scholarly journals Genome-Wide Analysis of Glycoside Hydrolase Family 1 β-glucosidase Genes in Brassica rapa and Their Potential Role in Pollen Development

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (7) ◽  
pp. 1663 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiangshu Dong ◽  
Yuan Jiang ◽  
Yoonkang Hur

Glycoside hydrolase family 1 (GH1) β-glucosidases (BGLUs) are encoded by a large number of genes, and are involved in many developmental processes and stress responses in plants. Due to their importance in plant growth and development, genome-wide analyses have been conducted in model plants (Arabidopsis and rice) and maize, but not in Brassica species, which are important vegetable crops. In this study, we systematically analyzed B. rapa BGLUs (BrBGLUs), and demonstrated the involvement of several genes in pollen development. Sixty-four BrBGLUs were identified in Brassica databases, which were anchored onto 10 chromosomes, with 10 tandem duplications. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that 64 genes were classified into 10 subgroups, and each subgroup had relatively conserved intron/exon structures. Clustering with Arabidopsis BGLUs (AtBGLUs) facilitated the identification of several important subgroups for flavonoid metabolism, the production of glucosinolates, the regulation of abscisic acid (ABA) levels, and other defense-related compounds. At least six BrBGLUs might be involved in pollen development. The expression of BrBGLU10/AtBGLU20, the analysis of co-expressed genes, and the examination of knocked down Arabidopsis plants strongly suggests that BrBGLU10/AtBGLU20 has an indispensable function in pollen development. The results that are obtained from this study may provide valuable information for the further understanding of β-glucosidase function and Brassica breeding, for nutraceuticals-rich Brassica crops.




Author(s):  
Shu Horikoshi ◽  
Wataru Saburi ◽  
Jian Yu ◽  
Hideyuki Matsuura ◽  
James R Ketudat Cairns ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT Plants possess many glycoside hydrolase family 1 (GH1) β-glucosidases, which physiologically function in cell wall metabolism and activation of bioactive substances, but most remain uncharacterized. One GH1 isoenzyme AtBGlu42 in Arabidopsis thaliana has been identified to hydrolyze scopolin using the gene deficient plants, but no enzymatic properties were obtained. Its sequence similarity to another functionally characterized enzyme Os1BGlu4 in rice suggests that AtBGlu42 also acts on oligosaccharides. Here, we show that the recombinant AtBGlu42 possesses high kcat/Km not only on scopolin, but also on various β-glucosides, cellooligosaccharides, and laminarioligosaccharides. Of the cellooligosaccharides, cellotriose was the most preferred. The crystal structure, determined at 1.7 Å resolution, suggests that Arg342 gives unfavorable binding to cellooligosaccharides at subsite +3. The mutants R342Y and R342A showed the highest preference on cellotetraose or cellopentaose with increased affinities at subsite +3, indicating that the residues at this position have an important role for chain length specificity.





2012 ◽  
Vol 59 (2) ◽  
pp. 51-62 ◽  
Author(s):  
James R. Ketudat Cairns ◽  
Salila Pengthaisong ◽  
Sukanya Luang ◽  
Sompong Sansenya ◽  
Anupong Tankrathok ◽  
...  


2004 ◽  
Vol 55 (3) ◽  
pp. 343-367 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhiwei Xu ◽  
Luis Escamilla-Trevi�o ◽  
Lihui Zeng ◽  
Mallikarjun Lalgondar ◽  
David Bevan ◽  
...  




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