Characterisation of recombinant Hevea brasiliensis allene oxide synthase: Effects of cycloxygenase inhibitors, lipoxygenase inhibitors and salicyclate on enzyme activity

Norton, Gareth and Pappusamy, Arokiaraj and Yusof, Faridah and Pujade-Renaud, Valerie and Perkins, Mark and Griffiths, David and Jones, Heddwyn (2007) Characterisation of recombinant Hevea brasiliensis allene oxide synthase: Effects of cycloxygenase inhibitors, lipoxygenase inhibitors and salicyclate on enzyme activity. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, 45 (2). pp. 129-138. ISSN 0981-942

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Abstract

Mechanical wounding and jasmonic acid (JA) treatment have been shown to be important factors in controlling laticifer differentiation in Hevea brasiliensis (rubber tree). With the long-term aim of potentially modifying the endogenous levels of JA in H. brasiliensis by gene transfer, we describe in this paper the molecular cloning of a H. brasiliensis allene oxide synthase (AOS) cDNA and biochemical characterisation of the recombinant AOS (His6-HbAOS) enzyme. The AOS cDNA encodes a protein with the expected motifs present in CYP74A sub-group of the cytochrome P450 super-family of enzymes that metabolise 13-hydroperoxylinolenic acid (13-HPOT), the intermediate involved in JA synthesis. The recombinant H. brasiliensis AOS enzyme was estimated to have a high binding affinity for 13-HPOT with a Km value of 4.02 ± 0.64 μM. Consistent with previous studies, mammalian cycloxygenase (COX) and lipoxygenase (LOX) inhibitors were shown to significantly reduce His6-HbAOS enzyme activity. Although JA had no effect on His6-HbAOS, salicylic acid (SA) was shown to significantly inhibit the recombinant AOS enzyme activity in a dose dependent manner. Moreover, it was demonstrated that SA, and various analogues of SA, acted as competitive inhibitors of His6-HbAOS when 13-HPOT was used as substrate. We speculate that this effect of salicylates on AOS activity may be important in cross-talking between the SA and JA signalling pathways in plants during biotic/abiotic stress.

Item Type:	Article (Journal)
Additional Information:	4734/24659
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Allene oxide synthase; Hevea brasiliensis; Jasmonic acid; Laticifers
Subjects:	Q Science > Q Science (General)
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Engineering > Department of Biotechnology Engineering
Depositing User:	DR FARIDAH YUSOF
Date Deposited:	27 Aug 2012 15:24
Last Modified:	27 Aug 2012 15:24
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/24659

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