Cloning, gene mapping, and functional analysis of a fructan 1-exohydrolase (1-FEH) from Lolium perenne implicated in fructan synthesis rather than in fructan mobilization

Autor: Wim Van den Ende, André Van Laere, Annette Morvan-Bertrand, Katrien Le Roy, Jérémy Lothier, Philippe Barre, Bertrand Lasseur, Marie-Pascale Prud'homme
Přispěvatelé: Ecophysiologie Végétale, Agronomie et Nutritions (EVA), Université de Caen Normandie (UNICAEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Université Catholique de Louvain = Catholic University of Louvain (UCL), Unité de recherche d'Écophysiologie des Plantes Fourragères (UEPF), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)
Rok vydání: 2007
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Zdroj: Journal of Experimental Botany
Journal of Experimental Botany, Oxford University Press (OUP), 2007, 58, pp.1969-1983. ⟨10.1093/jxb/erm053⟩
ISSN: 1460-2431
0022-0957
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erm053
Popis: International audience; Fructans, which are beta-(2,1) and/or beta-(2,6) linked polymers of fructose, are important storage carbohydrates in many plants. They are mobilized via fructan exohydrolases (FEHs). The cloning, mapping, and functional analysis of the first 1-FEH (EC 3.2.1.153) from Lolium perenne L. var. Bravo is described here. By screening a perennial ryegrass cDNA library, a 1-FEH cDNA named Lp1-FEHa was cloned. The Lp1-FEHa deduced protein has a low iso-electric point (5.22) and it groups together with plant FEHs and cell-wall type invertases. The deduced amino acid sequence shows 75% identity to wheat 1-FEH w2. The Lpl-FEHa gene was mapped at a distal position on the linkage group 3 (LG3). Functional characterization of the recombinant protein in Pichia pastoris demonstrated that it had high FEH activity towards 1-kestotriose, 1,1-kestotetraose, and inulin, but low activity against 6-kestotriose and levan. Like other fructan-plant FEHs, no hydrolase activity could be detected towards sucrose, convincingly demonstrating that the enzyme is not a classic invertase. The expression pattern analysis of Lpl-FEHa revealed transcript accumulation in leaf tissues accumulating fructans while transcript level was low in the photosynthetic tissues. The high expression level of this 1-FEH in conditions of active fructan synthesis, together with its low expression level when fructan contents are low, suggest that it might play a role as a beta-(2,1) trimming enzyme acting during fructan synthesis in concert with fructan synthesis enzymes.
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