RRC ID 87693
著者 Peters S, Egert A, Stieger B, Keller F.
タイトル Functional identification of Arabidopsis ATSIP2 (At3g57520) as an alkaline α-galactosidase with a substrate specificity for raffinose and an apparent sink-specific expression pattern.
ジャーナル Plant Cell Physiol
Abstract Arabidopsis ATSIP2 has recently been suggested to be a raffinose synthase gene. However, it has high amino acid identity to functionally characterized alkaline α-galactosidases from Cucumis melo and Zea mays. Using the Sf9 insect cell expression system, we demonstrate that recombinant ATSIP2 is a genuine alkaline α-galactosidase with a distinct substrate specificity for raffinose, and not a raffinose synthase. A β-glucuronidase reporter construct using the ATSIP2 promoter shows that ATSIP2 is strongly expressed in sink tissues of Arabidopsis, i.e. sink leaves and non-xylem parts of the root stele, suggesting a physiological function in raffinose phloem unloading.
巻・号 51(10)
ページ 1815-9
公開日 2010-10-1
DOI 10.1093/pcp/pcq127
PII pcq127
PMID 20739305
MeSH Animals Arabidopsis / genetics* Arabidopsis / metabolism Arabidopsis Proteins / genetics Arabidopsis Proteins / metabolism* Cell Line Gene Expression Regulation, Plant Insecta / cytology Phloem / metabolism* Promoter Regions, Genetic RNA, Plant / genetics Raffinose / metabolism* Recombinant Proteins / genetics Recombinant Proteins / metabolism Substrate Specificity alpha-Galactosidase / genetics alpha-Galactosidase / metabolism*
IF 4.062
リソース情報
シロイヌナズナ / 植物培養細胞・遺伝子 pda02775