UDP-Glucose: (1-->3)-beta-Glucan Synthases from Mung Bean and Cotton: Differential Effects of Ca and Mg on Enzyme Properties and on Macromolecular Structure of the Glucan Product |
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Authors: | Hayashi T Read S M Bussell J Thelen M Lin F C Brown R M Delmer D P |
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Institution: | ARCO Plant Cell Research Institute, Dublin, California 94568-2685. |
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Abstract: | A re-examination of the kinetic properties of UDP-glucose: (1→3)-β-glucan (callose) synthases from mung bean seedlings (Vigna radiata) and cotton fibers (Gossypium hirsutum) shows that these enzymes have a complex interaction with UDP-glucose and various effectors. Stimulation of activity by micromolar concentrations of Ca2+ and millimolar concentrations of β-glucosides or other polyols is highest at low (<100 micromolar) UDP-glucose concentrations. These effectors act both by raising the Vmax of the enzyme, and by lowering the apparent Km for UDP-glucose from >1 millimolar to 0.2 to 0.3 millimolar. Mg2+ markedly enhances the affinity of the mung bean enzyme for Ca2+ but not for β-glucoside; with saturating Ca2+, Mg2+ only slightly stimulates further production of glucan. However, the presence of Mg2+ during synthesis, or NaBH4 treatment after synthesis, changes the nature of the product from dispersed, alkali-soluble fibrils to highly aggregated, alkali-insoluble fibrils. Callose synthesized in vitro by the Ca2+, β-glucoside-activated cotton fiber enzyme, with or without Mg2+, is very similar in size to callose isolated from cotton fibers, but is a linear (1→3)-β-glucan lacking the small amount of branches at C-0-6 found in vivo. We conclude that the high degree of aggregation of the fibrils synthesized with Mg2+in vitro is caused either by an alteration of the glucan at the reducing end or, indirectly, by an effect of Mg2+ on the conformation of the enzyme. Rate-zonal centrifugation of the solubilized mung bean callose synthase confirms that divalent cations can affect the size or conformation of this enzyme. |
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