Hydroquinone:O-glucosyltransferase from cultivated Rauvolfia cells:: enrichment and partial amino acid sequences

被引:18
作者
Arend, J [1 ]
Warzecha, H [1 ]
Stöckigt, J [1 ]
机构
[1] Johannes Gutenberg Univ Mainz, Inst Pharm, Dept Pharmaceut Biol, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
关键词
Rauvolfia serpentina cell culture; apocynaceae; hydroquinone; uridine-diphosphate-glucose transferase; arbutin; partial purification; partial amino acid sequence;
D O I
10.1016/S0031-9422(99)00539-7
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Plant cell suspension cultures of Rauvolfia are able to produce a high amount of arbutin by glucosylation of exogenously added hydroquinone. A four step purification procedure using anion exchange, hydrophobic interaction, hydroxyapatite-chromatography and chromatofocusing delivered in a yield of 0.5%, an approximately 390 fold enrichment of the involved glucosyltransferase. SDS-PAGE showed a M-r for the enzyme of 52 kDa. Proteolysis of the pure enzyme with endoproteinase LysC revealed six peptide fragments with 9-23 amino acids which were sequenced. Sequence alignment of the six peptides showed high homolog ies to glycosyltransferases from other higher plants. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
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