Acyl-acyl carrier protein thioesterase activity from sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) seeds |
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Authors: | Enrique Martínez-Force Sara Cantisán María J. Serrano-Vega Rafael Garcés |
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Affiliation: | (1) Instituto de la Grasa, CSIC, Av. Padre García Tejero, 4, 41012-Sevilla, Spain, ES |
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Abstract: | During sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) seed formation there was an active period of lipid biosynthesis between 12 and 28 days after flowering (DAF). The maximum in-vitro acyl-acyl carrier protein (ACP) thioesterase activities (EC 3.1.2.14) were found at 15 DAF, preceding the largest accumulation of lipid in the seed. Data from the apparent kinetic parameters, V max and K m, from seeds of 15 and 30 DAF, showed that changes in acyl-ACP thioesterase activity are not only quantitative, but also qualitative, since, although the preferred substrate was always oleoyl-ACP, the affinity for palmitoyl-ACP decreased, whereas that for stearoyl-ACP increased with seed maturation. Bisubstrate assays carried out at 30 DAF seemed to indicate that the total activity found in mature seeds is due to a single enzyme with 100/75/15 affinity for oleoyl-ACP/stearoyl-ACP/palmitoyl-ACP. In contrast, at 15 DAF, enzymatic data together with partial sequences from cDNAs indicated the presence of at least two enzymes with different properties, a FatA-like thioesterase, with a high affinity for oleoyl-ACP, plus a FatB-like enzyme, with preference for long-chain saturated fatty acids, both being expressed during the active lipid biosynthesis period. Competition assays carried out with CAS-5, a mutant with a higher content of palmitic acid in the seed oil, indicated that a modified FatA-type thioesterase is involved in the mutant phenotype. Received: 17 December 1999 / Accepted: 25 February 2000 |
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Keywords: | : Acyl-acyl carrier protein thioesterase – Helianthus (seed formation) – Lipid biosynthesis – Mutant (sunflower) – Palmitic acid mutant – Seed formation |
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