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Lim W, Li J. Synergetic effect of the Onion CHI gene on the PAP1 regulatory gene for enhancing the flavonoid profile of tomato skin. Sci Rep 2017; 7:12377. [PMID: 28959020 PMCID: PMC5620076 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-12355-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2017] [Accepted: 09/04/2017] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Tomatoes are known to have ameliorative effects on cardiovascular disease and cancer. The nutritional value of tomatoes can be enhanced by increasing flavonoids content through genetic modification. The regulatory gene PAP1 (production of anthocyanin pigment 1) from Arabidopsis is reported to increase initial flavonoid flux and anthocyanin content. The structural gene CHI from Alium cepa increases flavonol content. However, the number of structural genes that can be transferred to plants is limited. To solve this problem, for the first time, we produced gene stacking transgenic tomato, in which Arabidopsis PAP1 (production of anthocyanin pigment 1) was stacked with an onion CHI by crossing. This procedure resulted in increased rutin and total anthocyanin content of as much as 130 and 30 times more, respectively, than the content in wild tomato skin, compared with 2.3 and 3 times more flavonol content, and 1 and 1.5 times more anthocyanin content in unstacked FLS and PAP1 tomatoes, respectively.
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- Wansang Lim
- HFRR, Throckmorton Kansas State University Manhattan, Manhattan, KS, 66506, USA.
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Throckmorton Kansas State University Manhattan, Manhattan, KS, 66506, USA
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Park S, Kim DH, Lee JY, Ha SH, Lim SH. Comparative Analysis of Two Flavonol Synthases from Different-Colored Onions Provides Insight into Flavonoid Biosynthesis. J Agric Food Chem 2017; 65:5287-5298. [PMID: 28537403 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.7b01036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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We isolated cDNAs encoding flavonol synthase (FLS) from the red onion "H6" (AcFLS-H6) and the yellow onion "Hwangryongball" (AcFLS-HRB). We found three amino acid variations between the two sequences. Kinetic analysis with recombinant proteins revealed that AcFLS-HRB exhibited approximately 2-fold higher catalytic efficiencies than AcFLS-H6 for dihydroflavonol substrates and that both proteins preferred dihydroquercetin to dihydrokaempferol. The expression patterns of flavonoid biosynthesis genes corresponded to the accumulation patterns of flavonoid aglycones in both onions. Whereas the other flavonoid biosynthesis genes were weakly expressed in the HRB sheath compared to that of H6, the expression of FLS was similar in both onions. This relatively enhanced FLS expression, along with the higher activity of AcFLS-HRB, could increase the quercetin production in the HRB sheath. The quercetin content was approximately 12-fold higher than the cyanidin content in the H6 sheath, suggesting that FLS has priority in the competition between FLS and dihydroflavonol 4-reductase (DFR) for their substrate dihydroquercetin.
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- Sangkyu Park
- National Institute of Agricultural Science, Rural Development Administration , JeonJu 54874, Republic of Korea
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- National Institute of Agricultural Science, Rural Development Administration , JeonJu 54874, Republic of Korea
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- National Institute of Agricultural Science, Rural Development Administration , JeonJu 54874, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Genetic Engineering and Graduate School of Biotechnology, Kyung Hee University , Yongin 17104, Republic of Korea
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- National Institute of Agricultural Science, Rural Development Administration , JeonJu 54874, Republic of Korea
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Sun Q, Zhang B, Yan QJ, Jiang ZQ. Comparative analysis on the distribution of protease activities among fruits and vegetable resources. Food Chem 2016; 213:708-713. [PMID: 27451238 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2016.07.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2015] [Revised: 05/23/2016] [Accepted: 07/05/2016] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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In this study, a comparative analysis on the distribution of protease activities among 90 plant resources, including fruits and vegetables, has been performed. Protease activities of plant extracts were assayed at different pH values (pH 3.0, pH 7.5 and pH 10.5) using casein as a substrate. Ten fruits and thirteen vegetables show protease activities above 10U/g. Pineapple, fig and papaya, which are used for commercial protease production, exhibited high protease activities. Additionally, high protease activities were detected in kiwifruit (28.8U/g), broccoli (16.9U/g), ginger (16.6U/g), leek (32.7U/g) and red pepper (15.8U/g) at different pH values. SDS-PAGE and zymograms confirmed that various types of proteases existed in the five plant extracts and might be explored. Furthermore, five plant extracts were treated by different protease inhibitors. These results show that there are still many plant resources unexplored, which may be promising candidates for plant-derived protease production.
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- Qian Sun
- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Food Nutrition and Human Health, College of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100083, China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Food Nutrition and Human Health, College of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100083, China; College of Food and Bioengineering, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang 471023, China
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- College of Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100083, China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Food Nutrition and Human Health, College of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100083, China.
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Rozpądek P, Rąpała-Kozik M, Wężowicz K, Grandin A, Karlsson S, Ważny R, Anielska T, Turnau K. Arbuscular mycorrhiza improves yield and nutritional properties of onion (Allium cepa). Plant Physiol Biochem 2016; 107:264-272. [PMID: 27318800 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2016.06.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2016] [Revised: 06/02/2016] [Accepted: 06/02/2016] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Improving the nutritional value of commonly cultivated crops is one of the most pending problems for modern agriculture. In natural environments plants associate with a multitude of fungal microorganisms that improve plant fitness. The best described group are arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF). These fungi have been previously shown to improve the quality and yield of several common crops. In this study we tested the potential utilization of Rhizophagus irregularis in accelerating growth and increasing the content of important dietary phytochemicals in onion (Allium cepa). Our results clearly indicate that biomass production, the abundance of vitamin B1 and its analogues and organic acid concentration can be improved by inoculating the plant with AM fungi. We have shown that improved growth is accompanied with up-regulated electron transport in PSII and antioxidant enzyme activity.
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- Piotr Rozpądek
- Institute of Environmental Sciences, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa 7, 30-387 Kraków, Poland; Institute of Plant Physiology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Niezapominajek 21, 30-239 Kraków, Poland
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- Department of Comparative Biochemistry and Bioanalytics, Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa 7, 30-387 Kraków, Poland
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- Institute of Environmental Sciences, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa 7, 30-387 Kraków, Poland
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- Man-Technology-Environment Research Centre, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden
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- Man-Technology-Environment Research Centre, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden
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- Malopolska Centre of Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa 7a, 30-387 Kraków, Poland
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- Institute of Environmental Sciences, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa 7, 30-387 Kraków, Poland
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- Institute of Environmental Sciences, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa 7, 30-387 Kraków, Poland; Malopolska Centre of Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa 7a, 30-387 Kraków, Poland.
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Mollavali M, Bolandnazar SA, Schwarz D, Rohn S, Riehle P, Zaare Nahandi F. Flavonol Glucoside and Antioxidant Enzyme Biosynthesis Affected by Mycorrhizal Fungi in Various Cultivars of Onion (Allium cepa L.). J Agric Food Chem 2016; 64:71-7. [PMID: 26694086 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.5b04791] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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The objective of this study was to investigate the impact of mycorrhizal symbiosis on qualitative characteristics of onion (Allium cepa L.). For this reason, five onion cultivars with different scale color and three different strains of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (Diversispora versiformis, Rhizophagus intraradices, Funneliformis mosseae) were used. Red cultivars, mainly 'Red Azar-shahr', showed the highest content in vitamin C, flavonols, and antioxidant enzymes. Mycorrhizal inoculation increased total phenolic, pyruvic acid, and vitamin C of onion plants. Considerable increase was observed in quercetin-4'-O-monoglucoside and isorhamnetin-4'-O-monoglucoside content in plants inoculated with Diversispora versiformis, but quercetin-3,4'-O-diglucoside was not significantly influenced. Analyses for phenylalanine ammonia-lyase (PAL) and antioxiodant enzyme activities such as polyphenol oxidase (PPO), catalase (CAT), and peroxidase (POD) revealed that all except PPO were enhanced by mycorrhizal inoculation. Overall, these findings suggested that mycorrhizal inoculation influenced biosynthesis of flavonol glucosides and antioxidant enzymes by increasing nutrient uptake or by induction of the plant defense system.
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- Mohanna Mollavali
- Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tabriz , Tabriz, Iran
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- Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tabriz , Tabriz, Iran
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- Leibniz Institute for Vegetable and Ornamental Crops. Theodor-Echtermeyer-Weg 1, 14979 Großbeeren, Germany
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- Institute of Food Chemistry, Hamburg School of Food Science, University of Hamburg , Grindelallee 117, 20146 Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute of Food Chemistry, Hamburg School of Food Science, University of Hamburg , Grindelallee 117, 20146 Hamburg, Germany
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Taylor MR, Reinders A, Ward JM. Transport Function of Rice Amino Acid Permeases (AAPs). Plant Cell Physiol 2015; 56:1355-63. [PMID: 25907566 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcv053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2015] [Accepted: 04/01/2015] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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The transport function of four rice (Oryza sativa) amino acid permeases (AAPs), OsAAP1 (Os07g04180), OsAAP3 (Os06g36180), OsAAP7 (Os05g34980) and OsAAP16 (Os12g08090), was analyzed by expression in Xenopus laevis oocytes and electrophysiology. OsAAP1, OsAAP7 and OsAAP16 functioned, similarly to Arabidopsis AAPs, as general amino acid permeases. OsAAP3 had a distinct substrate specificity compared with other rice or Arabidopsis AAPs. OsAAP3 transported the basic amino acids lysine and arginine well but selected against aromatic amino acids. The transport of basic amino acids was further analyzed for OsAAP1 and OsAAP3, and the results support the transport of both neutral and positively charged forms of basic amino acids by the rice AAPs. Cellular localization using the tandem enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP)-red fluorescent protein (RFP) reporter pHusion showed that OsAAP1 and OsAAP3 localized to the plasma membrane after transient expression in onion epidermal cells or stable expression in Arabidopsis.
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- Margaret R Taylor
- Department of Plant Biology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108, USA
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- Department of Plant Biology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108, USA
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- Department of Plant Biology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108, USA
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Zarei A, Trobacher CP, Cooke AR, Meyers AJ, Hall JC, Shelp BJ. Apple fruit copper amine oxidase isoforms: peroxisomal MdAO1 prefers diamines as substrates, whereas extracellular MdAO2 exclusively utilizes monoamines. Plant Cell Physiol 2015; 56:137-47. [PMID: 25378687 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcu155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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4-Aminobutyrate (GABA) accumulates in apple fruit during controlled atmosphere storage. A potential source of GABA is the polyamine putrescine, which can be oxidized via copper-containing amine oxidase (CuAO), resulting in the production 4-aminobutanal/Δ(1)-pyrroline, with the consumption of O2 and release of H2O2 and ammonia. Five putative CuAO genes (MdAO genes) were cloned from apple (Malus domestica Borkh. cv. Empire) fruit, and the deduced amino acid sequences found to contain the active sites typically conserved in CuAOs. Genes encoding two of these enzymes, MdAO1 and MdAO2, were highly expressed in apple fruit and selected for further analysis. Amino acid sequence analysis predicted the presence of a C-terminal peroxisomal targeting signal 1 tripeptide in MdAO1 and an N-terminal signal peptide and N-glycosylation site in MdAO2. Transient expression of green fluorescent fusion proteins in Arabidopsis protoplasts or onion epidermal cells revealed a peroxisomal localization for MdAO1 and an extracellular localization for MdAO2. The enzymatic activities of purified recombinant MdAO1 and MdAO2 were measured continuously as H2O2 production using a coupled reaction. MdAO1 did not use monoamines or polyamines and displayed high catalytic efficiency for 1,3-diaminopropane, putrescine and cadaverine, whereas MdAO2 exclusively utilized aliphatic and aromatic monoamines, including 2-phenylethylamine and tyramine. Together, these results indicate that MdAO1 may contribute to GABA production via putrescine oxidation in the peroxisome of apple fruit under controlled atmosphere conditions. MdAO2 seems to be involved in deamination of 2-phenylethylamine, which is a step in the biosynthesis of 2-phenylethanol, a contributor to fruit flavor and flower fragrance.
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- Adel Zarei
- Department of Plant Agriculture, University of Guelph, 50 Stone Road E, Guelph, Canada N1G 2W1
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- Department of Plant Agriculture, University of Guelph, 50 Stone Road E, Guelph, Canada N1G 2W1
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- Department of Plant Agriculture, University of Guelph, 50 Stone Road E, Guelph, Canada N1G 2W1
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- School of Environmental Sciences, University of Guelph, 50 Stone Road E, Guelph, Canada N1G 2W1
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- School of Environmental Sciences, University of Guelph, 50 Stone Road E, Guelph, Canada N1G 2W1
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- Department of Plant Agriculture, University of Guelph, 50 Stone Road E, Guelph, Canada N1G 2W1
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Thomson SJ, Rippon P, Butts C, Olsen S, Shaw M, Joyce NI, Eady CC. Inhibition of platelet activation by lachrymatory factor synthase (LFS)-silenced (tearless) onion juice. J Agric Food Chem 2013; 61:10574-10581. [PMID: 24147811 DOI: 10.1021/jf4030213] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Onion and garlic are renowned for their roles as functional foods. The health benefits of garlic are attributed to di-2-propenyl thiosulfinate (allicin), a sulfur compound found in disrupted garlic but not found in disrupted onion. Recently, onions have been grown with repressed lachrymatory factor synthase (LFS) activity, which causes these onions to produce increased amounts of di-1-propenyl thiosulfinate, an isomer of allicin. This investigation into the key health attributes of LFS-silenced (tearless) onions demonstrates that they have some attributes more similar to garlic and that this is likely due to the production of novel thiosulfinate or metabolites. The key finding was that collagen-induced in vitro platelet aggregation was significantly reduced by tearless onion extract over normal onion extract. Thiosulfinate or derived compounds were shown not to be responsible for the observed changes in the inflammatory response of AGS (stomach adenocarcinoma) cells to tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNFα) when pretreated with model onion juices. A preliminary rat feeding trial indicated that the tearless onions may also play a key role in reducing weight gain.
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- Susan J Thomson
- The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Limited, Private Bag 4704, Christchurch, New Zealand
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Jadhav SB, Patil NS, Watharkar AD, Apine OA, Jadhav JP. Batch and continuous biodegradation of Amaranth in plain distilled water by P. aeruginosa BCH and toxicological scrutiny using oxidative stress studies. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2013; 20:2854-2866. [PMID: 22996819 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-012-1155-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2012] [Accepted: 08/27/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa BCH was able to degrade naphthylaminesulfonic azo dye Amaranth in plain distilled water within 6 h at 50 mg l(-1) dye concentration. Studies were carried out to find the optimum physical conditions and which came out to be pH 7 and temperature 30 °C. Amaranth could also be decolorized at concentration 500 mg l(-1). Presence of Zn and Hg ions could strongly slow down the decolorization process, whereas decolorization progressed rapidly in presence of Mn. Decolorization rate was increased with increasing cell mass. Induction in intracellular and extracellular activities of tyrosinase and NADH-DCIP reductase along with intracellular laccase and veratryl alcohol oxidase indicated their co-ordinate action during dye biodegradation. Up-flow bioreactor studies with alginate immobilized cells proved the capability of strain to degrade Amaranth in continuous process at 20 ml h(-1) flow rate. Various analytical studies viz.--HPLC, HPTLC, and FTIR gave the confirmation that decolorization was due to biodegradation. From GC-MS analysis, various metabolites were detected, and possible degradation pathway was predicted. Toxicity studies carried out with Allium cepa L. through the assessment of various antioxidant enzymes viz. sulphur oxide dismutase, guaiacol peroxidase, and catalase along with estimation of lipid peroxidation and protein oxidation levels conclusively demonstrated that oxidative stress was generated by Amaranth.
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- Shekhar B Jadhav
- Department of Biochemistry, Shivaji University, Kolhapur 416004, MS, India
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McManus MT, Joshi S, Searle B, Pither-Joyce M, Shaw M, Leung S, Albert N, Shigyo M, Jakse J, Havey MJ, McCallum J. Genotypic variation in sulfur assimilation and metabolism of onion (Allium cepa L.) III. Characterization of sulfite reductase. Phytochemistry 2012; 83:34-42. [PMID: 22944351 DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2012.07.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2012] [Revised: 07/26/2012] [Accepted: 07/30/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Genomic and cDNA sequences corresponding to a ferredoxin-sulfite reductase (SiR) have been cloned from bulb onion (Allium cepa L.) and the expression of the gene and activity of the enzyme characterized with respect to sulfur (S) supply. Cloning, mapping and expression studies revealed that onion has a single functional SiR gene and also expresses an unprocessed pseudogene (φ-SiR). Northern and qPCR analysis revealed differences in expression pattern between the SiR gene and the pseudogene. Western analysis using antibodies raised to a recombinant SiR revealed that the enzyme is present in chloroplasts and phylogenetic analysis has shown that the onion protein groups with lower eudicots. In hydroponically-grown plants, levels of SiR transcripts were significantly higher in the roots of S-sufficient when compared with S-deficient plants of the pungent cultivar 'W202A' but not the less pungent cultivar 'Texas Grano'. In these same treatments, a higher level of enzyme activity was observed in the S-sufficient treatment in leaves of both cultivars before and after bulbing. In a factorial field trial with and without sulfur fertilization, a statistically significant increase in SiR activity was observed in the leaves of the pungent cultivar 'Kojak' in response to added S but not in the less pungent cultivar 'Encore'.
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- Michael T McManus
- Institute of Molecular BioSciences, Massey University, Private Bag 11222, Palmerston North, New Zealand.
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Aoyagi M, Kamoi T, Kato M, Sasako H, Tsuge N, Imai S. Structure and bioactivity of thiosulfinates resulting from suppression of lachrymatory factor synthase in onion. J Agric Food Chem 2011; 59:10893-10900. [PMID: 21905712 DOI: 10.1021/jf202446q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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In normal onion (Allium cepa), trans-S-1-propenyl-L-cysteine sulfoxide is transformed via 1-propenesulfenic acid into propanethial S-oxide, a lachrymatory factor, through successive reactions catalyzed by alliinase and lachrymatory factor synthase (LFS). A recent report showed that suppression of the LFS activity caused a dramatic increase in thiosulfinates previously reported as "zwiebelane isomers". After purification by recycle high-performance liquid chromatography and subsequent analyses, we established the planar structure of the putative "zwiebelane isomers" as S-3,4-dimethyl-5-hydroxythiolane-2-yl 1-propenethiosulfinate, in which two of the three molecules of 1-propenesulfenic acid involved in the formation gave the thiolane backbone, and the third molecule gave the thiosulfinate structure. Of at least three stereoisomers observed, one in the (2'R,3'R,4'R,5'R)-configuration was collected as an isolated fraction, and the other isomers were collected as a combined fraction because spontaneous tautomerization prevented further purification. Both fractions showed inhibitory activities against cyclooxygenase-1 and α-glucosidase in vitro.
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- Morihiro Aoyagi
- Somatech Center, House Foods Corporation, 1-4 Takanodai, Yotsukaido, Chiba, 284-0033, Japan.
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Thomas L, Leung S, Cumming M, Shaw M, Albert N, McCallum J, McManus MT. Genotypic variation in sulphur assimilation and metabolism of onion (Allium cepa L.). II: Characterisation of ATP sulphurylase activity. Phytochemistry 2011; 72:888-896. [PMID: 21459393 DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2011.03.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2010] [Revised: 03/01/2011] [Accepted: 03/01/2011] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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To investigate the regulation of sulphur (S)-assimilation in onion further at the biochemical level, the pungent cultivar W202A and the milder cultivar Texas Grano 438 PVP (TG) have been grown in S-sufficient (S(+); 4meqS(-1)) or S-deficient (S(-); 0.1meqS(-1)) growth conditions, and tissues excised at the seedling stage (pre-bulbing; ca. 10-weeks-old) and at the mature stage (bulbing; ca. 16-weeks-old). S-supply negatively influenced adenosine-5'-phosphosulphate (APS) reductase (APR) enzyme activity in both cultivars at bulbing only, and a higher abundance of APR was observed in both cultivars at bulbing in response to low S-supply. In contrast, S-supply significantly influenced ATP sulphurylase (ATPS) activity in leaf tissues of W202A only, and only at bulbing, while an increase in abundance in response to high S-supply was observed for both cultivars at bulbing. To investigate the regulation of the ATPS enzyme activity and accumulation further, activity was shown to decrease significantly in roots at bulbing in the S-deficient treatment in both cultivars, a difference that was only supported by western analyses in W202A. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that AcATPS1 groups in a broad monocot clade with the closest sequences identified in Sorghum bicolour, Zea mays and Oryza sativa, but with some support for a divergence of AcATPS1. Detection of ATPS in leaf extracts after two dimensional gel electrophoresis (2-DE) revealed that the protein may undergo post-translational modification with a differential pattern of ATPS accumulation detected in both cultivars over the developmental progression from the seedling to the bulbing stage. Treatment of leaf extracts of W202A to dephosphorylate proteins resulted in the loss of immuno-recognised ATPS spots after 2-DE separation, although enzyme activity was not influenced. These results are discussed in terms of the tiers of control that operate at the biochemical level in the reductive S-assimilation pathway in a S-accumulating species particularly during the high-S-demanding bulbing stage.
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- Ludivine Thomas
- Institute of Molecular BioSciences, Massey University, Private Bag 11222, Palmerston North, New Zealand
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- Institute of Molecular BioSciences, Massey University, Private Bag 11222, Palmerston North, New Zealand
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- Institute of Molecular BioSciences, Massey University, Private Bag 11222, Palmerston North, New Zealand
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- New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Ltd., Private Bag 4704, Christchurch, New Zealand
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- Institute of Molecular BioSciences, Massey University, Private Bag 11222, Palmerston North, New Zealand
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- New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Ltd., Private Bag 4704, Christchurch, New Zealand
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- Institute of Molecular BioSciences, Massey University, Private Bag 11222, Palmerston North, New Zealand
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Mikami K, Saavedra L, Hiwatashi Y, Uji T, Hasebe M, Sommarin M. A dibasic amino acid pair conserved in the activation loop directs plasma membrane localization and is necessary for activity of plant type I/II phosphatidylinositol phosphate kinase. Plant Physiol 2010; 153:1004-15. [PMID: 20427464 PMCID: PMC2899925 DOI: 10.1104/pp.109.152686] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Phosphatidylinositol phosphate kinase (PIPK) is an enzyme involved in the regulation of cellular levels of phosphoinositides involved in various physiological processes, such as cytoskeletal organization, ion channel activation, and vesicle trafficking. In animals, research has focused on the modes of activation and function of PIPKs, providing an understanding of the importance of plasma membrane localization. However, it still remains unclear how this issue is regulated in plant PIPKs. Here, we demonstrate that the carboxyl-terminal catalytic domain, which contains the activation loop, is sufficient for plasma membrane localization of PpPIPK1, a type I/II B PIPK from the moss Physcomitrella patens. The importance of the carboxyl-terminal catalytic domain for plasma membrane localization was confirmed with Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) AtPIP5K1. Our findings, in which substitution of a conserved dibasic amino acid pair in the activation loop of PpPIPK1 completely prevented plasma membrane targeting and abolished enzymatic activity, demonstrate its critical role in these processes. Placing our results in the context of studies of eukaryotic PIPKs led us to conclude that the function of the dibasic amino acid pair in the activation loop in type I/II PIPKs is plant specific.
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- Koji Mikami
- Faculty of Fisheries Sciences, Hokkaido University, Hakodate 041-8611, Japan.
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Mahajan A, Sharma S. Antagonistic effect of polyamines on ABA-induced suppression of mitosis in Allium cepa L. Indian J Exp Biol 2009; 47:136-139. [PMID: 19374169] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Effect of abscisic acid (ABA) and polyamines (PAs) [putrescine (Put), spermidine (Spd) and spermine (Spm)] on mitosis in root tips of A. cepa was studied. Treatment with ABA (0.1 to 100 microM) for 24 hr suppressed the mitosis, measured as mitotic index (MI), in a concentration-dependent manner with approx. 50% suppression at 10 microM of ABA. Treatment with different PAs (1 to 100 microM) had differential mitosis suppression effect. Spm was most inhibitory followed by Spd and Put, respectively. The higher concentrations of PAs (1 mM Put; 0.1 and 1 mM Spd or Spm) caused cell distortion. Remarkably, a 24 hr pretreatment of root tips with PAs prior to ABA (100 microM) treatment resulted in a general concentration-dependent reversal of ABA-induced suppression of MI. Catalase (CAT) activity in the root tips, an indicator of redox metabolism, increased due to ABA treatment in a concentration-dependent manner, remained unaltered in response to Put and declined due to Spd and Spm (> or = 0.1 mM). However, all PAs, irrespective of their individual effects, generally antagonized the ABA-dependent increase in CAT activity. Data indicate the possibility of ABA-PA interaction in the regulation of mitosis.
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- Arpana Mahajan
- Department of Biosciences, Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla 171 005, India
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Eady CC, Kamoi T, Kato M, Porter NG, Davis S, Shaw M, Kamoi A, Imai S. Silencing onion lachrymatory factor synthase causes a significant change in the sulfur secondary metabolite profile. Plant Physiol 2008; 147:2096-106. [PMID: 18583530 PMCID: PMC2492635 DOI: 10.1104/pp.108.123273] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2008] [Accepted: 06/10/2008] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Through a single genetic transformation in onion (Allium cepa), a crop recalcitrant to genetic transformation, we suppressed the lachrymatory factor synthase gene using RNA interference silencing in six plants. This reduced lachrymatory synthase activity by up to 1,544-fold, so that when wounded the onions produced significantly reduced levels of tear-inducing lachrymatory factor. We then confirmed, through a novel colorimetric assay, that this silencing had shifted the trans-S-1-propenyl-l-cysteine sulfoxide breakdown pathway so that more 1-propenyl sulfenic acid was converted into di-1-propenyl thiosulfinate. A consequence of this raised thiosulfinate level was a marked increase in the downstream production of a nonenzymatically produced zwiebelane isomer and other volatile sulfur compounds, di-1-propenyl disulfide and 2-mercapto-3,4-dimethyl-2,3-dihydrothiophene, which had previously been reported in trace amounts or had not been detected in onion. The consequences of this dramatic simultaneous down- and up-regulation of secondary sulfur products on the health and flavor attributes of the onion are discussed.
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- Colin C Eady
- National Centre for Advanced Bio-Protection Technologies, Lincoln University, Christchurch 7647, New Zealand.
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Gadegaard G, Didion T, Folling M, Storgaard M, Andersen CH, Nielsen KK. Improved fructan accumulation in perennial ryegrass transformed with the onion fructosyltransferase genes 1-SST and 6G-FFT. J Plant Physiol 2008; 165:1214-1225. [PMID: 17933422 DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2007.06.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2007] [Revised: 06/08/2007] [Accepted: 06/10/2007] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Carbohydrate limitation has been identified as a main cause of inefficient nitrogen use in ruminant animals, which feed mainly on fresh forage, hay and silage. This inefficiency results in suboptimal meat and milk productivity. One important molecular breeding strategy is to improve the nutritional value of ryegrass (Lolium perenne) by increasing the fructan content through expression of heterologous fructan biosynthetic genes. We developed perennial ryegrass lines expressing sucrose:sucrose 1-fructosyltransferase and fructan:fructan 6G-fructosyltransferase genes from onion (Allium cepa) which exhibited up to a 3-fold increased fructan content. Further, the high fructan content was stable during the growth period, whereas the fructan content in an elite variety, marketed as a high sugar variety, dropped rapidly after reaching its maximum and subsequently remained low.
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- Gitte Gadegaard
- Department of Biosystems, Risoe National Laboratory, Roskilde, Denmark.
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Van Sandt VST, Suslov D, Verbelen JP, Vissenberg K. Xyloglucan endotransglucosylase activity loosens a plant cell wall. Ann Bot 2007; 100:1467-73. [PMID: 17916584 PMCID: PMC2759230 DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcm248] [Citation(s) in RCA: 159] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2007] [Accepted: 08/14/2007] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS Plant cells undergo cell expansion when a temporary imbalance between the hydraulic pressure of the vacuole and the extensibility of the cell wall makes the cell volume increase dramatically. The primary cell walls of most seed plants consist of cellulose microfibrils tethered mainly by xyloglucans and embedded in a highly hydrated pectin matrix. During cell expansion the wall stress is decreased by the highly controlled rearrangement of the load-bearing tethers in the wall so that the microfibrils can move relative to each other. Here the effect was studied of a purified recombinant xyloglucan endotransglucosylase/hydrolase (XTH) on the extension of isolated cell walls. METHODS The epidermis of growing onion (Allium cepa) bulb scales is a one-cell-thick model tissue that is structurally and mechanically highly anisotropic. In constant load experiments, the effect of purified recombinant XTH proteins of Selaginella kraussiana on the extension of isolated onion epidermis was recorded. KEY RESULTS Fluorescent xyloglucan endotransglucosylase (XET) assays demonstrate that exogeneous XTH can act on isolated onion epidermis cell walls. Furthermore, cell wall extension was significantly increased upon addition of XTH to the isolated epidermis, but only transverse to the net orientation of cellulose microfibrils. CONCLUSIONS The results provide evidence that XTHs can act as cell wall-loosening enzymes.
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Cumming M, Leung S, McCallum J, McManus MT. Complex formation between recombinant ATP sulfurylase and APS reductase of Allium cepa (L.). FEBS Lett 2007; 581:4139-47. [PMID: 17692849 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2007.07.062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2007] [Revised: 07/09/2007] [Accepted: 07/09/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Recombinant ATP sulfurylase (AcATPS1) and adenosine-5'-phosphosulfate reductase (AcAPR1) from Allium cepa have been used to determine if these enzymes form protein-protein complexes in vitro. Using a solid phase binding assay, AcAPR1 was shown to interact with AcATPS1. The AcAPR1 enzyme was also expressed in E. coli as the N-terminal reductase domain (AcAPR1-N) and the C-terminal glutaredoxin domain (AcAPR1-C), but neither of these truncated proteins interacted with AcATPS1. The solid-phase interactions were confirmed by immune-precipitation, where anti-AcATPS1 IgG precipitated the full-length AcAPR1 protein, but not AcAPR1-N and AcAPR1-C. Finally, using the ligand binding assay, full-length AcATPS1 has been shown to bind to membrane-localised full-length AcAPR1. The significance of an interaction between chloroplastidic ATPS and APR in A. cepa is evaluated with respect to the control of the reductive assimilation of sulfate.
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- Mathew Cumming
- Institute of Molecular Biosciences, Massey University, Private Bag 11-222, Palmerston North, New Zealand
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Englert M, Latz A, Becker D, Gimple O, Beier H, Akama K. Plant pre-tRNA splicing enzymes are targeted to multiple cellular compartments. Biochimie 2007; 89:1351-65. [PMID: 17698277 DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2007.06.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2006] [Accepted: 06/18/2007] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Splicing of precursor tRNAs in plants requires the concerted action of three enzymes: an endonuclease to cleave the intron at the two splice sites, an RNA ligase for joining the resulting tRNA halves and a 2'-phosphotransferase to remove the 2'-phosphate from the splice junction. Pre-tRNA splicing has been demonstrated to occur exclusively in the nucleus of vertebrates and in the cytoplasm of budding yeast cells, respectively. We have investigated the subcellular localization of plant splicing enzymes fused to GFP by their transient expression in Allium epidermal and Vicia guard cells. Our results show that all three classes of splicing enzymes derived from Arabidopsis and Oryza are localized in the nucleus, suggesting that plant pre-tRNA splicing takes place preferentially in the nucleus. Moreover, two of the splicing enzymes, i.e., tRNA ligase and 2'-phosphotransferase, contain chloroplast transit signals at their N-termini and are predominantly targeted to chloroplasts and proplastids, respectively. The putative transit sequences are effective also in the heterologous context fused directly to GFP. Chloroplast genomes do not encode intron-containing tRNA genes of the nuclear type and consequently tRNA ligase and 2'-phosphotransferase are not required for classical pre-tRNA splicing in these organelles but they may play a role in tRNA repair and/or splicing of atypical group II introns. Additionally, 2'-phosphotransferase-GFP fusion protein has been found to be associated with mitochondria, as confirmed by colocalization studies with MitoTracker Red. In vivo analyses with mutated constructs suggest that alternative initiation of translation is one way utilized by tRNA splicing enzymes for differential targeting.
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- Markus Englert
- Institute of Biochemistry, Biocenter, University of Würzburg, Am Hubland, D-97074, Würzburg, Germany
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Durenkamp M, De Kok LJ, Kopriva S. Adenosine 5'-phosphosulphate reductase is regulated differently in Allium cepa L. and Brassica oleracea L. upon exposure to H2S. J Exp Bot 2007; 58:1571-9. [PMID: 17332418 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erm031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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The reduction of adenosine 5'-phosphosulphate (APS) by APS reductase (APR) is considered to be one of the rate-limiting steps in the assimilation of sulphur in plants. In order to identify the mechanisms of regulation of this enzyme, the impact of atmospheric H2S exposure on mRNA expression, protein level, and activity of APR was studied in two species (Allium cepa L. and Brassica oleracea L.) with different physiological responses to H2S exposure. As expected, H2S exposure resulted in a rapid increase in thiol compounds in the shoot of both species. There was a substantial increase in total sulphur content in shoots of A. cepa, whereas it was hardly affected or even slightly decreased in B. oleracea. Sulphate uptake was only marginally affected in A. cepa, whereas it was strongly decreased in B. oleracea upon H2S exposure. Furthermore, H2S exposure resulted in a down-regulation of APR activity in shoot and roots of both species, which was probably mediated by a transcriptional mechanism of regulation by thiols, since mRNA levels also decreased. However, in contrast to B. oleracea, APR protein level was not affected by H2S exposure in A. cepa. The reduction in APR activity in onion was therefore achieved by an additional as yet unknown post-translational regulation. These results demonstrate that not only the physiological response to H2S, but also the molecular mechanisms of regulation of APR differ in the two species.
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- Mark Durenkamp
- Laboratory of Plant Physiology, University of Groningen, PO Box 14, 9750 AA Haren, The Netherlands.
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Jung YH, Agrawal GK, Rakwal R, Kim JA, Lee MO, Choi PG, Kim YJ, Kim MJ, Shibato J, Kim SH, Iwahashi H, Jwa NS. Functional characterization of OsRacB GTPase--a potentially negative regulator of basal disease resistance in rice. Plant Physiol Biochem 2006; 44:68-77. [PMID: 16531052 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2005.12.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2005] [Revised: 08/18/2005] [Accepted: 12/22/2005] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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The rice genome contains at least seven expressed Rop small GTPase genes. Of these Rops, OsRac1 is the only characterized gene that has been implicated in disease resistance as a positive regulator. To our interest in finding a negative ROP regulator of disease resistance in rice, we applied a "phylogeny of function" approach to rice Rops, and identified OsRacB based on its close genetic orthologous relationship with the barley HvRacB gene, a known negative regulator of disease resistance. To determine the function of OsRacB, we isolated the OsRacB cDNA and conducted gene expression and transgenic studies. OsRacB, a single copy gene in the genome of rice, shared 98% identity with HvRacB at the amino acid level. Its mRNA was strongly expressed in leaf sheath (LS) and in panicles, but was very weakly expressed in young and mature leaves. The basal mRNA level of OsRacB in LS of two-week-old seedlings was strongly down-regulated upon wounding by cut and treatment with jasmonic acid. A dramatic down-regulation in the OsRacB transcripts was also found in plants inoculated with the blast pathogen, Magnaporthe grisea. Interestingly, transgenic rice plants over-expressing OsRacB showed increased symptom development in response to rice blast pathogens. Additionally, fluorescence microscopy of green fluorescent protein (GFP):OsRacB-transformed onion cells and Arabidopsis protoplasts revealed OsRacB association with plasma membrane (PM), suggesting that PM localization is required for proper function of OsRacB. Based on these results, we suggest that OsRacB functions as a potential regulator for a basal disease resistance pathway in rice.
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- Young-Ho Jung
- Department of Molecular Biology, College of Natural Science, Sejong University, Seoul 143-747, Korea
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Fatima RA, Ahmad M. Allium cepa derived EROD as a potential biomarker for the presence of certain pesticides in water. Chemosphere 2006; 62:527-37. [PMID: 16085274 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2005.06.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2004] [Revised: 06/08/2005] [Accepted: 06/17/2005] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Allium cepa root length inhibition test is a well recommended bioassay for the evaluation of the toxicity of various polluted waters. The utility of EROD (7-ethoxy resorufin O-deethylase) as a potential biomarker of pesticide pollution was investigated using the Allium cepa system. Onion bulbs exposed to model water samples containing any of the six pesticides viz. 2,4-D, HCB, malathion, carbaryl, DDT and endosulphan were analyzed for EROD activity. The pesticide treatment resulted in the enhanced activity of the enzyme, with carbaryl and HCB causing 63- and 53-fold induction respectively with respect to the control at a dose of 1.2 ppb. The industrial wastewater samples from Ghaziabad city of Northern India resulted in about a 68-fold rise in the EROD activity, whereas the Aligarh samples did not exhibit any change within the statistical limit. These results suggest the presence of the test pesticides in the Ghaziabad sample and their absence in the Aligarh sample. Pesticide analysis in the test water samples by HPLC supported this to a large extent. Presence of cycloheximide in the test system brought down the EROD activity, equal to that of control, suggesting the de novo synthesis of the enzyme following the exposure of Allium cepa to pesticides. These studies suggest that the Allium cepa derived EROD can act as a potential biomarker of certain pesticides since even 1ppb of total/individual pesticides brought about >10-fold induction of EROD. We recommend the assay of EROD in the Allium cepa system as a presumptive test for the detection of these pesticides before using analytical techniques like HPLC.
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- Riffat A Fatima
- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Life Sciences, AMU, Aligarh 202002, India
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Karthikeyan M, Jayakumar V, Radhika K, Bhaskaran R, Velazhahan R, Alice D. Induction of resistance in host against the infection of leaf blight pathogen (Alternaria palandui) in onion (Allium cepa var aggregatum). Indian J Biochem Biophys 2005; 42:371-7. [PMID: 16955738] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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The Pseudomonas fluorescens isolate Pfl was found to inhibit the growth of pathogen Alternaria palandui, in vitro. In the present study, foliar application of a talc-based formulation of Pfl significantly reduced the incidence of leaf blight of onion, caused by A. palandui. Induction of defense-related proteins viz., chitinase, beta-1,3 glucanase, peroxidase (PO) and polyphenol oxidase (PPO) by application of Pfl, was studied against A. palandui infection in resistant (IHR 56) and susceptible (MDUI) onion cultivars. Chitinase in both cultivars, with or without challenge-inoculation of A. palandui revealed changes in the isoform pattern. The Native-PAGE of PO showed induction of PO2 isoform in both the cultivars, in response to inoculation of pathogen. Isoform analysis of PPO also exhibited induction in the Pfl-treated plants challenged with pathogen. Similarly, the activity of beta-1,3-glucanase was greatly induced in Pfl-treated plants, challenged with pathogen as compared to controls. Thus, the P. fluorescens-treated plants showed significant increase in the levels of the defense enzymes, in comparison to the plants challenged with the pathogen.
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- M Karthikeyan
- Department of Plant Pathology, Center for Plant Protection Studies, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, India.
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Fatima RA, Ahmad M. Certain antioxidant enzymes of Allium cepa as biomarkers for the detection of toxic heavy metals in wastewater. Sci Total Environ 2005; 346:256-73. [PMID: 15993699 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2004.12.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2004] [Accepted: 12/01/2004] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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The utility of antioxidant enzymes, viz glutathione-S-transferase (GST), glutathione reductase (GR), superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT), ascorbate peroxidase (APX), glutathione peroxidase (GPX), monodehydroascorbate reductase (MDHAR) and dehydroascorbate reductase (DHAR), as biomarkers of heavy metal pollution in water was investigated using the Allium cepa (onion) system. These antioxidant enzymes were assayed in onion bulbs exposed to certain heavy metals taken separately, the test metals taken in combination as well as the industrial wastewater especially found to contain these metals. GST exhibited significantly enhanced activity upon treatment with individual heavy metals. However, GR, SOD and CAT did not show such a pronounced increase in activities. At higher heavy metal concentrations, GR, SOD and CAT showed a steep decline while GST activity still showed a rise. Moreover, APX, GPX and MDHAR also exhibited remarkable induction with increase in the concentration of individual heavy metals. However, there was no significant change in DHAR activity with respect to the controls. Metabolites like ascorbate (ASC) and glutathione (GSH) exhibited significant decline with increase in the concentration of individual heavy metals while the level of H(2)O(2) continued to display the rise up to a heavy metal concentration of 100 microM, after which it showed a gradual decline. A. cepa bulbs treated with wastewater sample showed enzyme activity profiles similar to that shown with heavy metals, thereby suggesting the presence of heavy metals in the test wastewater. Atomic absorption spectrophotometry also detected large amounts of Cd, Cr, Cu, Hg, Pb and Zn in the test water sample. The metal mixture, containing the amounts of heavy metals equivalent to those found in the wastewater, resulted in steep declines in GR, SOD and CAT activities in A. cepa while GST showed a rise. However, when this metal mixture was diluted to 2000-fold, GR, SOD and CAT also showed enhanced activities compared with the controls. Contrary to the above finding, APX, GPX and MDHAR exhibited the rise in activities in A. cepa exposed to the metal mixture at all dilutions. In the presence of cycloheximide, all the enzymes returned to the levels of untreated controls while chloramphenicol did not have any effect on the test enzymes, thereby suggesting de novo protein synthesis of the test antioxidant enzymes in the cytosolic compartment of the cell as a result of exposure to the heavy metals.
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- Riffat A Fatima
- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Life Sciences, AMU, Aligarh 202002, India
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McManus MT, Leung S, Lambert A, Scott RW, Pither-Joyce M, Chen B, McCallum J. Molecular and biochemical characterisation of a serine acetyltransferase of onion, Allium cepa (L.). Phytochemistry 2005; 66:1407-16. [PMID: 15949827 DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2005.04.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2004] [Revised: 04/21/2005] [Accepted: 04/21/2005] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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We have previously cloned a cDNA, designated SAT1, corresponding to a gene coding for a serine acetyltransferase (SAT) from onion (Allium cepa L.). The SAT1 locus was mapped to chromosome 7 of onion using a single-stranded conformation polymorphism (SSCP) in the 3' UTR of the gene. Northern analysis has demonstrated that expression of the SAT1 gene is induced in leaf tissue in response to low S-supply. Phylogenetic analysis has placed SAT1 in a strongly supported group (100% bootstrap) that comprises sequences that have been characterised biochemically, including Allium tuberosum, Spinacea oleracea, Glycine max, Citrullus vulgaris, and SAT5 (AT5g56760) of Arabidopsis thaliana. This group can be divided further with the SAT1 of A. cepa sequence grouping strongly with the A. tuberosum sequence. Translation of SAT1 from onion generates a protein of 289 amino acids with a calculated molecular mass of 30,573 Da and pI of 6.52. The conserved G277 and H282 residues that have been identified as critical for L-cysteine inhibition are observed at G272 and H277. SAT1 has been cloned into the pGEX plasmid, expressed in E. coli and SAT activity of the recombinant enzyme has been measured as acetyl-CoA hydrolysis detected at 232 nm. A Km of 0.72 mM was determined for l-serine as substrate, a Km of 92 microM was calculated with acetyl-CoA as substrate, and an inhibition curve for L-cysteine generated an IC50 value of 3.1 microM. Antibodies raised against the recombinant SAT1 protein recognised a protein of ca. 33 kDa in whole leaf onion extracts. These properties of the SAT1 enzyme from onion are compared with other SAT enzymes characterised from closely related species.
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- Michael T McManus
- Institute of Molecular BioSciences, Massey University, Private Bag 11222, Palmerston North, New Zealand.
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Kim S, Jones R, Yoo KS, Pike LM. The L locus, one of complementary genes required for anthocyanin production in onions (Allium cepa), encodes anthocyanidin synthase. Theor Appl Genet 2005; 111:120-127. [PMID: 15856159 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-005-2000-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2004] [Accepted: 03/08/2005] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Bulb color in onions (Allium cepa) is an important trait, but its complex, unclear mechanism of inheritance has been a limiting factor in onion cultivar improvement. The identity of the L locus, which is involved in the color difference between Brazilian yellow and red onions, is revealed in this study. A cross was made between a US-type yellow breeding line and a Brazilian yellow cultivar. The segregation ratio of nine red to seven yellow onions in the F(2) population supports the involvement of two complementary genes in anthocyanin production in the F(1) hybrids. The high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and reverse-transcriptase (RT)-PCR analysis of the Brazilian yellow onions indicated that the genes are involved late in the anthocyanin synthesis pathway. The genomic sequence of the anthocyanidin synthase (ANS) gene in Brazilian yellow onions showed a point mutation, which results in an amino acid change of a glycine to an arginine at residue 229. Because this residue is located adjacent to a highly conserved iron-binding active site, this mutation is likely responsible for the inactivation of the ANS gene in Brazilian yellow onions. Following the isolation of the promoter sequence of the mutant allele, a PCR-based marker for allelic selection of the ANS gene was designed. This assay is based on an insertion (larger than 3 kb) mutation. The marker perfectly co-segregated with the color phenotypes in the F(2) populations, thereby indicating that the L locus encodes ANS.
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- Sunggil Kim
- Department of Horticultural Sciences, Vegetable & Fruit Improvement Center, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77845, USA
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Shaw ML, Pither-Joyce MD, McCallum JA. Purification and cloning of a gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase from onion (Allium cepa). Phytochemistry 2005; 66:515-522. [PMID: 15721943 DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2005.01.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2004] [Revised: 01/20/2005] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase (E.C. 2.3.2.2; GGT) catalyses hydrolysis of gamma-glutamyl linkages in gamma-glutamyl peptides and transfer of the gamma-glutamyl group to amino acids and peptides. Although plant gamma-glutamyl peptide metabolism is important in biosynthesis and metabolism of secondary products and xenobiotics, plant GGTs are poorly characterised. We purified a membrane-associated GGT from sprouting onion bulbs that catalyses transpeptidation of methionine by the synthetic substrate gamma-glutamyl-p-nitroanilide (GGPNA) and obtained N-terminal peptide sequence. We also cloned the full-length coding region of an onion GGT by homology with the Arabidopsis enzyme and confirmed that this shared the same N-terminal sequence. Enzyme kinetic studies show that the enzyme has high affinity for glutathione and glutathione conjugates, and that affinity for S-substituted glutathione analogs decreases as the substituted chain length increases. The major onion gamma-glutamyl peptide, gamma-glutamyl trans-S-1-propenyl cysteine sulfoxide (GGPrCSO) exhibited uncompetitive inhibition of transpeptidation by GGPNA. This suggests that GGPrCSO is a poor glutamyl donor and therefore unlikely to be an in vivo substrate for peptidase activity by this enzyme.
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- Martin L Shaw
- New Zealand Institute for Crop & Food Research Limited, Germplasm Enhancement, Private Bag 4704, Christchurch 8000, New Zealand
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Zhang L, Tang B, Ding Y. Study of 2-(2-pyridyl)benzothiazoline as a novel fluorescent probe for the identification of superoxide anion radicals and the determination of superoxide dismutase activity in scallion genus foods. J Agric Food Chem 2005; 53:549-553. [PMID: 15686400 DOI: 10.1021/jf049724a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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This paper presents a novel spectrofluorometric method using the novel fluorescent probe 2-(2-pyridyl)benzothiazoline for the determination of superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity. The fluorescent probe was synthesized in house and fully characterized by elemental analysis and by IR and (1)H NMR spectra. It could specially identify and trap superoxide anion radicals (O2(.-)), and then was oxidized by O2(.-) to form a strong fluorescence product. On the basis of this reaction, the spectrofluorometric method was proposed and successfully used to determine SOD activity. The proposed method has a better selectivity in the determination of reactive oxygen species, because the probe can be oxidized to afford a highly fluorescent product only by O2(.-) excluding hydrogen peroxide and hydroxyl radical. As a kind of simple, rapid, precise, and sensitive technique, it could avoid the errors caused by detection time and was applied to the measurement of SOD activity in scallion genus foods with satisfactory results.
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- Li Zhang
- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014, China
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Fujishima M, Sakai H, Ueno K, Takahashi N, Onodera S, Benkeblia N, Shiomi N. Purification and characterization of a fructosyltransferase from onion bulbs and its key role in the synthesis of fructo-oligosaccharides in vivo. New Phytol 2005; 165:513-524. [PMID: 15720662 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2004.01231.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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A fructosyltransferase that transfers the terminal (2 --> 1)-beta-linked D-fructosyl group of fructo-oligosaccharides (1(F)(1-beta-D-fructofuranosyl)(n) sucrose, n >/= 1) to HO-6 of the glucosyl residue and HO-1 of the fructosyl residue of similar saccharides (1(F)(1-beta-D-fructofuranosyl)(m) sucrose, m >/= 0) has been purified from an extract of the bulbs of onion (Allium cepa). Successive column chromatography using DEAE-Sepharose CL-6B, Toyopearl HW65, Toyopearl HW55, DEAE-Sepharose CL-6B (2nd time), Sephadex G-100, Concanavalin A Sepharose, and Toyopearl HW-65 (2nd time) were applied for protein purification. The general properties of the enzyme, were as follows: molecular masses of 66 kDa (gel filtration chromatography), and of 52 kDa and 25 kDa (SDS-PAGE); optimum pH of c. 5.68, stable at 20-40 degrees C for 15 min; stable in a range of pH 5.30-6.31 at 30 degrees C for 30 min, inhibited by Hg(2+), Ag(+), p-chloromercuribenzoic acid (p-CMB) and sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS), activated by sodium deoxycholate, Triton X-100 and Tween-80. The amino acid sequence of the N-terminus moiety of the 52-kDa polypeptide was ADNEFPWTNDMLAWQRCGFHFRTVRNYMNDPSGPMYYKGWYHLFYQHNKDFAYXG and the amino acid sequence from the N-terminus of the 25-kDa polypeptide was ADVGYXCSTSGGAATRGTLGPFGLL VLANQDLTENTATYFYVSKGTDGALRTHFCQDET. The enzyme tentatively classified as fructan: fructan 6(G)-fructosyltransferase (6G-FFT). The enzyme is proposed to play an important role in the synthesis of inulin and inulinneo-series fructo-oligosaccharides in onion bulbs.
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- Masaki Fujishima
- Department of Food and Nutrition Sciences, Graduate School of Dairy Science Research, Rakuno Gakuen University, 582 Bunkyodai, Midorimachi, Ebetsu, Hokkaido 069-8501, Japan
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Vegetables are generally recognized as rich sources of dietary antioxidants for inhibiting lipid peroxidation. Here we investigated lipid hydroperoxide (LOOH)-reducing activity of several vegetables to estimate their role on the prevention of lipid peroxidation in food and the digestive tract. By using HPLC analysis, we screened vegetables possessing the ability to convert 13-hydroperoxyoctadecadienoic acid (13-HPODE) to its reduced derivative, 13-hydroxyoctadecadienoic acid (13-HODE). Welsh onion (Allium fistulosum L.) was found to be highly active in the reduction of 13-HPODE among tested vegetables. There was no relationship between 13-HPODE reducing activity and GSH peroxidase (GPX) activity in the tested vegetables. 13-HPODE-reducing activity of welsh onion was enhanced by the addition of sulfhydryl compounds including glutathione (GSH). Neither GPX inhibitor nor heat treatment suppressed 13-HPODE-reducing activity effectively. These results suggest that welsh onion and other vegetables contain GPX mimics responsible for the reduction of LOOH. GPX mimics may be helpful in the attenuation of harmful effect of LOOH from food.
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- Junji Terao
- Department of Food Science, Graduate School of Nutrition and Biosciences, The University of Tokushima, Kuramoto-cho 3, Tokushima 770-8503, Japan.
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Nielsen GS, Larsen LM, Poll L. Impact of blanching and packaging atmosphere on the formation of aroma compounds during long-term frozen storage of leek (Allium ampeloprasum Var. Bulga) slices. J Agric Food Chem 2004; 52:4844-4852. [PMID: 15264924 DOI: 10.1021/jf049623c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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The content of aroma compounds and the catalytic activity of lipoxygenase (LOX), alliinase, hydroperoxide lyase (HPL), and alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) were analyzed in unblanched and blanched 15-mm leek slices packed in atmospheric air (21% O2) or 100% nitrogen (0% O2) three times during 12 months of frozen storage (12 M). The total amount of sulfur compounds and the total amount of aldehydes were greatly influenced by storage time, atmosphere, and blanching [concentration of sulfur compounds in fresh unblanched (UNB) slices = 1.35 mg/L, fresh blanched (B) slices = 1.09 mg/L, UNB 21% O2 12 M = 0.656 mg/L, UNB 0% O2 12 M = 2.11 mg/L, B 21% O2 12 M = 1.14 mg/L, B 0% O2 12 M = 1.59 mg/L]. B 0% O2 was closest to the original ratio between sulfur compounds and aldehydes after 12 months. The activities of HPL and alliinase were totally lost after 12 months, and ADH showed minimal activity, whereas LOX (UNB 0% O2) showed approximately 25% of the original activity. LOX was the most and HPL the least heat labile enzyme investigated.
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- Ghita Studsgaard Nielsen
- Department of Food Science and LMC, Centre of Advanced Food Studies, The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Rolighedsvej 30, 1958 Frederiksberg C, Denmark.
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Alliinase operates in the biochemical pathway that produces the compounds responsible for the characteristic flavor of onion. We isolated and characterized the 86-kb BAC clone containing a novel onion alliinase gene, ALL1. Identity of deduced amino acid sequence of ALL1 with a bulb alliinase is 65.4% and with a root alliinase is 67.3%. The ALL1 gene is expressed specifically in onion roots and estimated pI value of mature ALL1 protein is similar to that of root alliinase isoform I, which is an uncharacterized protein having alliinase activity. The highly repetitive sequences around the ALL1 gene was observed from sequence and DNA gel blot analyses. The 33.2% G+C content of the 35-kb ALL1 region is similar to that of dicot plants and lower than that of monocot cereal plants, although onion is classified into monocots. The present study shows the first evidence of the onion genomic sequences around genes differed from the cereal genome.
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MESH Headings
- Base Sequence
- Carbon-Sulfur Lyases/genetics
- Chromosomes, Artificial, Bacterial/genetics
- Cloning, Molecular
- DNA, Plant/chemistry
- DNA, Plant/genetics
- DNA, Plant/isolation & purification
- Exons
- Genes, Plant/genetics
- Introns
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Onions/enzymology
- Onions/genetics
- Phylogeny
- Plant Roots/enzymology
- Plant Roots/genetics
- Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid/genetics
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
- Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
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- Geum Sook Do
- Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics, Division of Natural Science, Osaka Kyoiku University, 4-698-1, Asahigaoka, Kashiwara, Osaka 582-8582, Japan
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Willits MG, Giovanni M, Prata RTN, Kramer CM, De Luca V, Steffens JC, Graser G. Bio-fermentation of modified flavonoids: an example of in vivo diversification of secondary metabolites. Phytochemistry 2004; 65:31-41. [PMID: 14697269 DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2003.10.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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A bio-fermentation technique was used for the in vivo diversification of flavonoid structures based on expression in Escherichia coli of six O-methyltransferases (OMTs) from Mentha x piperita and one O-glucosyltransferase (GT) each from Arabidopsis thaliana and Allium cepa. Enzymes were shown to be regio-specific in in vitro experiments and modified a broad range of flavonoid substrates at various positions. Using the flavonol quercetin as a model substrate, we show that the product spectrum produced with the in vivo approach is identical to that found in vitro. Additionally, using mixed cultures of E. coli expressing different classes of modifying genes (OMTs and GTs), the production of polymethylated flavonoid glucosides was observed. This report demonstrates the potential to increase the structural diversity of plant secondary metabolites using a multi-enzyme, bio-fermentation approach.
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- Michael G Willits
- Syngenta Biotechnology, Inc., 3054 Cornwallis Road, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA
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McCartney AW, Dyer JM, Dhanoa PK, Kim PK, Andrews DW, McNew JA, Mullen RT. Membrane-bound fatty acid desaturases are inserted co-translationally into the ER and contain different ER retrieval motifs at their carboxy termini. Plant J 2004; 37:156-173. [PMID: 14690501 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313x.2004.01949.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 132] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Fatty acid desaturases (FADs) play a prominent role in plant lipid metabolism and are located in various subcellular compartments, including the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). To investigate the biogenesis of ER-localized membrane-bound FADs, we characterized the mechanisms responsible for insertion of Arabidopsis FAD2 and Brassica FAD3 into ER membranes and determined the molecular signals that maintain their ER residency. Using in vitro transcription/translation reactions with ER-derived microsomes, we show that both FAD2 and FAD3 are efficiently integrated into membranes by a co-translational, translocon-mediated pathway. We also demonstrate that while the C-terminus of FAD3 (-KSKIN) contains a functional prototypic dilysine ER retrieval motif, FAD2 contains a novel C-terminal aromatic amino acid-containing sequence (-YNNKL) that is both necessary and sufficient for maintaining localization in the ER. Co-expression of a membrane-bound reporter protein containing the FAD2 C-terminus with a dominant-negative mutant of ADP-ribosylation factor (Arf)1 abolished transient localization of the reporter protein in the Golgi, indicating that the FAD2 peptide signal acts as an ER retrieval motif. Mutational analysis of the FAD2 ER retrieval signal revealed a sequence-specific motif consisting of Phi-X-X-K/R/D/E-Phi-COOH, where -Phi- are large hydrophobic amino acid residues. Interestingly, this aromatic motif was present in a variety of other known and putative ER membrane proteins, including cytochrome P450 and the peroxisomal biogenesis factor Pex10p. Taken together, these data describe the insertion and retrieval mechanisms of FADs and define a new ER localization signal in plants that is responsible for the retrieval of escaped membrane proteins back to the ER.
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Plant secretory phospholipases A(2) (sPLA(2)s) probably play important roles in phospholipid signaling based on the data reported from other organisms, but their functions are poorly understood because of the lack of cloned sPLA(2) genes. In this study, we cloned and characterized an Arabidopsis secretory phospholipase A(2)-gamma (AtsPLA(2)-gamma) cDNA, and examined its enzymatic properties. The recombinant protein of AtsPLA(2)-gamma showed maximal enzyme activity at pH 8.0, and required Ca(2+) for activity. Moreover, AtsPLA(2)-gamma showed sn-2 position specificity but no prominent acyl preference, though it showed head group specificity to phosphatidylethanolamine rather than to phosphatidylcholine. AtsPLA(2)-gamma was found to predominate in the mature flower rather than in other tissues, and subcellular localization analysis confirmed that AtsPLA(2)-gamma is secreted into the intercellular space.
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- Sung Chul Bahn
- School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Korea University, Seoul, South Korea
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Kramer CM, Prata RTN, Willits MG, De Luca V, Steffens JC, Graser G. Cloning and regiospecificity studies of two flavonoid glucosyltransferases from Allium cepa. Phytochemistry 2003; 64:1069-76. [PMID: 14568073 DOI: 10.1016/s0031-9422(03)00507-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Two UDP-glucose-dependent flavonoid glucosyltransferases (EC 2.4.1.-) isolated from the epidermal layer of yellow onion (Allium cepa) were functionally expressed in Escherichia coli and their substrate specificity investigated. The two enzymes exhibited different substrate- and regio-specificity profiles. A. cepa UGT73G1 used a wide range of different flavonoid substrates including flavonoids not naturally occurring in onion. Regiospecificity was indicated for hydroxyl-groups of the C-3, C-7 and C-4' positions of the flavan backbone structure to yield flavonoid mono- and diglucosides. In contrast, A. cepa UGT73J1 showed activity only with the flavonoid mono-glucoside isoquercitrin and the isoflavone aglycone genistein, with regiospecificity for the C-7 position. The regiospecificity for both enzymes included positions that are glucosylated in flavonoids of onion bulbs, indicating their involvement in flavonoid biosynthesis in A. cepa.
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- Catherine M Kramer
- Syngenta Biotechnology Incorporated, 3054 Cornwallis Road, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA
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Del Carmen Córdoba-Pedregosa M, Córdoba F, Villalba JM, González-Reyes JA. Zonal changes in ascorbate and hydrogen peroxide contents, peroxidase, and ascorbate-related enzyme activities in onion roots. Plant Physiol 2003; 131:697-706. [PMID: 12586893 PMCID: PMC166845 DOI: 10.1104/pp.012682] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Onion (Allium cepa) roots growing hydroponically show differential zonal values for intra- (symplastic) and extra- (apoplastic) cellular ascorbate (ASC) and dehydroascorbate (DHA) contents and for related enzyme activities. In whole roots, ASC and DHA concentrations were higher in root apex and meristem and gradually decreased toward the root base. Guaiacol peroxidase, ASC peroxidase, monodehydroascorbate oxidoreductase, DHA reductase, catalase, and glutathione reductase activities showed differential activity patterns depending on the zone of the root and their apoplastic or symplastic origin. An in vivo staining of peroxidase activity also revealed a specific distribution pattern along the root axis. Using electron microscopy, hydrogen peroxide was found at different locations depending on the root zone but was mainly located in cell walls from epidermal and meristematic cells and in cells undergoing lignification. A balanced control of all of these molecules seems to exist along the root axis and may be directly related to the mechanisms in which the ASC system is involved, as cell division and elongation. The role of ASC on growth and development in relation to its presence at the different zones of the root is discussed.
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- S Imai
- Somatech Center, House Foods Corporation, Takanodai, Yotsukaido, Chiba 284-0033, Japan.
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Lancaster JE, Shaw ML, Joyce MD, McCallum JA, McManus MT. A novel alliinase from onion roots. Biochemical characterization and cDNA cloning. Plant Physiol 2000; 122:1269-79. [PMID: 10759524 PMCID: PMC58963 DOI: 10.1104/pp.122.4.1269] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/1999] [Accepted: 11/30/1999] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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We have purified a novel alliinase (EC 4.4.1.4) from roots of onion (Allium cepa L.). Two isoforms with alliinase activity (I and II) were separated by concanavalin A-Sepharose and had molecular masses of 52.7 (I) and 50.5 (II) kD on sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, and 51 (I) and 57.5 (II) kD by gel filtration fast-protein liquid chromatography. Isoform I had an isoelectric point of 9.3, while isoform II had isoelectric points of 7.6, 7.9, 8.1, and 8.3. The isoforms differed in their glycosylation. Both contained xylose/fucose containing complex-type N-linked glycans, and isoform II also contained terminal mannose structures. Both isoforms had activity with S-alk(en)yl-L-cysteine sulfoxides. Unlike other allium alliinases, A. cepa root isoforms had cystine lyase activity. We cloned a gene from A. cepa root cDNA and show that it codes for A. cepa root alliinase protein. Homology to other reported allium alliinase genes is 50%. The gene coded for a protein of mass 51.2 kD, with two regions of deduced amino acid sequence identical to a 25- and a 40-amino acid region, as determined experimentally. The A. cepa root alliinase cDNA was expressed mainly in A. cepa roots. The structure and function of the alliinase gene family is discussed.
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- J E Lancaster
- New Zealand Institute for Crop and Food Research Limited, Private Bag 4704, Christchurch, New Zealand.
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Vijn I, van Dijken A, Lüscher M, Bos A, Smeets E, Weisbeek P, Wiemken A, Smeekens S. Cloning of sucrose:sucrose 1-fructosyltransferase from onion and synthesis of structurally defined fructan molecules from sucrose. Plant Physiol 1998; 117:1507-13. [PMID: 9701606 PMCID: PMC34914 DOI: 10.1104/pp.117.4.1507] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/1998] [Accepted: 05/15/1998] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Sucrose (Suc):Suc 1-fructosyltransferase (1-SST) is the key enzyme in plant fructan biosynthesis, since it catalyzes de novo fructan synthesis from Suc. We have cloned 1-SST from onion (Allium cepa) by screening a cDNA library using acid invertase from tulip (Tulipa gesneriana) as a probe. Expression assays in tobacco (Nicotiana plumbaginifolia) protoplasts showed the formation of 1-kestose from Suc. In addition, an onion acid invertase clone was isolated from the same cDNA library. Protein extracts of tobacco protoplasts transformed with this clone showed extensive Suc-hydrolyzing activity. Conditions that induced fructan accumulation in onion leaves also induced 1-SST mRNA accumulation, whereas the acid invertase mRNA level decreased. Structurally different fructan molecules could be produced from Suc by a combined incubation of protein extract of protoplasts transformed with 1-SST and protein extract of protoplasts transformed with either the onion fructan:fructan 6G-fructosyltransferase or the barley Suc:fructan 6-fructosyltransferase.
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- I Vijn
- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, University of Utrecht, Padualaan 8, 3584 CH Utrecht, The Netherlands.
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Xu X, Dietrich CR, Delledonne M, Xia Y, Wen TJ, Robertson DS, Nikolau BJ, Schnable PS. Sequence analysis of the cloned glossy8 gene of maize suggests that it may code for a beta-ketoacyl reductase required for the biosynthesis of cuticular waxes. Plant Physiol 1997; 115:501-10. [PMID: 9342868 PMCID: PMC158508 DOI: 10.1104/pp.115.2.501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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The gl8 locus of maize (Zea mays L.) was previously defined by a mutation that reduces the amount and alters the composition of seedling cuticular waxes. Sixty independently derived gl8 mutant alleles were isolated from stocks that carried the Mutator transposon system. A DNA fragment that contains a Mu8 transposon and that co-segregates with one of these alleles, gl8-Mu3142, was identified and cloned. DNA flanking the Mu8 transposon was shown via allelic cross-referencing experiments to represent the gl8 locus. The gl8 probe revealed a 1.4-kb transcript present in wild-type seedling leaves and, in lesser amounts, in other organs and at other developmental stages. The amino acid sequence deduced from an apparently full-length gl8 cDNA exhibits highly significant sequence similarity to a group of enzymes from plants, eubacteria, and mammals that catalyzes the reduction of ketones. This finding suggests that the GL8 protein probably functions as a reductase during fatty acid elongation in the cuticular wax biosynthetic pathway.
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- X Xu
- Department of Zoology, Iowa State University, Ames 50011, USA
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