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Vinje MA, Duke SH, Henson CA. De novo Expression of β-amylase2 (Bmy2) in Barley Grains During Micromalting. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF BREWING CHEMISTS 2020. [DOI: 10.1080/03610470.2019.1705104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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- Marcus A. Vinje
- Agricultural Research Service, Cereal Crops Research Unit, USDA, Madison, WI, U.S.A.
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- Department of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin- Madison, Madison, WI, U.S.A
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- Agricultural Research Service, Cereal Crops Research Unit, USDA, Madison, WI, U.S.A.
- Department of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin- Madison, Madison, WI, U.S.A
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Vinje MA, Walling JG, Henson CA, Duke SH. Comparative gene expression analysis of the β-amylase and hordein gene families in the developing barley grain. Gene 2019; 693:127-136. [DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2018.12.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2018] [Revised: 11/29/2018] [Accepted: 12/14/2018] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Thalmann M, Coiro M, Meier T, Wicker T, Zeeman SC, Santelia D. The evolution of functional complexity within the β-amylase gene family in land plants. BMC Evol Biol 2019; 19:66. [PMID: 30819112 PMCID: PMC6394054 DOI: 10.1186/s12862-019-1395-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2017] [Accepted: 02/20/2019] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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Background β-Amylases (BAMs) are a multigene family of glucan hydrolytic enzymes playing a key role not only for plant biology but also for many industrial applications, such as the malting process in the brewing and distilling industries. BAMs have been extensively studied in Arabidopsis thaliana where they show a surprising level of complexity in terms of specialization within the different isoforms as well as regulatory functions played by at least three catalytically inactive members. Despite the importance of BAMs and the fact that multiple BAM proteins are also present in other angiosperms, little is known about their phylogenetic history or functional relationship. Results Here, we examined 961 β-amylase sequences from 136 different algae and land plant species, including 66 sequenced genomes and many transcriptomes. The extraordinary number and the diversity of organisms examined allowed us to reconstruct the main patterns of β-amylase evolution in land plants. We identified eight distinct clades in angiosperms, which results from extensive gene duplications and sub- or neo-functionalization. We discovered a novel clade of BAM, absent in Arabidopsis, which we called BAM10. BAM10 emerged before the radiation of seed plants and has the feature of an inactive enzyme. Furthermore, we report that BAM4 – an important protein regulating Arabidopsis starch metabolism – is absent in many relevant starch-accumulating crop species, suggesting that starch degradation may be differently regulated between species. Conclusions BAM proteins originated sometime more than 400 million years ago and expanded together with the differentiation of plants into organisms of increasing complexity. Our phylogenetic analyses provide essential insights for future functional studies of this important class of storage glucan hydrolases and regulatory proteins. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s12862-019-1395-2) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Matthias Thalmann
- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Zürich, Zollikerstrasse 107, CH-8008, Zürich, Switzerland.,Present address: John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, NR4 7UH, UK
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- Department of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, University of Zürich, Zollikerstrasse 107, CH-8008, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Zürich, Zollikerstrasse 107, CH-8008, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Zürich, Zollikerstrasse 107, CH-8008, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Biology, ETH Zürich, Universitätstr. 2, CH-8092, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Zürich, Zollikerstrasse 107, CH-8008, Zürich, Switzerland. .,Present address: ETH Zürich, Institute of Integrative Biology, Universitätstrasse 16, 8092, Zürich, Switzerland.
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Evans E, van Wegen B, Ma Y, Eglinton J. The Impact of the Thermostability of α-Amylase, β-Amylase, and Limit Dextrinase on Potential Wort Fermentability. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF BREWING CHEMISTS 2018. [DOI: 10.1094/asbcj-61-0210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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- Evan Evans
- Tasmanian Institute of Agricultural Research (TIAR), University of Tasmania, Sandy Bay Tas 7005, Australia
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- School of Agriculture and Wine, Waite Campus, University of Adelaide, Glen Osmond, SA 5064, Australia
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- School of Agriculture and Wine, Waite Campus, University of Adelaide, Glen Osmond, SA 5064, Australia
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- School of Agriculture and Wine, Waite Campus, University of Adelaide, Glen Osmond, SA 5064, Australia
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Silano V, Bolognesi C, Castle L, Cravedi J, Fowler P, Franz R, Grob K, Gürtler R, Husøy T, Kärenlampi S, Mennes W, Milana MR, Penninks A, Smith A, de Fátima Tavares Poças M, Tlustos C, Wölfle D, Zorn H, Zugravu C, Chesson A, Glandorf B, Hermann L, Jany K, Marcon F, Želježic D, Andryszkiewicz M, Liu Y, Engel K. Safety evaluation of a β‐amylase food enzyme obtained from wheat (Triticum spp.). EFSA J 2017; 15:e04754. [PMID: 32625473 PMCID: PMC7009837 DOI: 10.2903/j.efsa.2017.4754] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Silano V, Bolognesi C, Castle L, Cravedi JP, Fowler P, Franz R, Grob K, Gürtler R, Husøy T, Kärenlampi S, Mennes W, Milana MR, Penninks A, Smith A, de Fátima Tavares Poças M, Tlustos C, Wölfle D, Zorn H, Zugravu CA, Chesson A, Glandorf B, Hermann L, Jany KD, Marcon F, Želježić D, Arcella D, Liu Y, Rygaard Nielsen KR, Engel KH. Safety evaluation of the food enzyme β-amylase obtained from barley ( Hordeum vulgare). EFSA J 2017; 15:e04756. [PMID: 32625475 PMCID: PMC7009815 DOI: 10.2903/j.efsa.2017.4756] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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The food enzyme considered in this opinion is a 4-α-d-glucan maltohydrolase (EC 3.2.1.2) obtained from grain of barley (Hordeum vulgare), by the companies Genencor International B.V. and Senson Oy. This β-amylase is intended to be used in several food-manufacturing processes: baking and brewing processes, distilled alcohol production, and starch processing for the production of glucose syrups. The compositional data provided for the food enzyme were considered sufficient. The manufacturing process did not raise safety concerns. Based on the maximum use levels recommended for the respective food processes, dietary exposure to the food enzyme-total organic solids (TOS) was estimated on the basis of individual data from the EFSA Comprehensive European Food Consumption Database. This exposure estimate is similar to or lower than the exposure to a fraction of barley comparable to the food enzyme-TOS, resulting from the consumption of barley-derived foods. As the food enzyme is derived from edible parts of barley, in line with the requirements of the guidance document on food enzyme assessment, the Panel accepted that there was no need for the provision of toxicological data for this food enzyme and the Panel concluded that this food enzyme does not give rise to safety concerns under the intended conditions of use. Considering the potential for allergenicity, the gluten content of the food enzyme was below the detection limit of the analytical method, which is well below the level of 20 mg/kg for 'gluten-free' products. The amino acid sequence of the β-amylase was compared to those of known allergens and no match was found. The food enzyme β-amylase from barley is an occupational respiratory allergen and may contain low levels of other allergenic barley proteins that may trigger adverse reactions upon oral challenges in individuals with an oral sensitisation to cereals. The Panel considers that dietary exposure to the food enzyme β-amylase from barley may result in incidental cases of food allergic reactions.
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Huang Y, Cai S, Zeng J, Wu D, Zhang G. Isobaric Tags for Relative and Absolute Quantitation Proteomic Analysis of Germinating Barley under Gibberellin and Abscisic Acid Treatments. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2017; 65:2248-2257. [PMID: 28221792 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.6b04865] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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The degradation of starch in barley grains is a primary step of beer production. The addition of an appropriate amount of gibberellin (GA) promotes the production of fermentable sugars, beneficial to the brewing industry. However, the response of proteomics in germinating barley to GA and abscisic acid (ABA) treatments is not thoroughly understood. In this study, isobaric tags for relative and absolute quantitation (iTRAQ) proteomics analysis was performed to illustrate the change of proteins in Tibetan wild barley XZ72 and XZ95 under GA and ABA treatments during germination. XZ72 had more proteins upregulated than XZ95 under GA treatment, while under ABA treatments, XZ95 had more proteins upregulated than XZ72. Concerning the proteins involved in energy metabolism under GA treatment, XZ72 had more proteins upregulated than XZ95. Among the 174 proteins related to starch metabolism, 31 proteins related to starch hydrolysis, such as α-amylase, α-glucosidase, and β-fructofuranosidase, showed higher relative abundance in control and GA treatments in XZ72 than in XZ95. Analysis of correlation between proteins and metabolites indicated that higher hydrolase activity is beneficial for the accumulation of fermentable sugars during germination. On the other hand, 26 starch-synthesis-related proteins were upregulated in XZ95 under ABA treatment. It may be suggested that GA-induced proteins act as accelerators of starch degradation, while ABA-induced proteins inhibit starch degradation. The current results showed that XZ72 is highly capable of allocating the starch-hydrolyzing enzymes, which play important roles in starch breakdown.
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- Yuqing Huang
- Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Crop Germplasm, Department of Agronomy, Zhejiang University , Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310058, People's Republic of China
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- Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Crop Germplasm, Department of Agronomy, Zhejiang University , Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310058, People's Republic of China
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- Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Crop Germplasm, Department of Agronomy, Zhejiang University , Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310058, People's Republic of China
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- Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Crop Germplasm, Department of Agronomy, Zhejiang University , Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310058, People's Republic of China
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- Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Crop Germplasm, Department of Agronomy, Zhejiang University , Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310058, People's Republic of China
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Identification of a new oat β -amylase by functional proteomics. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-PROTEINS AND PROTEOMICS 2016; 1864:52-61. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2015.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2015] [Revised: 09/09/2015] [Accepted: 10/02/2015] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Evolution of the beta-amylase gene in the temperate grasses: Non-purifying selection, recombination, semiparalogy, homeology and phylogenetic signal. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2015; 91:68-85. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2015.05.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2015] [Revised: 05/08/2015] [Accepted: 05/10/2015] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Stratula OR, Kalendar RN, Sivolap YM. Allelic variants of the gene bamy1 barley in Eastern European and Central Asian areas. CYTOL GENET+ 2015. [DOI: 10.3103/s0095452715020103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Lin L, Tian S, Kaeppler S, Liu Z, An YQ(C. Conserved transcriptional regulatory programs underlying rice and barley germination. PLoS One 2014; 9:e87261. [PMID: 24558366 PMCID: PMC3928125 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0087261] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2012] [Accepted: 12/24/2013] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Germination is a biological process important to plant development and agricultural production. Barley and rice diverged 50 million years ago, but share a similar germination process. To gain insight into the conservation of their underlying gene regulatory programs, we compared transcriptomes of barley and rice at start, middle and end points of germination, and revealed that germination regulated barley and rice genes (BRs) diverged significantly in expression patterns and/or protein sequences. However, BRs with higher protein sequence similarity tended to have more conserved expression patterns. We identified and characterized 316 sets of conserved barley and rice genes (cBRs) with high similarity in both protein sequences and expression patterns, and provided a comprehensive depiction of the transcriptional regulatory program conserved in barley and rice germination at gene, pathway and systems levels. The cBRs encoded proteins involved in a variety of biological pathways and had a wide range of expression patterns. The cBRs encoding key regulatory components in signaling pathways often had diverse expression patterns. Early germination up-regulation of cell wall metabolic pathway and peroxidases, and late germination up-regulation of chromatin structure and remodeling pathways were conserved in both barley and rice. Protein sequence and expression pattern of a gene change quickly if it is not subjected to a functional constraint. Preserving germination-regulated expression patterns and protein sequences of those cBRs for 50 million years strongly suggests that the cBRs are functionally significant and equivalent in germination, and contribute to the ancient characteristics of germination preserved in barley and rice. The functional significance and equivalence of the cBR genes predicted here can serve as a foundation to further characterize their biological functions and facilitate bridging rice and barley germination research with greater confidence.
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- Li Lin
- USDA-ARS, Plant Genetics Research Unit, Donald Danforth Plant Sciences Center, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States of America
- Department of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin, Wisconsin, United States of America
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- USDA-ARS, Plant Genetics Research Unit, Donald Danforth Plant Sciences Center, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States of America
- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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- Department of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin, Wisconsin, United States of America
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- USDA-ARS, Appalachian Fruit Research Station, Kearneysville, West Virginia, United States of America
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- USDA-ARS, Plant Genetics Research Unit, Donald Danforth Plant Sciences Center, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States of America
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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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AHOKAS HANNU, NASKALI LEENA. VARIATION OF α-AMYLASE, β-AMYLASE, β-GLUCANASE, PULLULANASE, PROTEINASE AND CHITINASE ACTIVITY IN GERMINATED SAMPLES OF THE WILD PROGENITOR OF BARLEY. JOURNAL OF THE INSTITUTE OF BREWING 2013. [DOI: 10.1002/j.2050-0416.1990.tb01014.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Gunkel J, Voetz M, Rath F. Effect of the Malting Barley Variety (Hordeum vulgareL) on Fermentability1. JOURNAL OF THE INSTITUTE OF BREWING 2012. [DOI: 10.1002/j.2050-0416.2002.tb00561.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Buttimer ET, Briggs DE. Mechanisms of the Release of Bound β-Amylase. JOURNAL OF THE INSTITUTE OF BREWING 2012. [DOI: 10.1002/j.2050-0416.2000.tb00043.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Vinje MA, Willis DK, Duke SH, Henson CA. Differential expression of two β-amylase genes (Bmy1 and Bmy2) in developing and mature barley grain. PLANTA 2011; 233:1001-10. [PMID: 21279650 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-011-1348-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2010] [Accepted: 01/02/2011] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Two barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) β-amylase genes (Bmy1 and Bmy2) were studied during the late maturation phase of grain development in four genotypes. The Bmy1 and Bmy2 DNA and amino acid sequences are extremely similar. The largest sequence differences are in the introns, seventh exon, and 3' UTR. Accumulation of Bmy2 mRNA was examined in developing grain at 17, 19, and 21 days after anthesis (DAA). One genotype, PI 296897, had significantly higher Bmy2 RNA transcript accumulation than the other three genotypes at all developmental stages. All four genotypes had Bmy2 mRNA levels decrease from 17 to 19 DAA, and remain the same from 19 to 21 DAA. Levels of Bmy1 mRNA were twenty thousand to over one hundred thousand times more than Bmy2 mRNA levels in genotypes Legacy, Harrington, and Ashqelon at all developmental stages and PI 296897 at 19 and 21 DAA. PI 296897 had five thousand times more Bmy1 mRNA than Bmy2 mRNA at 17 DAA. However, Bmy2 protein was not found at 17 DAA in any genotype. The presence of Bmy2 was immunologically detected at 19 DAA and was present in greater amounts at 21 DAA. Also, Bmy2 protein was found to be stored in mature grain and localized in the soluble fraction. However, Bmy1 protein was far more prevalent than Bmy2 at all developmental stages in all genotypes. Thus, the vast majority of β-amylase activity in developing and mature grain can be attributed to endosperm-specific β-amylase.
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- Marcus A Vinje
- Department of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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Vinje MA, Willis DK, Duke SH, Henson CA. Differential RNA expression of Bmy1 during barley seed development and the association with β-amylase accumulation, activity, and total protein. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2011; 49:39-45. [PMID: 20974538 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2010.09.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2010] [Revised: 09/24/2010] [Accepted: 09/27/2010] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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The objective of this study was to determine if developing barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) seeds had differences in β-amylase 1 (Bmy1) mRNA accumulation, β-amylase (EC 3.2.1.2) activity, β-amylase protein accumulation, and total protein levels during late seed development from genotypes with different Bmy1 intron III alleles. Two North American malting barley cultivars (Hordeum vulgare ssp. vulgare) were chosen to represent the Bmy1.a and Bmy1.b alleles and, due to limited Bmy1 intron III allele variation in North American cultivars, two wild barleys (Hordeum vulgare ssp. spontaneum) were chosen to represent the Bmy1.c and Bmy1.d alleles. Wild barleys Ashqelon (Bmy1.c) and PI 296897 (Bmy1.d) had 2.5- to 3-fold higher Bmy1 mRNA levels than cultivars Legacy (Bmy1.a) and Harrington (Bmy1.b). Levels of Bmy1 mRNA were not significantly different between cultivated or between wild genotypes. In all four genotypes Bmy1 mRNA levels increased from 17 to 19 days after anthesis (DAA) and remained constant from 19 to 21 DAA. Ashqelon and PI 296897 had more β-amylase activity on a fresh weight basis than Legacy and Harrington at all developmental stages. β-Amylase protein levels increased from 17 DAA to maturity in all genotypes. Total protein in grains from wild genotypes was significantly higher than cultivated genotypes at all developmental stages. Higher levels of total protein in Ashqelon and PI 296897 could explain their higher levels of β-amylase activity, when expressed on a fresh weight basis. When β-amylase activities are expressed on a protein basis there are no statistical differences between the wild and cultivated barleys at maturity.
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- Marcus A Vinje
- University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Agronomy, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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Rejzek M, Stevenson CE, Southard AM, Stanley D, Denyer K, Smith AM, Naldrett MJ, Lawson DM, Field RA. Chemical genetics and cereal starch metabolism: structural basis of the non-covalent and covalent inhibition of barley β-amylase. MOLECULAR BIOSYSTEMS 2010; 7:718-30. [PMID: 21085740 DOI: 10.1039/c0mb00204f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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There are major issues regarding the proposed pathway for starch degradation in germinating cereal grain. Given the commercial importance but genetic intractability of the problem, we have embarked on a program of chemical genetics studies to identify and dissect the pathway and regulation of starch degradation in germinating barley grains. As a precursor to in vivo studies, here we report systematic analysis of the reversible and irreversible inhibition of the major β-amylase of the grain endosperm (BMY1). The molecular basis of inhibitor action was defined through high resolution X-ray crystallography studies of unliganded barley β-amylase, as well as its complexes with glycone site binder disaccharide iminosugar G1M, irreversible inhibitors α-epoxypropyl and α-epoxybutyl glucosides, which target the enzyme's catalytic residues, and the aglycone site binders acarbose and α-cyclodextrin.
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- Martin Rejzek
- Department of Biological Chemistry, John Innes Centre, Colney Lane, Norwich, NR4 7UH, UK
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Sjakste T, Bielskiene K, Röder M, Sugoka O, Labeikyte D, Bagdoniene L, Juodka B, Vassetzky Y, Sjakste N. Development-dependent changes in the tight DNA-protein complexes of barley on chromosome and gene level. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2009; 9:56. [PMID: 19435519 PMCID: PMC2694405 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2229-9-56] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2008] [Accepted: 05/12/2009] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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BACKGROUND The tightly bound to DNA proteins (TBPs) is a protein group that remains attached to DNA with covalent or non-covalent bonds after its deproteinisation. The functional role of this group is as yet not completely understood. The main goal of this study was to evaluate tissue specific changes in the TBP distribution in barley genes and chromosomes in different phases of shoot and seed development. We have: 1. investigated the TBP distribution along Amy32b and Bmy1 genes encoding low pI alpha-amylase A and endosperm specific beta-amylase correspondingly using oligonucleotide DNA arrays; 2. characterized the polypeptide spectrum of TBP and proteins with affinity to TBP-associated DNA; 3. localized the distribution of DNA complexes with TBP (TBP-DNA) on barley 1H and 7H chromosomes using mapped markers; 4. compared the chromosomal distribution of TBP-DNA complexes to the distribution of the nuclear matrix attachment sites. RESULTS In the Amy32b gene transition from watery ripe to the milky ripeness stage of seed development was followed by the decrease of TBP binding along the whole gene, especially in the promoter region and intron II. Expression of the Bmy1 gene coupled to ripening was followed by release of the exon III and intron III sequences from complexes with TBPs. Marker analysis revealed changes in the association of chromosome 1H and 7H sites with TBPs between first leaf and coleoptile and at Zadoks 07 and Zadoks 10 stages of barley shoot development. Tight DNA-protein complexes of the nuclear matrix and those detected by NPC-chromatography were revealed as also involved in tissue- and development-dependent transitions, however, in sites different from TBP-DNA interactions. The spectrum of TBPs appeared to be organ and developmental-stage specific. Development of the first leaf and root system (from Zadoks 07 to Zadoks 10 stage) was shown as followed by a drastic increase in the TBP number in contrast to coleoptile, where the TBPs spectrum became poor during senescence. It was demonstrated that a nuclear protein of low molecular weight similar to the described TBPs possessed a high affinity to the DNA involved in TBP-DNA complexes. CONCLUSION Plant development is followed by redistribution of TBP along individual genes and chromosomes.
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- Tatjana Sjakste
- Genomics and Bioinformatics, Institute of Biology, University of Latvia, Miera 3, LV2169 Salaspils, Latvia
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Vilnius University, M. K. Čiurlionio 21, LT2009 Vilnius, Lithuania
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- Gene and Genome Mapping, Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research, Correnstrasse 3, 06466, Gatersleben, Germany
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- Genomics and Bioinformatics, Institute of Biology, University of Latvia, Miera 3, LV2169 Salaspils, Latvia
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Vilnius University, M. K. Čiurlionio 21, LT2009 Vilnius, Lithuania
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Vilnius University, M. K. Čiurlionio 21, LT2009 Vilnius, Lithuania
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Vilnius University, M. K. Čiurlionio 21, LT2009 Vilnius, Lithuania
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- UMR-8126, Institut Gustave Roussy, 39, rue Camille-Desmoulins, 94805 Villejuif, France
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Latvia, Šarlotes 1a, LV1001, Riga, Latvia
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SummaryA barley endosperm cDNA clone was used to study the polymorphism and chromosomal location of β-amylase genes in barley. Analysis of DNA from seven cultivars digested with three restriction endonucleases showed two types of pattern, one present in Sultan and the other in the remaining six cultivars. A copy-number reconstruction indicated the presence of about three gene copies per haploid genome. Analysis of the six available whole chromosome addition lines and selected telocentric chromosome additions of barley into wheat showed the location of genes on the short arm of chromosome 2 (probably one copy) and the long arm of chromosome 4 (probably two copies).
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The Properties and Genetics of Barley Malt Starch Degrading Enzymes. ADVANCED TOPICS IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN CHINA 2009. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-01279-2_6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Serpins in plants and green algae. Funct Integr Genomics 2007; 8:1-27. [PMID: 18060440 DOI: 10.1007/s10142-007-0059-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2007] [Revised: 09/06/2007] [Accepted: 09/15/2007] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Control of proteolysis is important for plant growth, development, responses to stress, and defence against insects and pathogens. Members of the serpin protein family are likely to play a critical role in this control through irreversible inhibition of endogenous and exogenous target proteinases. Serpins have been found in diverse species of the plant kingdom and represent a distinct clade among serpins in multicellular organisms. Serpins are also found in green algae, but the evolutionary relationship between these serpins and those of plants remains unknown. Plant serpins are potent inhibitors of mammalian serine proteinases of the chymotrypsin family in vitro but, intriguingly, plants and green algae lack endogenous members of this proteinase family, the most common targets for animal serpins. An Arabidopsis serpin with a conserved reactive centre is now known to be capable of inhibiting an endogenous cysteine proteinase. Here, knowledge of plant serpins in terms of sequence diversity, inhibitory specificity, gene expression and function is reviewed. This was advanced through a phylogenetic analysis of amino acid sequences of expressed plant serpins, delineation of plant serpin gene structures and prediction of inhibitory specificities based on identification of reactive centres. The review is intended to encourage elucidation of plant serpin functions.
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Robinson LH, Juttner J, Milligan A, Lahnstein J, Eglinton JK, Evans DE. The identification of a barley haze active protein that influences beer haze stability: Cloning and characterisation of the barley SE protein as a barley trypsin inhibitor of the chloroform/methanol type. J Cereal Sci 2007. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcs.2006.08.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Sjakste TG, Zhuk AF. Novel haplotype description and structural background of the eventual functional significance of the barley beta-amylase gene intron III rearrangements. TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2006; 113:1063-79. [PMID: 16924478 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-006-0366-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2006] [Accepted: 07/06/2006] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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To extend the knowledge on the haplotype variability of the Bmy1 gene, region of the intron III was sequenced in a set of 20 Latvian accessions and Danish variety Maja, the data were compared to the previously reported allelic variants of the structural gene. Taking into account the polymorphisms of 59 loci and the microsatellite (MS) motif, 11 Latvian varieties turned out to have haplotype similar to cultivar Adorra, 1 - to Haruna Nijo, and 8 - to the newly described Abava Bmy1 intron III haplotype. High level of polymorphisms of (TG)(m) as well as (G)(n) component of MS was revealed for all the haplotypes studied. We conclude that the MS motif rather than the MS size length polymorphism correlates with mutations in the coding region of the beta-amylase gene. Five graphical haplotype-specific intron III structures were constructed on the basis of the co-localization of the transcription factor binding sites (TFBSs), remnants of the transposable elements, and intron III polymorphic loci. Inter- and intrahaplotype variability was analyzed on the eventual functional significance of the Bmy1 intron III rearrangements. Novel data on the intron III nucleotide sequences of the Bmy1 gene were deposited in the GenBank (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/) under accession numbers DQ316895-DQ316905.
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- T G Sjakste
- Genomics and Bioinformatics, Institute of Biology, University of Latvia, Miera Str. 3, Salaspils, 2169, Latvia.
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Qi JC, Zhang GP, Zhou MX. Protein and hordein content in barley seeds as affected by nitrogen level and their relationship to beta-amylase activity. J Cereal Sci 2006. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcs.2005.08.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Mason-Gamer RJ. The {beta}-amylase genes of grasses and a phylogenetic analysis of the Triticeae (Poaceae). AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY 2005; 92:1045-58. [PMID: 21652489 DOI: 10.3732/ajb.92.6.1045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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There are two forms of β-amylase in the Triticeae crop plants wheat, barley, and rye: an endosperm-specific form encoded by two or three closely linked genes, and a tissue-ubiquitous form encoded by a single gene. Both rice and corn have one ubiquitously expressed form encoded by a single gene. This study focuses on two phylogenetic analyses of β-amylase gene sequences. First, a phylogenetic analysis of coding sequences from wheat, barley, rye, rice, and corn was expected to clarify the relationship between the endosperm-specific and tissue-ubiquitous forms of the protein. Instead, it illustrates possible effects of distant outgroups, based on conflicting patterns of character state variation consistent with different root positions. Next, a broad sample of the monogenomic Triticeae was included in a phylogenetic analysis based on sequences from a portion of the tissue-ubiquitous β-amylase gene. The results were compared to existing Triticeae gene trees, among which extensive conflict had been noted in the past. One additional gene tree has not completely clarified the complexity of the group, but has shed additional light on reticulate phylogenetic patterns within the tribe, including relationships involving Eremopyrum, Thinopyrum, and the Triticum/Aegilops group.
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- Roberta J Mason-Gamer
- University of Illinois at Chicago, Department of Biological Sciences, MC 066, 845 West Taylor Street, Chicago, Illinois 60607 USA
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Sjakste T, Röder M. Distribution and inheritance of β-amylase alleles in north European barley varieties. Hereditas 2004; 141:39-45. [PMID: 15383070 DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-5223.2004.01789.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Allelic diversity and inheritance of polymorphic sites of the intron III-exon IV region of the seed specific beta-amylase gene Bmy1 were studied in a set of 55 barley accessions composed mainly of old Latvian and Scandinavian commercial varieties and three Hordeum spontaneum lines from Israel. A CAPS-marker was used for genotyping the C698 --> T polymorphism encoding alleles of beta-amylase with different thermostability. The genotype C698 which is diagnostic for a more thermostable isoform of the beta-amylase was detected in 13 of the investigated accessions. In most cases the origin of the C698 genotype could be traced back to the old Danish variety Binder in the pedigree. However, this genotype was lost in later varieties originating from Binder. A 6+1 bp deletion event in intron III of the beta-amylase gene was in all cases linked to the presence of the C698 mutation, while the repeat number of a microsatellite in intron III had no correlation to the presence of the C698 mutation. Sequence analysis revealed a number of haplotypes within exon IV that did not result in amino acid changes due to the degenerated genetic code.
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Maroof MAS, Zhang Q, Chojecki J. RFLPs in Cultivated Barley and Their Application in the Evaluation of Malting Quality Cultivars. Hereditas 2004. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-5223.1994.00021.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Ahokas H, Manninen ML. Thermostabilities of Grain β-Amylase and β-Glucanase in Finnish Landrace Barleys and their Putative Past Adaptedness. Hereditas 2004. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-5223.2000.00111.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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Hirata A, Adachi M, Sekine A, Kang YN, Utsumi S, Mikami B. Structural and enzymatic analysis of soybean beta-amylase mutants with increased pH optimum. J Biol Chem 2004; 279:7287-95. [PMID: 14638688 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m309411200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Comparison of the architecture around the active site of soybean beta-amylase and Bacillus cereus beta-amylase showed that the hydrogen bond networks (Glu380-(Lys295-Met51) and Glu380-Asn340-Glu178) in soybean beta-amylase around the base catalytic residue, Glu380, seem to contribute to the lower pH optimum of soybean beta-amylase. To convert the pH optimum of soybean beta-amylase (pH 5.4) to that of the bacterial type enzyme (pH 6.7), three mutants of soybean beta-amylase, M51T, E178Y, and N340T, were constructed such that the hydrogen bond networks were removed by site-directed mutagenesis. The kinetic analysis showed that the pH optimum of all mutants shifted dramatically to a neutral pH (range, from 5.4 to 6.0-6.6). The Km values of the mutants were almost the same as that of soybean beta-amylase except in the case of M51T, while the Vmax values of all mutants were low compared with that of soybean beta-amylase. The crystal structure analysis of the wild type-maltose and mutant-maltose complexes showed that the direct hydrogen bond between Glu380 and Asn340 was completely disrupted in the mutants M51T, E178Y, and N340T. In the case of M51T, the hydrogen bond between Glu380 and Lys295 was also disrupted. These results indicated that the reduced pKa value of Glu380 is stabilized by the hydrogen bond network and is responsible for the lower pH optimum of soybean beta-amylase compared with that of the bacterial beta-amylase.
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- Akira Hirata
- Laboratory of Food Quality Design and Development, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan
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Beta-amylase (EC 3.2.1.2) was isolated from germinating millet (Panicum miliaceum L.) seeds by a procedure that included ammonium sulfate fractionation, chromatography on DEAE-cellulofine and CM-cellulofine, and preparative isoelectric focusing. The enzyme was homogeneous by SDS-PAGE. The M(r) of the enzyme was estimated to be 58,000 based on its mobility on SDS-PAGE and gel filtration with TSKgel G4000SW(XL), which showed that it is composed of a single unit. The isoelectric point of the enzyme was 4.62. The enzyme hydrolyzed malto-oligosaccharides more readily as their degree of polymerization increased, this being strongest for malto-oligosaccharides larger than 13 glucose residues and very weakly for maltotriose. Amylose, amylopectin and soluble starch were the most suitable substrates for the enzyme. While the enzyme showed some activity against native starch by itself, starch digestion was accelerated 2.5-fold using alpha-amylase, pullulanase and alpha-glucosidase. This enzyme appears to be very important for the germination of millet seeds.
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- Yoshiki Yamasaki
- Research Institute for Bioresources, Okayama University, Kurashiki-shi, Okayama 710-0046, Japan.
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A Single Amino Acid Substitution that Determines IEF Band Pattern of Barley Beta -amylase. J Cereal Sci 2002. [DOI: 10.1006/jcrs.2001.0421] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Li CD, Langridge P, Zhang XQ, Eckstein P, Rossnagel B, Lance R, Lefol E, Lu MY, Harvey B, Scoles G. Mapping of Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) Beta -amylase Alleles in which an Amino Acid Substitution Determines Beta -amylase Isoenzyme Type and the Level of Free Beta -amylase. J Cereal Sci 2002. [DOI: 10.1006/jcrs.2001.0398] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Van Damme EJ, Hu J, Barre A, Hause B, Baggerman G, Rougé P, Peumans WJ. Purification, characterization, immunolocalization and structural analysis of the abundant cytoplasmic beta-amylase from Calystegia sepium (hedge bindweed) rhizomes. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 2001; 268:6263-73. [PMID: 11733023 DOI: 10.1046/j.0014-2956.2001.02584.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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An abundant catalytically active beta-amylase (EC 3.2.1.2) was isolated from resting rhizomes of hedge bindweed (Calystegia sepium). Biochemical analysis of the purified protein, molecular modeling, and cloning of the corresponding gene indicated that this enzyme resembles previously characterized plant beta-amylases with regard to its amino-acid sequence, molecular structure and catalytic activities. Immunolocalization demonstrated that the beta-amylase is exclusively located in the cytoplasm. It is suggested that the hedge bindweed rhizome beta-amylase is a cytoplasmic vegetative storage protein.
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- E J Van Damme
- Laboratory for Phytopathology and Plant Protection, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
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Erkkilä MJ, Ahokas H. Special barley beta-amylase allele in a Finnish landrace line HA52 with high grain enzyme activity. Hereditas 2001; 134:91-5. [PMID: 11525070 DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-5223.2001.00091.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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- M J Erkkilä
- Plant Production Research, Agricultural Research Centre, Myllytie 10, FIN-31600 Jokioinen, Finland.
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Ma YF, Eglinton JK, Evans DE, Logue SJ, Langridge P. Removal of the four C-terminal glycine-rich repeats enhances the thermostability and substrate binding affinity of barley beta-amylase. Biochemistry 2000; 39:13350-5. [PMID: 11063571 DOI: 10.1021/bi000688s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Barley beta-amylase undergoes proteolytic cleavage in the C-terminal region after germination. The implication of the cleavage in the enzyme's characteristics is unclear. With purified native beta-amylases from both mature barley grain and germinated barley, we found that the beta-amylase from germinated barley had significantly higher thermostability and substrate binding affinity for starch than that from mature barley grain. To better understand the effect of the proteolytic cleavage on the enzyme's thermostability and substrate binding affinity for starch, recombinant barley beta-amylases with specific deletions at the C-terminal tail were generated. The complete deletion of the four C-terminal glycine-rich repeats significantly increased the enzyme's thermostability, but an incomplete deletion with one repeat remaining did not change the thermostability. Although different C-terminal deletions affect the thermostability differently, they all increased the enzyme's affinity for starch. The possible reasons for the increased thermostability and substrate binding affinity, due to the removal of the four C-terminal glycine-rich repeats, are discussed in terms of the three-dimensional structure of beta-amylase.
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- Y F Ma
- Department of Plant Science, Waite Campus, The University of Adelaide, Glen Osmond, SA 5064, Australia
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Murai K, Taketa S, Islam AK, Shepherd KW. Barley allele-specific amplicons useful for identifying wheat-barley recombinant chromosomes. Genes Genet Syst 2000; 75:131-9. [PMID: 10984837 DOI: 10.1266/ggs.75.131] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) is potentially a new source of genes for wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) improvement. Wheat-barley chromosome recombinant lines provide a means for introgressing barley genes to wheat genome by chromosome engineering, and since these are expected to occur only rarely in special cytogenetic stocks, an efficient selection skill is necessary to identify them. To convert RFLP markers to barley allele-specific PCR markers useful for effective production of wheat-barley recombinant lines, 91 primer sets derived from RFLP clones which were previously mapped to the barley chromosomes were examined for PCR amplification using 'Chinese Spring' wheat, 'Betzes' barley and the wheat-barley chromosome addition lines. The polymorphisms were detected by an agarose gel electrophoresis of the PCR products without digestion with restriction enzymes. Out of 81 primer sets producing polymorphisms between the wheat and barley genomes, 26 amplified barley chromosome-specific DNAs which were confirmed to be located on the same chromosome as the RFLP markers by using the wheat-barley chromosome addition lines. These amplified DNAs represent barley allele-specific amplicons, which distinguish barley alleles from their wheat homoeologous counterparts. The present investigation revealed a higher probability for obtaining allele-specific amplicons from genomic DNA-derived RFLP markers than from cDNA-derived ones. The barley allele-specific amplicons developed in this study, namely, four for chromosome 2H, two for 3H, seven for 4H, eight for 5H, one for 6H and four for 7H, are suitable for identifying 'Chinese Spring' wheat- 'Betzes' barley recombinant chromosomes. However, one out of eight barley allele-specific amplicons on chromosome 5H did not detect a unique barley band in a 'New Golden' barley chromosome 5H addition line of 'Shinchunaga' wheat, indicating there may be a need to reconstruct allele-specific amplicons with different barley cultivars.
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- K Murai
- Department of Bioscience, Fukui Prefectural University, Japan.
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Davy A, SŁrensen MB, Svendsen I, Cameron-Mills V, Simpson DJ. Prediction of protein cleavage sites by the barley cysteine endoproteases EP-A and EP-B based on the kinetics of synthetic peptide hydrolysis. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2000; 122:137-46. [PMID: 10631257 PMCID: PMC58852 DOI: 10.1104/pp.122.1.137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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Hordeins, the natural substrates of barley (Hordeum vulgare) cysteine endoproteases (EPs), were isolated as protein bodies and degraded by purified EP-B from green barley malt. Cleavage specificity was determined by synthesizing internally quenched, fluorogenic tetrapeptide substrates of the general formula 2-aminobenzoyl-P(2)-P(1)-P(1)'-P(2)' 1-tyrosine(NO(2))-aspartate. The barley EPs preferred neutral amino acids with large aliphatic and nonpolar (leucine, valine, isoleucine, and methionine) or aromatic (phenylalanine, tyrosine, and tryptophan) side chains at P(2), and showed less specificity at P(1), although asparagine, aspartate, valine, and isoleucine were particularly unfavorable. Peptides with proline at P(1) or P(1)' were extremely poor substrates. Cleavage sites with EP-A and EP-B preferred substrate sequences are found in hordeins, their natural substrates. The substrate specificity of EP-B with synthetic peptides was used successfully to predict the cleavage sites in the C-terminal extension of barley beta-amylase. When all of the primary cleavage sites in C hordein, which occur mainly in the N- and C-terminal domains, were removed by site-directed mutagenesis, the resulting protein was degraded 112 times more slowly than wild-type C hordein. We suggest that removal of the C hordein terminal domains is necessary for unfolding of the beta-reverse turn helix of the central repeat domain, which then becomes more susceptible to proteolytic attack by EP-B.
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- A Davy
- Carlsberg Research Laboratory, Carlsberg Laboratory, Gamle Carlsbergvej 10, DK-2500 Valby, Denmark
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Laederach A, Dowd MK, Coutinho PM, Reilly PJ. Automated docking of maltose, 2-deoxymaltose, and maltotetraose into the soybean beta-amylase active site. Proteins 1999; 37:166-75. [PMID: 10584063 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0134(19991101)37:2<166::aid-prot3>3.0.co;2-e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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In this study, products and substrates were docked into the active site of beta-amylase using the simulated annealing algorithm AutoDock. Lowest-energy conformers reproduced known crystallographic atom positions within 0.4 to 0.8 A rmsd. Docking studies were carried out with both open and closed configurations of the beta-amylase mobile flap, a loop comprising residues 96 to 103. Ligands with two rings docked within the cleft near the active site when the flap was open, but those with four rings did not. The flap must be closed for alpha-maltotetraose to adopt a conformation allowing it to dock near the crystallographically determined subsites. The closed flap is necessary for productive but not for nonproductive binding, and therefore it plays a essential role in catalysis. The gain in total binding energy upon closing of the flap for alpha-maltose docked to subsites -2, -1 and +1, +2 is about 22 kcal/mol, indicating more favorable interactions are possible with the flap closed. Larger intermolecular interaction energies are observed for two alpha-maltose molecules docked to subsites -2, -1 and +1, +2 than for one alpha-maltotetraose molecule docked from subsites -2 to +2, suggesting that it is only upon cleavage of the alpha-1,4 linkage that optimal closed-flap binding can occur with the crytallographically determined enzyme structure.
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- A Laederach
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames 50011-2230, USA
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Mikami B, Yoon HJ, Yoshigi N. The crystal structure of the sevenfold mutant of barley beta-amylase with increased thermostability at 2.5 A resolution. J Mol Biol 1999; 285:1235-43. [PMID: 9918723 DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.2379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The three-dimensional structure of the sevenfold mutant of barley beta-amylase (BBA-7s) with increased thermostability was determined by X-ray crystallography. The enzyme was purified as a single component and crystallized by a hanging drop method in the presence of 14 % PEG 6000. The crystals belong to space group P43212 with cell dimensions a=b=72.11 A, c=250.51 A. The diffraction data up to 2.5 A were collected after soaking the crystal in 100 mM maltose with Rsym of 8.6 %. The structure was determined by a molecular replacement method using soybean beta-amylase (SBA) as a search model and refined to an R-factor of 18.7 %. The final model included 500 amino acid residues, 141 water molecules and three glucose residues, which were located at subsites 1-2 and 4 in the active site. The r.m.s. distance of 485 Calpha atoms between BBA-7s and SBA was 0.62 A. Out of the seven mutated amino acids, four (Ser295Ala, Ile297Val, Ser351Pro and Ala376Ser) were substitutions from the common residues with SBA to the thermostable forms. A comparison of the structures of BBA-7s and SBA indicated that the side-chain of Ser376 makes new hydrogen bonds to the main-chain of an adjacent beta-strand, and that the side-chains of Val297 reduce an unfavorable interaction between the side-chains of Ala314. The mutation of Ser295Ala breaks the hydrogen bond between Ser295 OG and Tyr195 OH, which seems to be the reason for the unoccupied glucose residue at subsite 3. The tandem mutations at 350-352 including substitutions to two Pro residues suggested the reduction of main-chain entropy in the unfolded structure of this solvent-exposed protruded loop.
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- B Mikami
- Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto, 611, Japan.
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Pujadas G, Ramírez FM, Valero R, Palau J. Evolution of β-amylase: Patterns of variation and conservation in subfamily sequences in relation to parsimony mechanisms. Proteins 1998. [DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0134(199608)25:4<456::aid-prot6>3.0.co;2-b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Adachi M, Mikami B, Katsube T, Utsumi S. Crystal structure of recombinant soybean beta-amylase complexed with beta-cyclodextrin. J Biol Chem 1998; 273:19859-65. [PMID: 9677422 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.273.31.19859] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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In order to study the interaction of soybean beta-amylase with substrate, we solved the crystal structure of beta-cyclodextrin-enzyme complex and compared it with that of alpha-cyclodextrin-enzyme complex. The enzyme was expressed in Escherichia coli at a high level as a soluble and catalytically active protein. The purified recombinant enzyme had properties nearly identical to those of native soybean beta-amylase and formed the same crystals as the native enzyme. The crystal structure of recombinant enzyme complexed with beta-cyclodextrin was refined at 2. 07-A resolution with a final crystallographic R value of 15.8% (Rfree = 21.1%). The root mean square deviation in the position of C-alpha atoms between this recombinant enzyme and the native enzyme was 0.22 A. These results indicate that the expression system established here is suitable for studying structure-function relationships of beta-amylase. The conformation of the bound beta-cyclodextrin takes an ellipsoid shape in contrast to the circular shape of the bound alpha-cyclodextrin. The cyclodextrins shared mainly two glucose binding sites, 3 and 4. The glucose residue 4 was slightly shifted from the maltose binding site. This suggests that the binding site of the cyclodextrins is important for its holding of a cleaved substrate, which enables the multiple attack mechanism of beta-amylase.
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- M Adachi
- Research Institute for Food Science, Kyoto University, Uji Kyoto 611-0011, Japan
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Erkkilä MJ, Leah R, Ahokas H, Cameron-Mills V. Allele-dependent barley grain beta-amylase activity. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 1998; 117:679-85. [PMID: 9625721 PMCID: PMC34988 DOI: 10.1104/pp.117.2.679] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/1997] [Accepted: 03/19/1998] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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The wild ancestor of cultivated barley, Hordeum vulgare subsp. spontaneum (K. Koch) A. & Gr. (H. spontaneum), is a source of wide genetic diversity, including traits that are important for malting quality. A high beta-amylase trait was previously identified in H. spontaneum strains from Israel, and transferred into the backcross progeny of a cross with the domesticated barley cv Adorra. We have used Southern-blot analysis and beta-amy1 gene characterization to demonstrate that the high beta-amylase trait in the backcross line is co-inherited with the beta-amy1 gene from the H. spontaneum parent. We have analyzed the beta-amy1 gene organization in various domesticated and wild-type barley strains and identified three distinct beta-amy1 alleles. Two of these beta-amy1 alleles were present in modern barley, one of which was specifically found in good malting barley cultivars. The third allele, linked with high grain beta-amylase activity, was found only in a H. spontaneum strain from the Judean foothills in Israel. The sequences of three isolated beta-amy1 alleles are compared. The involvement of specific intron III sequences, in particular a 126-bp palindromic insertion, in the allele-dependent expression of beta-amylase activity in barley grain is proposed.
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- M J Erkkilä
- Carlsberg Research Laboratory, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Motto M, Thompson R, Salamini F. Genetic Regulation of Carbohydrate and Protein Accumulation in Seeds. ADVANCES IN CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF PLANTS 1997. [DOI: 10.1007/978-94-015-8909-3_13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Totsuka A, Fukazawa C. Functional analysis of Glu380 and Leu383 of soybean beta-amylase. A proposed action mechanism. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1996; 240:655-9. [PMID: 8856067 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1996.0655h.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Soybean beta-amylase, comprising a (beta/alpha)8-barrel core with a mobile loop, similar to that of triose phosphate isomerase, was mutated by site-directed mutagenesis at residues Glu380 and Leu383. X-ray crystallographic findings suggest that Glu380 is the counterpart of the catalytic site (Glu186) and that Leu383, located near the active-site cavity, forms an inclusion complex with cyclomaltohexaose. Separate substitutions of Glu380 by Gln and Asp completely eliminated the activity without inducing any significant changes in the circular dichroic spectra nor in the binding affinity for cyclomaltohexaose. Glu380, in cooperation with Glu186, therefore, is clearly indispensable for the liberation of beta-maltose from starch. Substitutions of Leu383 by Ile and Gln, in contrast, led to remarkable increases in the Km values of both mutants when compared to that of the non-mutant enzyme. The mutants also showed marked reductions in their binding affinities to cyclomaltohexaose. Overall, it would appear that the kcat/Km of soybean beta-amylase increases in proportion to the length of the substrate molecule, and depends also on the characteristics of the side chain of the residue at position 383. Leu383, therefore, may be important for both substrate penetration and subsequent retention at the active site. Based on the foregoing, we propose an action mechanism of soybean beta-amylase involving the interactions of three essential amino acid residues (Asp101, Glu186 and Glu380) in concert with Leu383, and assumed an indispensable role for Asp101.
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- A Totsuka
- Genetic Engineering Laboratory, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Ibaraki, Japan
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Wang SM, Lue WL, Eimert K, Chen J. Phytohormone-regulated beta-amylase gene expression in rice. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 1996; 31:975-982. [PMID: 8843940 DOI: 10.1007/bf00040716] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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The expression of beta-amylase genes in rice (Oryza sativa) and its regulation by phytohormones gibberellic acid (GA) and abscisic acid (ABA) were examined. Upon germination beta-amylase is synthesized de novo in aleurone cells and (GA) is not required. Exogenous addition of GA does not enhance the beta-amylase activity, while ABA inhibits the beta-amylase activity, mRNA accumulation, and the germination of rice seeds. GA can reverse ABA inhibition of beta-amylase expression, but not ABA inhibition of seed germination. Such regulation represents a new interaction of ABA and GA.
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- S M Wang
- Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
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Pujadas G, Ramírez FM, Valero R, Palau J. Evolution of beta-amylase: patterns of variation and conservation in subfamily sequences in relation to parsimony mechanisms. Proteins 1996; 25:456-72. [PMID: 8865341 DOI: 10.1002/prot.6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Soybean and sweet potato beta-amylases are structured as alpha/beta barrels and the same kind of folding may account for all known beta-amylases. We provide a comprehensive analysis of both protein and DNA (coding region) sequences of beta-amylases. The aim of the study is to contribute to the knowledge of the evolutionary molecular relationships among all known beta-amylases. Our approach combines the identification of the putative eightfold structural core formed by beta-strands with a complete multi-alignment analysis of all known sequences. Comparing putative beta-amylase (alpha/beta)8 cores from plants and microorganisms, two differentiated versions of residues at the packing sites, and a unique set of eight identical residues at the C-terminal catalytical site are observed, indicating early evolutionary divergence and absence of localized three-dimensional evolution, respectively. A new analytical approach has been developed in order to work out conserved motifs for beta-amylases, mostly related with the enzyme activity. This approach appears useful as a new routine to find sets of motifs (each set being known as a fingerprint) in protein families. We demonstrate that the evolutionary mechanism for beta-amylases is a combination of parsimonious divergence at three distinguishable rates in relation to the functional signatures, the barrel scaffold, and alpha-helix-containing loops.
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- G Pujadas
- Departament de Bioquímica i Biotecnologia, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Catalonia, Spain
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Royo J, Diaz I, Rodriquez-Palenzuela P, Carbonero P. Isolation and promoter characterization of barley gene Itr1 encoding trypsin inhibitor BTI-CMe: differential activity in wild-type and mutant lys3a endosperm. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 1996; 31:1051-1059. [PMID: 8843947 DOI: 10.1007/bf00040723] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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The gene Itr1, encoding trypsin inhibitor BTI-CMe, has been obtained from a genomic library of Hordeum vulgare L. The gene has no introns and presents in its 5'-upstream region 605 bp that are homologous to the long terminal repeats (LTR) of the 'copia-like' retro-transposon Bare-1. Functional analysis of the Itr1 promoter by transient expression in protoplasts derived from different barley tissues, has shown that in this system the Itr1 promoter retains its endosperm specifity and the trans-regulation mediated by the Lys3a gene. The proximal promoter extending 343 bp upstream of the translation initiation ATG codon is sufficient to confer full GUS expression and for endosperm specifity. In protoplasts derived from the lys3a mutant, Risø 1508, GUS activity was less than 5% of that obtained with the same constructs in the protoplasts of wild-type Bomi from which it derives. Gel retardation experiments, after incubation with proteins obtained from both types of endosperm nuclei, also show differential patterns. Possible reasons for these differences are discussed.
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- J Royo
- Dpto Biotecnología-UPM, ETS Ingenieros Agrónomos, Ciudad Universitaria, Madrid, Spain
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