type T. harzianum and P. ultimum, genes related to protease, cellulase, and chitinase activities were differentially upregulated in the interaction of a nox1-overexpressed transformant with this pathogen. Our results show that nox1 is involved in T. harzianum ROS production and antagonism against P. ultimum.
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- M. Montero-Barrientos
- Spanish-Portuguese Center for Agricultural Research (CIALE), Department of Microbiology and Genetics, University of Salamanca, Campus of Villamayor, Río Duero 12, 37185 Salamanca, Spain
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- Spanish-Portuguese Center for Agricultural Research (CIALE), Department of Microbiology and Genetics, University of Salamanca, Campus of Villamayor, Río Duero 12, 37185 Salamanca, Spain
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- Area de Microbiología, Escuela Universitaria de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de León, Campus de Ponferrada, Avda. Astorga s/n, 24400 Ponferrada, Spain
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- Area de Microbiología, Escuela Universitaria de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de León, Campus de Ponferrada, Avda. Astorga s/n, 24400 Ponferrada, Spain
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- Spanish-Portuguese Center for Agricultural Research (CIALE), Department of Microbiology and Genetics, University of Salamanca, Campus of Villamayor, Río Duero 12, 37185 Salamanca, Spain
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Lee J, Jiang W, Qiao Y, Cho YI, Woo MO, Chin JH, Kwon SW, Hong SS, Choi IY, Koh HJ. Shotgun proteomic analysis for detecting differentially expressed proteins in the reduced culm number rice. Proteomics 2011; 11:455-68. [DOI: 10.1002/pmic.201000077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2010] [Revised: 11/15/2010] [Accepted: 11/17/2010] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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SUN JING, WANG MENG, CAO JIANKANG, ZHAO YUMEI, JIANG WEIBO. CHARACTERIZATION OF THREE NOVEL ALKALINE SERINE PROTEASES FROM TOMATO (LYCOPERSICUM ESCULENTUM MILL.) FRUIT AND THEIR POTENTIAL APPLICATION. J Food Biochem 2010. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-4514.2010.00346.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Jinka R, Ramakrishna V, Rao SK, Rao RP. Purification and characterization of cysteine protease from germinating cotyledons of horse gram. BMC BIOCHEMISTRY 2009; 10:28. [PMID: 19919695 PMCID: PMC2784799 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2091-10-28] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2009] [Accepted: 11/17/2009] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Background Proteolytic enzymes play central role in the biochemical mechanism of germination and intricately involved in many aspects of plant physiology and development. To study the mechanism of protein mobilization, undertaken the task of purifying and characterizing proteases, which occur transiently in germinating seeds of horse gram. Results Cysteine protease (CPRHG) was purified to homogeneity with 118 fold by four step procedure comprising Crude extract, (NH4)2SO4 fractionation, DEAE-Cellulose and CM-sephacel chromatography from the 2 day germinating cotyledons of horse gram (Macrotyloma uniflorum (Lam.) Verdc.). CPRHG is a monomer with molecular mass of 30 k Da, was determined by SDS-PAGE and gel filtration. The purified enzyme on IEF showed two isoforms having pI values of 5.85 and 6.1. CPRHG composed of high content of aspartic acid, glutamic acid and serine. The enzyme activity was completely inhibited by pCMB, iodoacetate and DEPC indicating cysteine and histidine residues at the active site. However, on addition of sulfhydryl reagents (cysteine, dithiothreitol, glutathione and beta-ME) reverse the strong inhibition by pCMB. The enzyme is fairly stable toward pH and temperature. Immunoblot analysis shows that the enzyme synthesized as zymogen (preproenzyme with 81 kDa) and processed to a 40 kDa proenzyme which was further degraded to give 30 kDa active enzyme. Conclusion It appears that the newly synthesized protease is inactive, and activation takes place during germination. CPRHG has a broad substrate specificity and stability in pH, temperature, etc. therefore, this protease may turn out to be an efficient choice for the pharmaceutical, medicinal, food, and biotechnology industry.
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- Rajeswari Jinka
- Center for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Uppal Road, Hyderabad - 500 007, India.
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Tripathi SK, Singh AP, Sane AP, Nath P. Transcriptional activation of a 37 kDa ethylene responsive cysteine protease gene, RbCP1, is associated with protein degradation during petal abscission in rose. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2009; 60:2035-44. [PMID: 19346241 PMCID: PMC2682498 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erp076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2008] [Revised: 02/15/2009] [Accepted: 02/23/2009] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Cysteine proteases play an important role in several developmental processes in plants, particularly those related to senescence and cell death. A cysteine protease gene, RbCP1, has been identified that encodes a putative protein of 357 amino acids and is expressed in the abscission zone (AZ) of petals in rose. The gene was responsive to ethylene in petals, petal abscission zones, leaves, and thalamus. The expression of RbCP1 increased during both ethylene-induced as well as natural abscission and was inhibited by 1-MCP. Transcript accumulation of RbCP1 was accompanied by the appearance of a 37 kDa cysteine protease, a concomitant increase in protease activity and a substantial decrease in total protein content in the AZ of petals. Agro-injection of rose petals with a 2.0 kb region upstream of the RbCP1 gene could drive GUS expression in an abscission zone-specific manner and was blocked by 1-MCP. It is concluded that petal abscission is associated with a decrease in total protein content resulting from rapid transcription of RbCP1 and the expression of a 37 kDa protease.
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- Plant Gene Expression Laboratory, National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow-226001, India
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Kiyosaki T, Asakura T, Matsumoto I, Tamura T, Terauchi K, Funaki J, Kuroda M, Misaka T, Abe K. Wheat cysteine proteases triticain alpha, beta and gamma exhibit mutually distinct responses to gibberellin in germinating seeds. JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2009; 166:101-6. [PMID: 18448192 DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2008.02.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2007] [Revised: 02/12/2008] [Accepted: 02/12/2008] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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We cloned three novel papain-type cysteine proteases (CPs), triticain alpha, beta and gamma, from 1-d-germinating wheat seeds. Triticain alpha, beta and gamma were constituted with 461, 472 and 365 amino acid residues, respectively, and had Cys-His-Asn catalytic triads as well as signal and propeptide sequences. Triticain gamma contained a putative vacuole-sorting sequence. Phylogenetic analysis showed that these CPs were divided into mutually different clusters. Triticain alpha and gamma mRNAs were expressed in seeds at an early stage of maturation and at the stage of germination 2d after imbibition, while triticain beta mRNA appeared shortly after imbibition. The expression of mRNAs for triticain alpha and gamma was suppressed by uniconazol, a gibberellin synthesis inhibitor. All the three CP mRNAs were strongly expressed in both embryo and aleurone layers. These results suggest that triticain alpha, beta and gamma play differential roles in seed maturation as well as in digestion of storage proteins during germination.
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- Toshihiro Kiyosaki
- Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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Shi C, Xu LL. Characters of cysteine endopeptidases in wheat endosperm during seed germination and subsequent seedling growth. JOURNAL OF INTEGRATIVE PLANT BIOLOGY 2009; 51:52-7. [PMID: 19166494 DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7909.2008.00778.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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The endopeptidases (EPs) in wheat endosperm during seed germination and subsequent seedling growth were characterized by gradient-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis with gelatin copolymerized into the gel. Four cysteine EPs (EP1, EP2, EP3 and EP4) were detected in wheat endosperm during the 7 d growth after seed imbibition. The results also showed that the activities of all of these EPs increased continuously, and EP2 first appeared and had the highest proteolytic activity among the four EPs in this experimental process. The optimum pH and temperature of all four EPs were 4.0 and 40.0 degrees C. All EPs were completely inhibited by 25 micromol/L E-64 and had no good thermal stabilities, especially EP1. In addition, these EPs had different substrate specificities to albumins, globulins, gliadins and glutenins; the main storage proteins of mature wheat endosperm. Among them, EP2 had the highest proteolytic activities on globulins, gliadins and glutenins, and might be the most important and specific EP with potential to be tightly correlated with seedling development.
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- Chao Shi
- College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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Azeez A, Sane AP, Bhatnagar D, Nath P. Enhanced expression of serine proteases during floral senescence in Gladiolus. PHYTOCHEMISTRY 2007; 68:1352-7. [PMID: 17412375 DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2007.02.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2006] [Revised: 02/07/2007] [Accepted: 02/12/2007] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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Programmed cell death during senescence in plants is associated with proteolysis that helps in remobilization of nitrogen to other growing tissues. In this paper, we provide one of the few reports for the expression of specific serine proteases during senescence associated proteolysis in Gladiolus grandiflorus flowers. Senescence in tepals, stamens and carpels results in an increase in total protease activity and a decrease in total protein content. Of the total protease activity, serine proteases account for about 67-70% while cysteine proteases account for only 23-25%. In-gel assays using gelatin as a substrate and specific protease inhibitors reveal the enhanced activity of two trypsin-type serine proteases of sizes 75 kDa and 125 kDa during the course of senescence. The activity of the 125 kDa protease increases not only during tepal senescence but also during stamen and carpel senescence indicating that it is responsive to general senescence signals.
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- Abdul Azeez
- Plant Gene Expression Lab, National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow 226 001, India
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Parrott D, Yang L, Shama L, Fischer AM. Senescence is accelerated, and several proteases are induced by carbon "feast" conditions in barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) leaves. PLANTA 2005; 222:989-1000. [PMID: 16034594 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-005-0042-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2005] [Accepted: 05/30/2005] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Leaf senescence is characterized by nitrogen remobilization to developing seeds of annual plants, or surviving organs of perennial species. It has been demonstrated that high carbohydrate levels (carbon "feast") are associated with the onset of the senescence process. Therefore, the development of model systems allowing the manipulation of leaf carbohydrates constitutes a logical first step in the investigation of processes important during early phases of senescence, such as plastidial protein degradation. In this study, sugar accumulation was induced either by the incubation of excised, mature barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) leaves under relatively strong light, or by the interruption of sieve tubes at the base of the leaf lamina by "steam-girdling". Accelerated chlorophyll degradation and net proteolysis confirmed successful senescence induction in both model systems, but suggested that girdled leaves are more useful than excised leaves to study proteolysis. Activities or transcript levels of several proteolytic enzymes, including plastidial (aminopeptidases, Clp protease), cytosolic (proteasome) and vacuolar (thiol proteases, an aspartic protease and a serine carboxypeptidase) proteases were clearly induced under these conditions; some of these genes also reacted to other stimuli such as leaf excision. The most interesting finding was the specific induction of a carboxypeptidase gene (cp-mIII) in girdled leaves accumulating high carbohydrate levels. As a previous study from our laboratory, using a genetic approach, has indicated that one or several carboxypeptidases are involved in leaf N remobilization, the detailed characterization of cp-mIII (and, possibly, closely related genes) may considerably improve our understanding of whole-plant N recycling.
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- D Parrott
- Department of Plant Sciences and Plant Pathology, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, 59717-3150, USA
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Otegui MS, Noh YS, Martínez DE, Vila Petroff MG, Staehelin LA, Amasino RM, Guiamet JJ. Senescence-associated vacuoles with intense proteolytic activity develop in leaves of Arabidopsis and soybean. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2005; 41:831-44. [PMID: 15743448 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313x.2005.02346.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 199] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Vacuolar compartments associated with leaf senescence and the subcellular localization of the senescence-specific cysteine-protease SAG12 (senescence-associated gene 12) were studied using specific fluorescent markers, the expression of reporter genes, and the analysis of high-pressure frozen/freeze-substituted samples. Senescence-associated vacuoles (SAVs) with intense proteolytic activity develop in the peripheral cytoplasm of mesophyll and guard cells in Arabidopsis and soybean. The vacuolar identity of these compartments was confirmed by immunolabeling with specific antibody markers. SAVs and the central vacuole differ in their acidity and tonoplast composition: SAVs are more acidic than the central vacuole and, whereas the tonoplast of central vacuoles is highly enriched in gamma-TIP (tonoplast intrinsic protein), the tonoplast of SAVs lacks this aquaporin. The expression of a SAG12-GFP fusion protein in transgenic Arabidopsis plants shows that SAG12 localizes to SAVs. The analysis of Pro(SAG12):GUS transgenic plants indicates that SAG12 expression in senescing leaves is restricted to SAV-containing cells, for example, mesophyll and guard cells. A homozygous sag12 Arabidopsis mutant develops SAVs and does not show any visually detectable phenotypical alteration during senescence, indicating that SAG12 is not required either for SAV formation or for progression of visual symptoms of senescence. The presence of two types of vacuoles in senescing leaves could provide different lytic compartments for the dismantling of specific cellular components. The possible origin and functions of SAVs during leaf senescence are discussed.
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- Marisa S Otegui
- Instituto de Fisiología Vegetal (INFIVE), Universidad Nacional de La Plata, c.c. 327, 1900, La Plata, Argentina.
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Wang YT, Yang CY, Chen YT, Lin Y, Shaw JF. Characterization of senescence-associated proteases in postharvest broccoli florets. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2004; 42:663-670. [PMID: 15331096 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2004.06.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2003] [Accepted: 06/09/2004] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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We characterized the senescence-associated proteases of postharvest broccoli (Brassica oleracea L. var Green King) florets, using class-specific protease inhibitors and gelatin-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Different classes of senescence-associated proteases in broccoli florets were partially characterized for the first time. Protease activity of broccoli florets was depressed by all the inhibitors and showed different inhibition curves during postharvest. The hydrolytic activity of metalloprotease (EC 3.4.24. - ) and serine protease (EC 3.4.21. - ) reached a maximum, 1 day after harvest (DAH), then decreased, while the hydrolytic activity of cysteine protease (EC 3.4.22. - ) and aspartic protease (EC 3.4.23. - ) increased throughout the postharvest senescence based on the calculated inhibition percentage of protease activity. The senescence-associated proteases were separated into seven endoprotease (EP) groups by gelatin-polyacryamide gel electrophoresis and classified into EP1 (metalloprotease), EP2 (metalloprotease and cysteine protease), EP3 (serine protease and aspartic protease), EP4, EP5, EP7 (cysteine protease), and EP6 (serine protease) based on the sensitivity of class-specific protease inhibitors. The proteases EP2, EP3, and EP4 were present throughout the postharvest stages. EP3 was the major EP at all times during senescence; EP4 intensity of activity increased after 2 DAH; EP6 and EP7 clearly increased after 4 DAH. Our results suggest that serine protease activity contributes to early stage (0-1 DAH) and late stage (4-5 DAH) of senescence; metalloprotease activity was involved in the early and intermediate stages (0-3 DAH) of senescence; and cysteine protease and aspartic protease activities participated in the whole process of broccoli senescence.
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- Yuh Tai Wang
- Life Science Center, Hsing Wu College, No. 11-2, Fen-Liao Road, Lin-Kou, Taipei 11244, Taiwan, ROC
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Li Q, Robson PRH, Bettany AJE, Donnison IS, Thomas H, Scott IM. Modification of senescence in ryegrass transformed with IPT under the control of a monocot senescence-enhanced promoter. PLANT CELL REPORTS 2004; 22:816-21. [PMID: 14963691 DOI: 10.1007/s00299-004-0762-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2003] [Revised: 01/08/2004] [Accepted: 01/08/2004] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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We report here the genetic modification of ryegrass senescence. Embryogenic cell suspensions of Lolium multiflorum were transformed by microprojectile bombardment with plasmid constructs containing 1.98 kb of the 5' flanking sequence of SEE1 (a maize cysteine protease gene showing enhanced expression during senescence) fused either to the Agrobacterium tumefaciens cytokinin biosynthesis gene IPT (designated PSEE1::IPT) or to the beta-glucuronidase reporter gene UIDA (PSEE1::UIDA). Plants were regenerated under selection for the HPH hygromycin resistance gene in the vector. PSEE1::UIDA transformants confirmed that the SEE1 flanking sequence functioned as a senescence-enhanced promoter in ryegrass. The IPT transgene was detected in 28 regenerants (PSEE1::IPT) from five independent transformation events. PSEE1::IPT leaves displayed a stay-green phenotype. Some PSEE1::IPT lines developed spontaneous lesions.
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- Q Li
- Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Wales, Aberystwyth, SY23 3DA, UK
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Fahmy AS, Ali AA, Mohamed SA. Characterization of a cysteine protease from wheat Triticum aestivum (cv. Giza 164). BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2004; 91:297-304. [PMID: 14607490 DOI: 10.1016/s0960-8524(03)00193-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Enzymes, especially proteases, have become an important and indispensable part of the processes used by the modern food and feed industry to produce a large and diversified range of products for human and animal consumption. A cysteine protease, used extensively in the food industry, was purified from germinated wheat Triticum aestivum (cv. Giza 164) grains through a simple reproducible method consisting of extraction, ion exchange chromatography and gel filtration. The molecular weight of the enzyme was estimated to be 61000+/-1200-62000+/-1500 by SDS-PAGE and gel filtration. The cysteine protease had an isoelectric point and pH optimum at 4.4 and 4.0, respectively. The enzyme exhibited more activity toward azocasein than the other examined substrates with K(m) 2.8+/-0.15 mg azocasein/ml. In addition, it had a temperature optimum of 50 degrees C and based on a heat stability study 55% of its initial activity remained after preincubation of the enzyme at 50 degrees C for 30 min prior to substrate addition. All the examined metal cations inhibited the enzyme except Co(2+), Mg(2+), Mn(2+) and Li(+). The proteolytic activity of the enzyme was inhibited by thiol-specific inhibitors, whereas iodoacetate and p-hydroxymercuribenzoate caused a competitive inhibition with Ki values 6+/-0.3 mM and 21+/-1.2 microM, respectively. Soybean trypsin inhibitor had no effect on the enzyme. The enzyme activity remained almost constant for 150 days of storage at -20 degrees C. The properties of this enzyme, temperature and pH optima, substrate specificity, stability and sensitivity to inhibitors or activators, meet the prerequisites needed for food industries.
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- Afaf S Fahmy
- Department of Molecular Biology, National Research Centre, Tahrir St, Dokki, 12311 Cairo, Egypt
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Delgado-Jarana J, Rincón AM, Benı Tez TA. Aspartyl protease from Trichoderma harzianum CECT 2413: cloning and characterization. MICROBIOLOGY (READING, ENGLAND) 2002; 148:1305-1315. [PMID: 11988504 DOI: 10.1099/00221287-148-5-1305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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A gene that encodes an extracellular aspartyl protease from Trichoderma harzianum CECT 2413, papA, has been isolated and characterized. Based on several conserved regions of other fungal acid proteases, primers were designed to amplify a probe that was used to isolate the papA gene from a genomic library of T. harzianum. papA was an intronless ORF which encoded a polypeptide of 404 aa, including a prepropeptide at the N-terminal region formed by one putative signal peptide, a second peptide which could be cleaved to activate the enzyme and the active protease of calculated 36.7 kDa and pI 4.35. Northern experiments indicated that papA gene was pH regulated, repressed by ammonium, glucose and glycerol, and induced by organic nitrogen sources. The promoter possessed potential AreA, PacC and MYC sites for nitrogen, pH and mycoparasitism regulation respectively, but lacked potential CreA sites for carbon regulation. IEF and zymograms indicated that PAPA was a pepstatin-sensitive aspartyl protease of pI 4.5. Transformants from T. harzianum CECT 2413 cultivated in yeast extract-supplemented medium overexpressed papA and had a fourfold increase in protease activity compared to the wild-type, while transformants that overexpressed the beta-1,6-glucanase gene bgn16.2 and papA had an additional 30% increase in beta-1,6-glucanase activity compared to bgn16.2 single transformants. Overexpression of both genes in ammonium-supplemented medium did not result in higher levels of PAPA and/or BGN16.2 proteins. These results indicated that both PAPA and beta-1,6-glucanase undergo proteolysis in ammonium-supplemented medium but PAPA is not responsible for beta-1,6-glucanase degradation.
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- Jesús Delgado-Jarana
- Departamento de Genética, Facultad de Biologı́a, Universidad de Sevilla, Apartado 1095, E-41080 Sevilla, Spain1
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- Departamento de Genética, Facultad de Biologı́a, Universidad de Sevilla, Apartado 1095, E-41080 Sevilla, Spain1
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- Departamento de Genética, Facultad de Biologı́a, Universidad de Sevilla, Apartado 1095, E-41080 Sevilla, Spain1
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Pic E, de La Serve BT, Tardieu F, Turc O. Leaf senescence induced by mild water deficit follows the same sequence of macroscopic, biochemical, and molecular events as monocarpic senescence in pea. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2002; 128:236-246. [PMID: 11788769 DOI: 10.1104/pp.010634] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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We have compared the time course of leaf senescence in pea (Pisum sativum L. cv Messire) plants subjected to a mild water deficit to that of monocarpic senescence in leaves of three different ages in well-watered plants and to that of plants in which leaf senescence was delayed by flower excision. The mild water deficit (with photosynthesis rate maintained at appreciable levels) sped up senescence by 15 d (200 degrees Cd), whereas flower excision delayed it by 17 d (270 degrees Cd) compared with leaves of the same age in well-watered plants. The range of life spans in leaves of different ages in control plants was 25 d (340 degrees Cd). In all cases, the first detected event was an increase in the mRNA encoding a cysteine-proteinase homologous to Arabidopsis SAG2. This happened while the photosynthesis rate and the chlorophyll and protein contents were still high. The 2-fold variability in life span of the studied leaves was closely linked to the duration from leaf unfolding to the beginning of accumulation of this mRNA. In contrast, the duration of the subsequent phases was essentially conserved in all studied cases, except in plants with excised flowers, where the degradation processes were slower. These results suggest that senescence in water-deficient plants was triggered by an early signal occurring while leaf photosynthesis was still active, followed by a program similar to that of monocarpic senescence. They also suggest that reproductive development plays a crucial role in the triggering of senescence.
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- Emmanuelle Pic
- Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique/Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique/Université Montpellier II, F-34060 Montpellier cedex 1, France
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Pic E, de La Serve BT, Tardieu F, Turc O. Leaf senescence induced by mild water deficit follows the same sequence of macroscopic, biochemical, and molecular events as monocarpic senescence in pea. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2002; 128:236-46. [PMID: 11788769 PMCID: PMC148985] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2001] [Revised: 09/06/2001] [Accepted: 10/12/2001] [Indexed: 04/17/2023]
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We have compared the time course of leaf senescence in pea (Pisum sativum L. cv Messire) plants subjected to a mild water deficit to that of monocarpic senescence in leaves of three different ages in well-watered plants and to that of plants in which leaf senescence was delayed by flower excision. The mild water deficit (with photosynthesis rate maintained at appreciable levels) sped up senescence by 15 d (200 degrees Cd), whereas flower excision delayed it by 17 d (270 degrees Cd) compared with leaves of the same age in well-watered plants. The range of life spans in leaves of different ages in control plants was 25 d (340 degrees Cd). In all cases, the first detected event was an increase in the mRNA encoding a cysteine-proteinase homologous to Arabidopsis SAG2. This happened while the photosynthesis rate and the chlorophyll and protein contents were still high. The 2-fold variability in life span of the studied leaves was closely linked to the duration from leaf unfolding to the beginning of accumulation of this mRNA. In contrast, the duration of the subsequent phases was essentially conserved in all studied cases, except in plants with excised flowers, where the degradation processes were slower. These results suggest that senescence in water-deficient plants was triggered by an early signal occurring while leaf photosynthesis was still active, followed by a program similar to that of monocarpic senescence. They also suggest that reproductive development plays a crucial role in the triggering of senescence.
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- Emmanuelle Pic
- Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique/Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique/Université Montpellier II, F-34060 Montpellier cedex 1, France
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Pic E, de La Serve BT, Tardieu F, Turc O. Leaf senescence induced by mild water deficit follows the same sequence of macroscopic, biochemical, and molecular events as monocarpic senescence in pea. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2002. [PMID: 11788769 DOI: 10.1007/s00382-005-0068-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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We have compared the time course of leaf senescence in pea (Pisum sativum L. cv Messire) plants subjected to a mild water deficit to that of monocarpic senescence in leaves of three different ages in well-watered plants and to that of plants in which leaf senescence was delayed by flower excision. The mild water deficit (with photosynthesis rate maintained at appreciable levels) sped up senescence by 15 d (200 degrees Cd), whereas flower excision delayed it by 17 d (270 degrees Cd) compared with leaves of the same age in well-watered plants. The range of life spans in leaves of different ages in control plants was 25 d (340 degrees Cd). In all cases, the first detected event was an increase in the mRNA encoding a cysteine-proteinase homologous to Arabidopsis SAG2. This happened while the photosynthesis rate and the chlorophyll and protein contents were still high. The 2-fold variability in life span of the studied leaves was closely linked to the duration from leaf unfolding to the beginning of accumulation of this mRNA. In contrast, the duration of the subsequent phases was essentially conserved in all studied cases, except in plants with excised flowers, where the degradation processes were slower. These results suggest that senescence in water-deficient plants was triggered by an early signal occurring while leaf photosynthesis was still active, followed by a program similar to that of monocarpic senescence. They also suggest that reproductive development plays a crucial role in the triggering of senescence.
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- Emmanuelle Pic
- Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique/Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique/Université Montpellier II, F-34060 Montpellier cedex 1, France
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Fath A, Bethke PC, Belligni MV, Spiegel YN, Jones RL. Signalling in the cereal aleurone: hormones, reactive oxygen and cell death. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2001; 151:99-107. [PMID: 33873372 DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.2001.00153.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The cereal aleurone is widely used as a model system to study hormonal signalling. Abscisic acid (ABA) and gibberellins (GAs) elicit distinct responses in aleurone cells, ranging from those occurring within minutes of hormone addition to those that require several hours or days to complete. Programmed cell death is an example of a response in aleurone layers that is hormonally regulated. GAs promote cell death and cells in intact aleurone layers begin to die 24 h after GA treatment, whereas cell death of aleurone protoplasts begins 4 d after GA treatment. ABA prevents aleurone cell death and addition of ABA to cells pretreated with GA can delay cell death. Aleurone cells do not follow the apoptotic route of programmed cell death. Cells treated with GA, but not ABA, develop large, acidic vacuoles containing a spectrum of hydrolases typical of lytic compartments. Enzymes that metabolize reactive oxygen species are also present in aleurone cells, but ascorbate peroxidase, catalase and superoxide dismutase become less abundant after treatment with GA; activity of these enzymes increases or remains unchanged in ABA-treated cells. We propose a model whereby reactive oxygen species accumulate in GA-treated cells and lead to peroxidation of membrane lipids and plasma membrane rupture. ABBREVIATIONS: RO, reactive oxygen species; HR, hypersensitive response; PSV, protein storage vacuole; PCD, programmed cell death; CAT, catalase; SOD, superoxide dismutase; APX, ascorbate peroxidase.
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- Angelika Fath
- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720-3102, USA
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720-3102, USA
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Biologicas, Universidad Nacional de Mar Del Plata, Mar Del Plata, Buenos Aires 7600, Argentina
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720-3102, USA
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720-3102, USA
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Abdala AP, Takeda LH, Freitas Junior JO, Alves KB. Purification and partial characterization of Phaseolus vulgaris seed aminopeptidase. Braz J Med Biol Res 1999; 32:1489-92. [PMID: 10585629 DOI: 10.1590/s0100-879x1999001200006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The aminopeptidase activity of Phaseolus vulgaris seeds was measured using L-Leu-p-nitroanilide and the L-aminoacyl-ss-naphthylamides of Leu, Ala, Arg and Met. A single peak of aminopeptidase activity on Leu-ss-naphthylamide was eluted at 750 microS after gradient elution chromatography on DEAE-cellulose of the supernatant of a crude seed extract. The effluent containing enzyme activity was applied to a Superdex 200 column and only one peak of aminopeptidase activity was obtained. SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (10%) presented only one protein band with molecular mass of 31 kDa under reducing and nonreducing conditions. The aminopeptidase has an optimum pH of 7.0 for activity on all substrates tested and the highest Vmax/K M ratio for L-Leu-ss-naphthylamide. The enzyme activity was increased 40% by 0.15 M NaCl, inhibited 94% by 2.0 mM Zn2+, inhibited 91% by sodium p-hydroxymercuribenzoate and inhibited 45% by 0.7 mM o-phenanthroline and 30 microM EDTA. Mercaptoethanol (3.3 mM), dithioerythritol (1.7 mM), Ala, Arg, Leu and Met (70 microM), p-nitroaniline (0.25 mM) and ss-naphthylamine (0.53 mM) had no effect on enzyme activity when assayed with 0.56 mM of substrate. Bestatin (20 microM) inhibited 18% the enzyme activity. The aminopeptidase activity in the seeds decayed 50% after two months when stored at 4 degrees C and room temperature. The enzyme is leucyl aminopeptidase metal- and thiol group-dependent.
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- A P Abdala
- Departamento de Bioquímica, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil
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Uchikoba T, Yonezawa H, Kaneda M. Cucumisin like protease from the sarcocarp of Benincasa hispida var. Ryukyu. PHYTOCHEMISTRY 1998; 49:2215-2219. [PMID: 9887522 DOI: 10.1016/s0031-9422(98)00135-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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A protease has been purified from the sarcocarp of Benincasa hispida (Thunb.) Cogn. var. Ryukyu by two steps of chromatography. Its M(r) was estimated by SDS-PAGE to be about 67,000. The enzyme was strongly inhibited by diisopropyl fluorophosphate, but not by EDTA and cysteine protease inhibitors. The substrate having alanine at the position of P1 was the best among the Ala-Ala-Pro-X-pNAs (X = Ala, Lys, Phe, Glu, and diaminopropionic acid (Dap)). The N-terminal sequence of the first 33 residues was determined and 25 of the residues agreed with that of cucumisin [EC 3.4.21.25], a protease from the sarcocarp of melon fruit (Cucumis melo L. var. Prince). The results indicated that the B. hispida protease is a cucumisin like serine protease.
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- T Uchikoba
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Kagoshima University, Japan
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Jiang L, Rogers JC. Integral membrane protein sorting to vacuoles in plant cells: evidence for two pathways. J Cell Biol 1998; 143:1183-99. [PMID: 9832548 PMCID: PMC2133091 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.143.5.1183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 186] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/1998] [Revised: 09/04/1998] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Plant cells may contain two functionally distinct vacuolar compartments. Membranes of protein storage vacuoles (PSV) are marked by the presence of alpha-tonoplast intrinsic protein (TIP), whereas lytic vacuoles (LV) are marked by the presence of gamma-TIP. Mechanisms for sorting integral membrane proteins to the different vacuoles have not been elucidated. Here we study a chimeric integral membrane reporter protein expressed in tobacco suspension culture protoplasts whose traffic was assessed biochemically by following acquisition of complex Asn-linked glycan modifications and proteolytic processing, and whose intracellular localization was determined with confocal immunofluorescence. We show that the transmembrane domain of the plant vacuolar sorting receptor BP-80 directs the reporter protein via the Golgi to the LV prevacuolar compartment, and attaching the cytoplasmic tail (CT) of gamma-TIP did not alter this traffic. In contrast, the alpha-TIP CT prevented traffic of the reporter protein through the Golgi and caused it to be localized in organelles separate from ER and from Golgi and LV prevacuolar compartment markers. These organelles had a buoyant density consistent with vacuoles, and alpha-TIP protein colocalized in them with the alpha-TIP CT reporter protein when the two were expressed together in protoplasts. These results are consistent with two separate pathways to vacuoles for membrane proteins: a direct ER to PSV pathway, and a separate pathway via the Golgi to the LV.
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- L Jiang
- Institute of Biological Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164-6340, USA
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Neuhaus JM, Rogers JC. Sorting of proteins to vacuoles in plant cells. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 1998; 38:127-144. [PMID: 9738964 DOI: 10.1007/978-94-011-5298-3_7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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An individual plant cell may contain at least two functionally and structurally distinct types of vacuoles: protein storage vacuoles and lytic vacuoles. Presumably a cell that stores proteins in vacuoles must maintain these separate compartments to prevent exposure of the storage proteins to an acidified environment with active hydrolytic enzymes where they would be degraded. Thus, the organization of the secretory pathway in plant cells, which includes the vacuoles, has a fascinating complexity not anticipated from the extensive genetic and biochemical studies of the secretory pathway in yeast. Plant cells must generate the membranes to form two separate types of tonoplast, maintain them as separate organelles, and direct soluble proteins from the secretory flow specifically to one or the other via separate vesicular pathways. Individual soluble and membrane proteins must be recognized and sorted into one or the other pathway by distinct, specific mechanisms. Here we review the emerging picture of how separate plant vacuoles are organized structurally and how proteins are recognized and sorted to each type.
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- J M Neuhaus
- Laboratoire de Biochimie, Institut de Botanique, Université de Neuchâtel, Switzerland
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Swanson SJ, Bethke PC, Jones RL. Barley aleurone cells contain two types of vacuoles. Characterization Of lytic organelles by use of fluorescent probes. THE PLANT CELL 1998; 10:685-98. [PMID: 9596630 PMCID: PMC144374 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.10.5.685] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/14/2023]
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Light microscopy was used to study the structure and function of vacuoles in living protoplasts of barley (Hordeum vulgare cv Himalaya) aleurone. Light microscopy showed that aleurone protoplasts contain two distinct types of vacuole: the protein storage vacuole and a lysosome-like organelle, which we have called the secondary vacuole. Fluorescence microscopy using pH-sensitive fluorescent probes and a fluorogenic substrate for cysteine proteases showed that both protein storage vacuoles and secondary vacuoles are acidic, lytic organelles. Ratio imaging showed that the pH of secondary vacuoles was lower in aleurone protoplasts incubated in gibberellic acid than in those incubated in abscisic acid. Uptake of fluorescent probes into intact, isolated protein storage vacuoles and secondary vacuoles required ATP and occurred via at least two types of vanadate-sensitive, ATP-dependent tonoplast transporters. One transporter catalyzed the accumulation of glutathione-conjugated probes, and another transported probes not conjugated to glutathione.
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- SJ Swanson
- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, 111 Koshland Hall, Berkeley, California 94720-3102, USA
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Swanson SJ, Jones RL. Gibberellic Acid Induces Vacuolar Acidification in Barley Aleurone. THE PLANT CELL 1996; 8:2211-2221. [PMID: 12239377 PMCID: PMC161346 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.8.12.2211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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The roles of gibberellic acid (GA3) and abscisic acid (ABA) in the regulation of vacuolar pH (pHv) in aleurone cells of barley were investigated using the pH-sensitive fluorescent dye 2[prime],7[prime]-bis(2-carboxyethyl)-5(6)-carboxyfluorescein (BCECF). BCECF accumulated in vacuoles of aleurone cells, but sequestration of the dye did not affect its sensitivity to pH. BCECF-loaded aleurone cells retained their ability to respond to both GA3 and ABA. The pHv of freshly isolated aleurone cells is 6.6, but after incubation in GA3, the pHv fell to 5.8. The pHv of cells not incubated in hormones or in the presence of ABA showed little or no acidification. The aleurone tonoplast contains both vacuolar ATPase and vacuolar pyrophosphatase, but the levels of pump proteins were not affected by incubation in the presence or absence of hormones. We conclude that GA3 affects the pHv in aleurone cells by altering the activities of tonoplast H+ pumps but not the amounts of pump proteins.
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- S. J. Swanson
- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720-3102
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Botella MA, Xu Y, Prabha TN, Zhao Y, Narasimhan ML, Wilson KA, Nielsen SS, Bressan RA, Hasegawa PM. Differential expression of soybean cysteine proteinase inhibitor genes during development and in response to wounding and methyl jasmonate. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 1996; 112:1201-10. [PMID: 8938418 PMCID: PMC158047 DOI: 10.1104/pp.112.3.1201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Three cysteine proteinase inhibitor cDNA clones (pL1, pR1, and pN2) have been isolated from a soybean (Glycine max L. Merr.) embryo library. The proteins encoded by the clones are between 60 and 70% identical and contain the consensus QxVxG motif and W residue in the appropriate spatial context for interaction with the cysteine proteinase papain. L1, R1, and N2 mRNAs were differentially expressed in different organs of plants (juvenile and mature) and seedlings, although N2 mRNA was constitutive only in flowers. R1 and N2 transcripts were induced by wounding or methyl jasmonate (M-JA) treatment in local and systemic leaves coincident with increased papain inhibitory activity, indicating a role for R1 and N2 in plant defense. The L1 transcript was constitutively expressed in leaves and was induced slightly by M-JA treatment in roots. Unlike the chymotrypsin/trypsin proteinase inhibitor II gene (H. Peña-Cortés, J. Fisahn, L. Willmitzer [1995] Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 92: 4106-4113), expression of the soybean genes was only marginally induced by abscisic acid and only in certain tissues. Norbornadiene, a competitive inhibitor of ethylene binding, abolished the wounding or M-JA induction of R1 and N2 mRNAs but not the accumulation of the wound-inducible vspA transcript. Presumably, ethylene binding to its receptor is involved in the wound inducibility of R1 and N2 but not vspA mRNAs. Bacterial recombinant L1 and R1 proteins, expressed as glutathione S-transferase fusion proteins, exhibited substantial inhibitory activities against vicilin peptidohydrolase, the major thiol endopeptidase in mung bean seedlings. Recombinant R1 protein had much greater cysteine proteinase inhibitor activity than recombinant L1 protein, consistent with the wound inducibility of the R1 gene and its presumed role in plant defense.
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- M A Botella
- Center for Plant Environmental Stress Physiology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907-1165, USA
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Dominguez F, Cejudo FJ. Characterization of the Endoproteases Appearing during Wheat Grain Development. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 1996; 112:1211-1217. [PMID: 12226440 PMCID: PMC158048 DOI: 10.1104/pp.112.3.1211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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The pattern of endoproteolytic activities occurring during wheat (Triticum aestivum, cultivar Chinese Spring) grain development was investigated. Total endoprotease activity, assayed in solution with azocasein as a substrate, increased during the early stages of grain development to reach a maximum at 15 d postanthesis that was maintained until the grain was mature. Endoprotease activity was also assayed in gradient polyacrylamide gels co-polymerized with gelatin. The increase in endoproteolytic activity was due to the appearance of up to 18 endoproteolytic bands that were arbitrarily classified into five groups (A, B, C, D, and E). The presence of serine, aspartic, metallo, and, to a lesser extent, thiol proteases in developing wheat grains was demonstrated by the use of class-specific protease inhibitors. The appearance of the different classes of endoproteases during seed development was subject to temporal control; serine proteases were more abundant at early stages and aspartic and metallo proteases were more abundant at later stages. At intermediate stages of development (15-20 d postanthesis), most of the endoproteases were localized in the aleurone, testa, and embryo. The content of acidic thiol proteases was low in the developing starchy endosperm.
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- F. Dominguez
- Instituto de Bioquimica Vegetal y Fotosintesis, Universidad de Sevilla y Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Facultad de Quimicas, Apartado 553, 41080-Seville, Spain
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Jones CG, Tucker GA, Lycett GW. Pattern of expression and characteristics of a cysteine proteinase cDNA from germinating seeds of pea (Pisum sativum L.). BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1996; 1296:13-5. [PMID: 8765223 DOI: 10.1016/0167-4838(96)00098-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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A thiol proteinase cDNA clone with homology to barley aleurain and rice oryzain gamma and mammalian cathepsin H was isolated from a germinating pea (Pisum saticum L.) cotyledon library. The corresponding mRNA was present in late developing seeds, decreased in dry seeds and rose considerably as germination proceeded.
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- C G Jones
- Department of Physiology and Environmental Science, University of Nottingham, Loughborough, UK
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