Hyoscyamine 6beta-hydroxylase, a 2-oxoglutarate-dependent dioxygenase, in alkaloid-producing root cultures |
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Authors: | Hashimoto T Yamada Y |
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Institution: | Research Center for Cell and Tissue Culture, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606, Japan. |
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Abstract: | Root cultures of various solanaceous plants grow well in vitro and produce large amounts of tropane alkaloids. Enzyme activity that converts hyoscyamine to 6β-hydroxyhyoscyamine is present in cell-free extracts from cultured roots of Hyoscyamus niger L. The enzyme hyoscyamine 6β-hydroxylase was purified 3.3-fold and characterized. The hydroxylation reaction has absolute requirements for hyoscyamine, 2-oxoglutarate, Fe2+ ions and molecular oxygen, and ascorbate stimulates this reaction. Only the l-isomer of hyoscyamine serves as a substrate; d-hyoscyamine is nearly inactive. Comparisons were made with a number of root, shoot, and callus cultures of the Atropa, Datura, Duboisia, Hyoscyamus, and Nicotiana species for the presence of the hydroxylase activity. Decarboxylation of 2-oxoglutarate during the conversion reaction was studied using 1-14C]-2-oxoglutarate. A 1:1 stoichiometry was shown between the hyoscyamine-dependent formation of CO2 from 2-oxoglutarate and the hydroxylation of hyoscyamine. Therefore, the enzyme can be classified as a 2-oxoglutarate-dependent dioxygenase (EC 1.14.11.-). Both the supply of hyoscyamine and the hydroxylase activity determine the amounts of 6β-hydroxyhyoscyamine and scopolamine produced in alkaloid-producing cultures. |
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