高梁叶片磷酸烯醇式丙酮酸羧化酶疏水微区的荧光研究

应用疏水荧光探针－－ＡＮＳ在不同浓度的变构效应剂存在时进行荧光滴定,磷酸烯醇式丙酮酸羧化酶分子中疏水微区的微环境能被效应剂或底物诱导产生变构,不同的变构效应所诱发的构象态是不一致的。这进一步证明了高梁叶片磷酸烯醇式丙酮酸羧化酶在溶液中的多构象态。     

植物磷酸烯醇式丙酮酸羧化酶的可逆胍变性

纯化的高梁叶片磷酸烯醇式丙酮酸羧化酶(PEP羧化酶)经不同浓度的盐酸胍处理变性失活后,在试验的蛋白浓度范围内,它的失活时间进程的动力学分析表明为一级反应。0.4 M盐酸胍处理25分钟后(O℃),酶的催化活性完全丧失,酶蛋白的远紫外圆二色性光谱、内源荧光光谱及免疫特异性等测定均表明酶的结构发生了深刻变化。甘油及PEP羧化酶的变构效应剂G6P和甘氨酸对酶在盐酸胍溶液中的变性作用有一定的保护效果。变性酶用复性缓冲液稀释20倍后,在最佳条件下,再经30分钟保温,酶的催化活性能恢复70％以上。G6P和甘氨酸能促进变性酶的复性,甘油亦有明显效果。随着酶活性的恢复,它的远紫外圆二色性、内源荧光及免疫特异性也随之恢复,变性酶的复性速率在常温下(25℃)比在低温下(0℃)要快得多。     

钙对花生叶片糖代谢有关酶活性的影响

5mmol／Lca2抑制花生叶片果糖-1,6-二磷酸酯酶、磷酸烯醇式丙酮酸羧化酶、磷酸烯醇式丙酮酸磷酸酯酶、丙酮酸激酶和NADP-磷酸甘油醛脱氢酶活性。以含0、5、15mmol/LCa2 的Hoagland营养液培养花生幼苗,在5mmol/LCa2 条件下,果糖-1,6二磷酸酯酶和磷酸烯醇式丙酮酸羧化酶活性最高,0、15mmol／LCa2 均使酶活性降低,光合速率亦呈现相同变化趋势。丙酮酸激酶活性在缺Ca2 时最高,与呼吸速率变化相同。15mmol/LCa2 提高了叶绿素含量。     

PEPCK通过调控碳代谢来促进肿瘤细胞生长

正细胞的代谢重组在肿瘤细胞生长过程中起着重要作用。传统的观点认为,磷酸烯醇式丙酮酸羧化酶(PEPCK)在糖异生中起着关键作用,PEPCK能将三羧酸循环中的草酰乙酸转换成糖酵解通路中的磷酸烯醇式丙酮酸,随后在多种酶的作用下最终转换成葡萄糖。然而最近的研究发现,肠道上皮的PEPCK对糖异生的作用并不明显,PEPCK可能是三羧酸循环中的一个     

蓝莓磷酸烯醇式丙酮酸羧化酶基因cDNA克隆及表达分析

磷酸烯醇式丙酮酸羧化酶(phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase,PEPCase,EC4.1.1.31)在植物代谢过程中发挥重要作用。本研究从蓝莓果实中克隆到磷酸烯醇式丙酮酸羧化酶编码基因VcPEPC。该基因开放阅读框全长为2 907 bp,可编码968个氨基酸,分子量为110.59 kD。由于该蛋白具有磷酸烯醇式丙酮酸羧化酶结构特征,认为VcPEPC属于PEPcase家族(pfam00311)。二级结构预测表明,VcPEPC蛋白序列含有双螺旋(54.44%)、扩展链(11.67%)、β转角(6.71%)以及无规则卷曲(27.17%)。进化树分析发现VcPEPC与瓜、蓖麻和葡萄遗传距离较近。反转录PCR分析表明,VcPEPC基因在蓝莓根、茎、叶、花、果实中均有表达。在奥尼尔叶片中的表达量高于蓝丰、布里吉塔和夏普兰,在夏普兰绿色大果中表达量较高,成熟后基因表达下调。     

过量表达Bacillus subtilis磷酸烯醇式丙酮酸羧化激酶对大肠杆菌产琥珀酸的影响

在大肠杆菌厌氧混合酸发酵途径中,磷酸烯醇式丙酮酸羧化酶(PPC)和磷酸烯醇式丙酮酸羧化激酶(PCK)皆可催化由磷酸烯醇式丙酮酸(PEP)到草酰乙酸(OAA)的反应。鉴于经由PCK催化的反应伴有ATP的生成,理论上更有利于菌体生长和产酸,本研究以大肠杆菌W3110(△pfl,△ldh)为出发菌株,利用λ-Red同源重组系统构建了其ppc缺陷菌株并在此基础上过量表达了Bacillus subtilispck基因。初步的厌氧发酵实验表明:过量表达pck可在一定程度上恢复初始菌株厌氧代谢葡萄糖的能力。其中又以ppc缺陷株更为明显,其耗糖能力和产酸能力分别为对照菌株的4.2和15.3倍。     

Ti质粒介导的磷酸烯醇式丙酮酸羧化酶cDNA转化烟草植株

将玉米Ｃ４－磷酸烯醇式丙酮酸羧化酶（ＰＥＰ羧化酶）ｃＤＮＡ亚克隆至穿梭质粒ｐＢｉｎ１９,通过在杆菌Ｔｉ质粒（ＬＢＡ４４０４）介导的时圆片共培养法将其转入Ｃ３植物烟草中。在获得的抗性转化植株中,８０％具有较强的ＮＰＴⅡ报道基因表达。Ｓｏｕｔｈｅｒｎ杂交表明Ｃ４－ＰＥＰ羧化酶ｃＤＮＡ已被整合到了烟草核基因组中。     

木薯磷酸烯醇式丙酮酸羧化酶基因全长cDNA克隆及表达分析

应用巢式PCR从木薯栽培种(Manihot esculenta)Arg7和野生种W14(M.esculenta subsp.flabellifolia)叶片中克隆到磷酸烯醇式丙酮酸羧化酶基因pepc全长cDNA,GenBank序列号为JN387052和JN387053。cDNA全长2945 bp,含1个2895 bp的开放阅读框,预测编码的蛋白含964个氨基酸,具有磷酸烯醇式丙酮酸羧化酶保守结构域。木薯PEPC与麻疯树和蓖麻的PEPC氨基酸序列具有高度同源性。表达分析表明pepc在W14和Arg7叶中的表达量最高,其次是须根和块根,茎中最低。单日表达量动态分析表明,Arg7叶中pepc总体表达量高于W14,但是16∶00后W14高于Arg7,推测两种木薯pepc调控区域存在差异。     

人源多巴脱羧酶的表达、纯化以及高通量抑制剂筛选模型的建立

帕金森病是一种常见的神经系统退行性疾病。多巴脱羧酶（DDC）是帕金森病研究的靶点蛋白之一,但是目前没有高通量的测活模型。因此,需要构建一种高通量多巴脱羧酶抑制剂的筛选模型,用于发现新型抑制剂。采用克隆表达纯化得到多巴脱羧酶和用于酶偶联反应的磷酸烯醇式丙酮酸羧化酶（PEPC）。基于一系列酶联反应将CO2固定,检测其含量,从而测定多巴脱羧酶的活性。结果得到人源多巴脱羧酶和磷酸烯醇式丙酮酸羧化酶的体外纯酶,建立了一种高通量筛选模型,并且从70个天然化合物中,筛选得到2个多巴脱羧酶的抑制剂。成功构建了一种基于体外纯酶高通量多巴脱羧酶抑制剂的筛选模型。     

大豆C4途径与光系统Ⅱ光化学功能的相互关系

测定了不同发育时期大豆（Ｇｌｙｃｉｎｅ ｍａｘ（Ｌ）Ｍｅｒｒ．）“黑农４１”叶片的４种Ｃ４酶（ＰＥＰＣａｓｅ（磷酸烯醇式丙酮酸羧化酶）、ＮＡＤＰ－ＭＤＨ（ＮＡＤＰ苹果酸脱氢酶）、ＮＡＤＰ－ＭＥ（ＮＡＤＰ苹果酸酶）和ＰＰＤＫ（丙酮酸磷酸二激酶））活性、荧光动力学数值（Ｆｖ／Ｆｏ（ＰＳⅡ活性）、ｑＰ（光化学淬灭）、ｑＮ（非光化学淬灭、ΦＰＳⅡ（有效ＰＳⅡ光化学效率））和光合速率。结果表明在“黑农４１”     

The Interactive Effects of pH,L-Malate,and Glucose-6-Phosphate on Guard-Cell Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxylase

The interactive effects of pH, L-malate, and glucose-6-phosphate (Glc-6-P) on the Vmax and Km of guard-cell (GC) phosphoenolpyruvate (PEP) carboxylase (PEPC) of Vicia faba L. were determined. Leaves of three different physiological states (closed stomata, opening stomata, open stomata) were rapidly frozen and freeze dried. GC pairs dissected from the leaves were individually extracted and individually assayed for the kinetic properties of PEPC. Vmax was 6 to 9 pmol GC pair-1 h-1 and was apparently unaffected to a biologically significant extent by the investigated physiological states of the leaf, pH (7.0 or 8.5), L-malate (0, 5, or 15 mM), and Glc-6-P (0, 0.1, 0.5, 0.7, or 5 mM). As reported earlier, the Km(PEP.Mg) was about 0.2 mM (pH 8.5) or 0.7 mM (pH 7.0), which can be compared with a GC [PEP] of 0.27 mM. In the study reported here, we determined that the in situ GC [Glc-6-P] equals approximately 0.6 to 1.2 mM. When 0.5 mM Glc-6-P was included in the GC PEPC assay mixture, the Km(PEP.Mg) decreased to about 0.1 mM (pH 8.5) or 0.2 mM (pH 7.0). Thus, Glc-6-P at endogenous concentrations would seem both to activate the enzyme and to diminish the dramatic effect of pH on Km(PEP.Mg). Under assay conditions, L-malate is an inhibitor of GC PEPC. In planta, cytoplasmic [L-malate] is approximately 8 mM. Inclusion of 5 mM L-malate increased the Km(PEP.Mg) to about 3.6 mM (pH 7.0) or 0.4 mM (pH 8.5). Glc-6-P (0.5 mM) was sufficient to relieve L-malate inhibition completely at pH 8.5. In contrast, approximately 5 mM Glc-6-P was required to relieve L-malate inhibition at pH 7.0. No biologically significant effect of physiological state of the tissue on GC PEPC Km(PEP.Mg) (regardless of the presence of effectors) was observed. Together, these results are consistent with a model that GC PEPC is regulated by its cytosolic chemical environment and not by posttranslational modification that is detectable at physiological levels of effectors. It is important to note, however, that we did not determine the phosphorylation status of GC PEPC directly or indirectly (by comparison of the concentration of L-malate that causes a 50% inhibition of GC PEPC).     

高粱叶片PEP羧化酶的溶液构象——近紫外圆二色性光谱研究

用近紫外CD光谱技术追踪了PEP羧化酶与各种配基的相互作用。底物PEP、必需金属离子Mg~( )、PEP-Mg~( )以及效应剂G6P、Gly、G6P-Gly,均可引起高粱叶片PEP羧化酶近紫外CD光谱各不相同的变化。这表明高粱叶片PEP羧化酶分子构象有较大的灵活性,不同的配基与酶相互作用可引起酶分子不同的构象变化,因而使酶分子表现出催化功能、调节特性、必需氨基酸残基的化学反应性以及稳定性诸方面的差异。     

Metabolite control of Sorghum C4 phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase catalytic activity and phosphorylation state

Kinetic analyses were performed on the nonphosphorylated and in vitro phosphorylated forms of recombinant Sorghum C4 phospho enolpyruvate carboxylase (C4 PEPC). The native enzyme was purified by immunoaffinity chromatography and its integrity demonstrated by Western blot analyses using anti N- and C-terminus antibodies. At suboptimal pH (7.1 to 7.3) and PEP concentration (2.5 mM), phosphorylation, positive metabolite effectors e.g., glucose-6-phosphate, glycine and dihydroxyacetone-phosphate, or an increase in pH strongly activated the enzyme and lowered the inhibitory effect of L-malate. C4 PEPC phosphorylation strengthened the effect of the positive effectors thereby decreasing further the enzyme's sensitivity to this inhibitor. L-malate also decreased the phosphorylation rate of C4 PEPC, a process antagonized by positive metabolite effectors. This was shown both in vitro, in a reconstituted phosphorylation assay containing the catalytic subunit of a cAMP-dependent protein kinase or the Sorghum leaf PEPC-PK and in situ, during induction of C4 PEPC phosphorylation in mesophyll cell protoplasts.     

马齿苋叶片磷酸烯醇式丙酮酸羧化酶活性及调节特性的光/暗变化

在光照条件下C_4植物马齿黄金苋叶片PEPC的提取活性高于在黑暗中的。PEPC的光/暗活性比率与测定系统的pH及底物PEP浓度有关。pH升高及PEP浓度增加均可使光/暗活性比值下降。日间提取的PEPC与夜间提取的PEPC对于激活剂G6P及抑制剂Mal的敏感性有明显差异。日型PEPC的敏感性低于夜型PEPC的。G6P对PEPC的激活作用表现为增加酶对底物PEP的亲和性,Mal的抑制作用表现为既降低酶对底物PEP的亲和性,又降低酶促反应的最大速度。G6P、Mal对于日型和夜型PEPC的动力学参数的影响是不同的。     

高粱叶片磷酸烯醇式丙酮酸羧化酶溶液构象状态的紫外差示吸收光谱研究

PEP诱导产生的差光谱在237nm是一强负峰,在252nm附近呈宽负峰。Mg~(2+)产生的差光谱在275nm附近为正的阔峰,在237nm处为一负峰。PEP、Mg~(2+)共同与酶作用的差光谱在263nm附近呈宽的负峰。正效应剂G6P、Gly及GG分别存在条件下PEP羧化酶的差光谱亦各具明显差异,在270nm以下光区内尤其显著。在284nm和291nm为两个负峰,Gly诱导的峰强度大于G6P的,而GG复合效应剂对此两峰的影响表现很大的协同作用。Mal作用于酶的差光谱在246nm处有一负峰。     

Limited proteolysis by trypsin influences activity of maize phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase

Maize phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase (PEPC) was rapidly and completely inactivated by very low concentrations of trypsin at 37 degrees C. PEP+Mg2+ and several other effectors of PEP carboxylase offered substantial protection against trypsin inactivation. Inactivation resulted from a fairly specific cleavage of 20 kDa peptide from the enzyme subunit. Limited proteolysis under catalytic condition (in presence of PEP, Mg2+ and HCO3) although yielded a truncated subunit of 90 kDa, did not affect the catalytic function appreciably but desensitized the enzyme to the effectors like glucose-6-phosphate glycine and malate. However, under non-catalytic condition, only malate sensitivity was appreciably affected. Significant protection of the enzyme activity against trypsin during catalytic phase could be either due to a conformational change induced on substrate binding. Several lines of evidence indicate that the inactivation caused by a cleavage at a highly conserved C-terminal end of the subunit.     

A kinetic study of the effects of phosphate and organic phosphates on the activity of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase from Crassula argentea

The effects of phosphate and several phosphate-containing compounds on the activity of purified phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase (PEPC) from the crassulacean acid metabolism plant, Crassula argentea, were investigated. When assayed at subsaturating phosphoenolpyruvate (PEP) concentrations, low concentrations of most of the compounds tested were found to stimulate PEPC activity. This activation, variable in extent, was found in all cases to be competitive with glucose 6-phosphate (Glc-6-P) stimulation, suggesting that these effectors bind to the Glc-6-P site. At higher concentrations, depending upon the effector molecule studied, deactivation, inhibition, or no response was observed. More detailed studies were performed with Glc-6-P, AMP, phosphoglycolate, and phosphate. AMP had previously been shown to be a specific ligand for the Glc-6-P site. The main effect of Glc-6-P and AMP on the kinetic parameters was to decrease the apparent Km and increase Vmax/Km. AMP also caused a decrease in the Vmax of the reaction. In contrast, phosphoglycolate acted essentially as a competitive inhibitor increasing the apparent Km for PEP and decreasing Vmax/Km. Inorganic phosphate had a biphasic effect on the kinetic parameters, resulting in a transient decrease in Km followed by an increase of the apparent Km for PEP with increasing concentration of phosphate. The Vmax also was decreased with increasing phosphate concentrations. Further, the enzyme appeared to respond to the complex of phosphate with magnesium. In the presence of a saturating concentration of AMP, no activation but rather inhibition was observed with increasing phosphate concentration. This is consistent with the binding of phosphate to two separate sites--the Glc-6-P activation site and an inhibitory site, a phenomenon that may be occurring with other phosphate containing compounds. High concentrations of phosphate with magnesium were found to protect enzyme activity when PEPC, previously shown to contain an essential arginine at the active site, was incubated with the specific arginyl reagent 2,3-butanedione, consistent with the binding of phosphate at the active site. Data were successfully fitted to a rapid equilibrium model allowing for binding of the phosphate-magnesium complex to both the activation site and the active site which accounts for the activation/deactivation observed at low substrate concentrations. Effects on the Vmax of the reaction are also addressed. Factors controlling the differential affinity of various effectors to the active site or activation site appear to include charge distribution, size, and other steric factors.     

Maize C4-form phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase engineered to be functional in C3 plants: mutations for diminished sensitivity to feedback inhibitors and for increased substrate affinity

Introducing a C(4)-like pathway into C(3) plants is one of the proposed strategies for the enhancement of photosynthetic productivity. For this purpose it is necessary to provide each component enzyme that exerts strong activity in the targeted C(3) plants. Here, a maize C(4)-form phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase (PEPC, EC 4.1.1.31) was engineered for its regulatory and catalytic properties so as to be functional in the cells of C(3) plants. Firstly, amino acid residues Lys-835 and Arg-894 of maize PEPC, which correspond to Lys-773 and Arg-832 of Escherichia coli PEPC, respectively, were replaced by Gly, since they had been shown to be involved in the binding of allosteric inhibitors, malate or aspartate, by our X-ray crystallographic analysis of E. coli PEPC. The resulting mutant enzymes were active but their sensitivities to the inhibitors were greatly diminished. Secondly, a Ser residue (S780) characteristically conserved in all C(4)-form PEPC was replaced by Ala conserved in C(3)- and root-form PEPCs to decrease the half-maximal concentration (S(0.5)) of PEP. The double mutant enzyme (S780A/K835G) showed diminished sensitivity to malate and decreased S(0.5)(PEP) with equal maximal catalytic activity (V(m)) to the wild-type PEPC, which will be quite useful as a component of the C(4)-like pathway to be introduced into C(3) plants.     

Kinetic Properties of Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxylase in Peperomia camptotricha

Kinetic characteristics of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase (PEPC) from the epiphytic C₃ or C₄: CAM intermediate plant, Peperomia camptotricha, were investigated. Few day versus night differences in V_max,K_m(PEP)), or malate inhibition were observed, even in extracts from water-stressed plants which characteristically perform CAM, regardless of efforts to stabilize day/night forms. The PEPC extracted from plants during the light period remained stable, without much of an increase or decrease in activity for at least 22 hours at 0 to 4°C. Extracts from mature, fully developed leaves had slightly greater PEPC activity than from very young, developing leaves. Generally, however, the kinetic properties of PEPC extracted from mature leaves of plants grown under short day (SD), long day (LD), or 1-week water-stress conditions, as well as from young, developing leaves, were similar. The PEPC inhibitor, l-malate, decreased the V_max and increased the K_m(PEP) for all treatments. Under specific conditions, malate did not inhibit PEPC rates in the dark extracts as much as the light. The PEPC activator, glucose-6-phosphate (G-6-P), lowered the K_m(PEP) for all treatments. At saturating PEP concentrations, PEPC activity was independent of pH in the range of 7.5 to 9.0. At subsaturating PEP concentrations, the pH optimum was 7.8. The rates of PEPC activity were lower in the light period extracts than the dark, at pH 7.1, but day/night PEPC was equally active at pH 7.8. At pH 7.5 and a subsaturating PEP concentration, G-6-P significantly activated PEPC. At pH 8, however, only slight activation by G-6-P was observed. The lower pH of 7.5 combined with l-malate addition, greatly inhibited PEPC, particularly in extracts from young, developing leaves which were completely inhibited at an l-malate concentration of 1 millimolar. However, malate did not further inhibit PEPC activity in mature leaves when assayed at pH 7.1. The fairly constant day/night kinetic and regulatory properties of PEPC from P. camptotricha are unlike those of PEPC from CAM or C₄ species studied, and are consistent with the photosynthetic metabolism of this plant.