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A putative UDP-glycosyltransferase from Heterorhabditis bacteriophora suppresses antimicrobial peptide gene expression and factors related to ecdysone signaling. Sci Rep 2020; 10:12312. [PMID: 32704134 PMCID: PMC7378173 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-69306-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2020] [Accepted: 07/12/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Insect pathogens have adopted an array of mechanisms to subvert the immune pathways of their respective hosts. Suppression may occur directly at the level of host-pathogen interactions, for instance phagocytic capacity or phenoloxidase activation, or at the upstream signaling pathways that regulate these immune effectors. Insect pathogens of the family Baculoviridae, for example, are known to produce a UDP-glycosyltransferase (UGT) that negatively regulates ecdysone signaling. Normally, ecdysone positively regulates both molting and antimicrobial peptide production, so the inactivation of ecdysone by glycosylation results in a failure of host larvae to molt, and probably a reduced antimicrobial response. Here, we examine a putative ecdysteroid glycosyltransferase, Hba_07292 (Hb-ugt-1), which was previously identified in the hemolymph-activated transcriptome of the entomopathogenic nematode Heterorhabditis bacteriophora. Injection of recombinant Hb-ugt-1 (rHb-ugt-1) into Drosophila melanogaster flies resulted in diminished upregulation of antimicrobial peptides associated with both the Toll and Immune deficiency pathways. Ecdysone was implicated in this suppression by a reduction in Broad Complex expression and reduced pupation rates in r Hb-ugt-1-injected larvae. In addition to the finding that H. bacteriophora excreted-secreted products contain glycosyltransferase activity, these results demonstrate that Hb-ugt-1 is an immunosuppressive factor and that its activity likely involves the inactivation of ecdysone.
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Kong M, Zuo H, Zhu F, Hu Z, Chen L, Yang Y, Lv P, Yao Q, Chen K. The interaction between baculoviruses and their insect hosts. DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY 2018; 83:114-123. [PMID: 29408049 DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2018.01.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2017] [Revised: 01/26/2018] [Accepted: 01/26/2018] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Baculoviruses are double-stranded circular DNA viruses that infect arthropods via the midgut. Because of their superiority as eukaryotic expression systems and their importance as biopesticides, extensive research on the functions of baculovirus genes as well as on the host response to baculovirus infection has been carried out, including transcriptomic and proteomic analyses of the midgut. The morphological and cellular changes caused by baculovirus infection are also important to better understand the infection pathway. Thanks to these previous studies, we now have a clearer picture of the mechanisms of action of the virus and of host immunity. In this paper, we systematically reviewed studies on the interaction between baculoviruses and their insect hosts. By better understanding these interactions, baculoviruses can be developed for use as more efficient biopesticides to improve agricultural development in the future.
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- Ming Kong
- Institute of Life Sciences, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu 212013, China
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- Institute of Life Sciences, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu 212013, China
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- Institute of Life Sciences, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu 212013, China
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- Institute of Life Sciences, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu 212013, China
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- Institute of Life Sciences, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu 212013, China
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- Institute of Life Sciences, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu 212013, China
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- Institute of Life Sciences, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu 212013, China
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- Institute of Life Sciences, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu 212013, China
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- Institute of Life Sciences, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu 212013, China.
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Bock KW. The UDP-glycosyltransferase (UGT) superfamily expressed in humans, insects and plants: Animalplant arms-race and co-evolution. Biochem Pharmacol 2016; 99:11-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2015.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2015] [Accepted: 10/01/2015] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Kamimura M, Saito H, Niwa R, Niimi T, Toyoda K, Ueno C, Kanamori Y, Shimura S, Kiuchi M. Fungal ecdysteroid-22-oxidase, a new tool for manipulating ecdysteroid signaling and insect development. J Biol Chem 2012; 287:16488-98. [PMID: 22427652 PMCID: PMC3351327 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m112.341180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2012] [Revised: 03/13/2012] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Steroid hormones ecdysteroids regulate varieties of developmental processes in insects. Although the ecdysteroid titer can be increased experimentally with ease, its artificial reduction, although desirable, is very difficult to achieve. Here we characterized the ecdysteroid-inactivating enzyme ecdysteroid-22-oxidase (E22O) from the entomopathogenic fungus Nomuraea rileyi and used it to develop methods for reducing ecdysteroid titer and thereby controlling insect development. K(m) and K(cat) values of the purified E22O for oxidizing ecdysone were 4.4 μM and 8.4/s, respectively, indicating that E22O can inactivate ecdysone more efficiently than other ecdysteroid inactivating enzymes characterized so far. The cloned E22O cDNA encoded a FAD-dependent oxidoreductase. Injection of recombinant E22O into the silkworm Bombyx mori interfered with larval molting and metamorphosis. In the hemolymph of E22O-injected pupae, the titer of hormonally active 20-hydroxyecdysone decreased and concomitantly large amounts of inactive 22-dehydroecdysteroids accumulated. E22O injection also prevented molting of various other insects. In the larvae of the crambid moth Haritalodes basipunctalis, E22O injection induced a diapause-like developmental arrest, which, as in normal diapause, was broken by chilling. Transient expression of the E22O gene by in vivo lipofection effectively decreased the 20-hydroxyecdysone titer and blocked molting in B. mori. Transgenic expression of E22O in Drosophila melanogaster caused embryonic morphological defects, phenotypes of which were very similar to those of the ecdysteroid synthesis deficient mutants. Thus, as the first available simple but versatile tool for reducing the internal ecdysteroid titer, E22O could find use in controlling a broad range of ecdysteroid-associated developmental and physiological phenomena.
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- Manabu Kamimura
- National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Owashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8634, Japan.
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Chaturvedi P, Misra P, Tuli R. Sterol glycosyltransferases--the enzymes that modify sterols. Appl Biochem Biotechnol 2011; 165:47-68. [PMID: 21468635 DOI: 10.1007/s12010-011-9232-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2010] [Accepted: 03/22/2011] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Sterols are important components of cell membranes, hormones, signalling molecules and defense-related biotic and abiotic chemicals. Sterol glycosyltransferases (SGTs) are enzymes involved in sterol modifications and play an important role in metabolic plasticity during adaptive responses. The enzymes are classified as a subset of family 1 glycosyltransferases due to the presence of a signature motif in their primary sequence. These enzymes follow a compulsory order sequential mechanism forming a ternary complex. The diverse applications of sterol glycosides, like cytotoxic and apoptotic activity, anticancer activity, medicinal values, anti-stress roles and anti-insect and antibacterial properties, draws attention towards their synthesis mechanisms. Many secondary metabolites are derived from sterol pathways, which are important in defense mechanisms against pathogens. SGTs in plants are involved in changed sensitivity to stress hormones and their agrochemical analogs and changed tolerance to biotic and abiotic stresses. SGTs that glycosylate steroidal hormones, such as brassinosteroids, function as growth and development regulators in plants. In terms of metabolic roles, it can be said that SGTs occupy important position in plant metabolism and may offer future tools for crop improvement.
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- Pankaj Chaturvedi
- National Botanical Research Institute (Council of Scientific & Industrial Research), Rana Pratap Marg, Lucknow, 226001, Uttar Pradesh, India
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Madina BR, Sharma LK, Chaturvedi P, Sangwan RS, Tuli R. Purification and characterization of a novel glucosyltransferase specific to 27β-hydroxy steroidal lactones from Withania somnifera and its role in stress responses. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-PROTEINS AND PROTEOMICS 2007; 1774:1199-207. [PMID: 17704015 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2007.06.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2007] [Revised: 06/04/2007] [Accepted: 06/18/2007] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Sterol glycosyltransferases catalyze the synthesis of diverse glycosterols in plants. Withania somnifera is a medically important plant, known for a variety of pharmacologically important withanolides and their glycosides. In this study, a novel 27beta-hydroxy glucosyltransferase was purified to near homogeneity from cytosolic fraction of W. somnifera leaves and studied for its biochemical and kinetic properties. The purified enzyme showed activity with UDP-glucose but not with UDP-galactose as sugar donor. It exhibited broad sterol specificity by glucosylating a variety of sterols/withanolides with beta-OH group at C-17, C-21 and C-27 positions. It transferred glucose to the alkanol at C-25 position of the lactone ring, provided an alpha-OH was present at C-17 in the sterol skeleton. A comparable enzyme has not been reported earlier from plants. The enzyme is distinct from the previously purified W. somnifera 3beta-hydroxy specific sterol glucosyltransferase and does not glucosylate the sterols at C-3 position; though it also follows an ordered sequential bisubstrate reaction mechanism, in which UDP-glucose and sterol are the first and second binding substrates. The enzyme activity with withanolides suggests its role in secondary metabolism in W. somnifera. Results on peptide mass fingerprinting showed its resemblance with glycuronosyltransferase like protein. The enzyme activity in the leaves of W. somnifera was enhanced following the application of salicylic acid. In contrast, it decreased rapidly on exposure of the plants to heat shock, suggesting functional role of the enzyme in biotic and abiotic stresses.
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Madina BR, Sharma LK, Chaturvedi P, Sangwan RS, Tuli R. Purification and physico-kinetic characterization of 3beta-hydroxy specific sterol glucosyltransferase from Withania somnifera (L) and its stress response. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-PROTEINS AND PROTEOMICS 2007; 1774:392-402. [PMID: 17293176 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2006.12.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2006] [Revised: 12/25/2006] [Accepted: 12/26/2006] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Sterol glycosyltransferases catalyze the synthesis of diverse glycosteroids in plants, leading to a change in their participation in cellular metabolism. Withania somnifera is a medically important plant, known for a variety of pharmacologically important withanolides and their glycosides. In this study, a cytosolic sterol glucosyltransferase was purified 3406 fold to near homogeneity from W. somnifera leaves and studied for its biochemical and kinetic properties. The purified enzyme was active with UDP-glucose but not with UDP-galactose as sugar donor. It exhibited broad sterol specificity by glucosylating a variety of sterols and phytosterols with 3beta-OH group. It showed a low level of activity with flavonoids and isoflavonoids. The enzyme gave maximum K(cat)/K(m) value (0.957) for 24-methylenecholesterol that resembles aglycone structure of pharmacologically important sitoindosides VII and VIII from W. somnifera. The enzyme follows ordered sequential bisubstrate mechanism of reaction, in which UDP-glucose and sterol are the first and second binding substrates. This is the first detailed kinetic study on purified plant cytosolic sterol glucosyltransferases. Results on peptide mass fingerprinting and substrate specificity suggested that the enzyme belongs to the family of secondary metabolite glucosylating glucosyltransferases. The enzyme activity exhibited a rapid in vivo response to high temperature and salicylic acid treatment of plants, suggesting its physiological role in abiotic and biotic stress.
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- Bhaskara Reddy Madina
- National Botanical Research Institute, Rana Pratap Marg, Lucknow-226001, (U.P.) India
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Zhang XX, Liang ZP, Peng HY, Zhang ZX, Tang XC, Zhao SL, Xiao YZ, Zhang WJ. Location and phylogenetic analysis of the region immediately upstream of the granulin gene of the Clostera anachoreta granulovirus. Virus Res 2006; 121:97-102. [PMID: 16814895 DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2005.10.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2005] [Revised: 10/19/2005] [Accepted: 10/19/2005] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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The region immediately upstream of the granulin gene from Clostera anachoreta granulovirus (ClanGV) was identified from hybridization experiments and sequenced. The sequence of 5122nt EcoRI restriction fragment was presented and compared with the equivalent area in other GVs. Database searches showed that this region contained three open reading frames (ORFs) similar to the baculovirus genes (egt, fgf and me53, respectively) and four ORFs unique to ClanGV genome. Phylogenetic trees of the baculovirus genes egt and me53 were constructed. These analyses indicated that ClanGV genes may be more closely related to CfGV, CpGV, ClGV, PoGV and AoGV than to PxGV and XcGV.
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- X X Zhang
- Virus Molecular Ecology, Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiaohongshan, Wuchang, Wuhan, Hubei, China 430071
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CORY JS, CLARKE EE, BROWN ML, HAILS RS, O'REILLY DR. Microparasite manipulation of an insect: the influence of the egt gene on the interaction between a baculovirus and its lepidopteran host. Funct Ecol 2004. [DOI: 10.1111/j.0269-8463.2004.00853.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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UDP-glucuronosyltransferases (UGTs) represent major phase II drug metabolizing enzymes. They are part of a rapidly growing, sequence similarly based superfamily of UDP-glycosyltransferases, including a number of enzymes, which presumably are functionally unrelated to UGTs. The present commentary discusses evolutionary aspects of the large glycosyltransferase superfamily emphasizing functionally related members which share roles in detoxication and elimination of endo- and xenobiotics. The discussion starts with the two human UGT families and polymorphism frequencies in different populations. These families probably evolved in vertebrates as a result of the struggle against toxic phytoalexins at the hepatogastrointestinal barrier. Co-regulation of some UGTs with other drug metabolizing enzymes may also have evolved in the course of 'animal-plant warfare'. Related UDP-glucosyltransferases evolved in insects. Even in plants and bacteria UDP-glucosyltransferases have been characterized which may be functionally related.
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- Karl Walter Bock
- Department of Toxicology, Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
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Kiuchi M, Yasui H, Hayasaka S, Kamimura M. Entomogenous fungus Nomuraea rileyi inhibits host insect molting by C22-oxidizing inactivation of hemolymph ecdysteroids. ARCHIVES OF INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY 2003; 52:35-44. [PMID: 12489132 DOI: 10.1002/arch.10060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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The entomogenous fungus Nomuraea rileyi reportedly secretes a proteinaceous substance inhibiting larval molt and metamorphosis in the silkworm Bombyx mori. We studied the possibility that N. rileyi controls B. mori development by inactivating hemolymph molting hormone, ecdysteroids. Incubation of ecdysone (E) and 20-hydroxyecdysone (20E) in fungal-conditioned medium resulted in their rapid modification into products with longer retention times in reverse-phase HPLC. Each modified product from E and 20E was purified by HPLC, and identified by NMR as 22-dehydroecdysone and 22-dehydro-20-hydroxyecdysone. Some other ecdysteroids with a hydroxyl group at position C22 were also modified. Injection of the fungal-conditioned medium into Bombyx mori larvae in the mid-4th instar inhibited larval molt but induced precocious pupal metamorphosis, and its injection into 5th instar larvae just after gut purge blocked pupal metamorphosis. In hemolymph of injected larvae, E and 20E disappeared and, in turn, 22-dehydroecdysone and 22-dehydro-20-hydroxyecdysone accumulated. These results indicate that N. rileyi secretes a specific enzyme that oxidizes the hydroxyl group at position C22 of hemolymph ecdysteroids and prevents molting in B. mori larvae.
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- Makoto Kiuchi
- National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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Manzán MA, Lozano ME, Sciocco-Cap A, Ghiringhelli PD, Romanowski V. Identification and characterization of the ecdysteroid UDP-glycosyltransferase gene of Epinotia aporema granulovirus. Virus Genes 2002; 24:119-30. [PMID: 12018702 DOI: 10.1023/a:1014564331383] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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The ecdysteroid UDP-glycosyltransferase (egt) gene of Epinotia aporema granulovirus (EpapGV) was cloned sequenced and its biological activity was assessed. It encodes a protein of 446 amino acids. Direct evidence that the cloned gene encodes an active EGT protein was obtained by transient expression assays in insect cells. The upstream untranslated region of the egt gene exhibits several consensus early promoter elements. Accordingly, the gene is expressed early upon infection of Epinotia aporema larvae and the EGT activity remains high until later times post infection. Sequence analyses indicate the presence of clusters of amino acid residues conserved among all the baculoviral EGTs, although their relation with proper protein folding, ligand binding and catalytic activity remain to be assessed. Phylogenetic trees consistently cluster the granulovirus EGTs separating them clearly from the nucleopolyhedroviruses.
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- María Alejandra Manzán
- Instituto de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina
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Luque T, Okano K, O'Reilly DR. Characterization of a novel silkworm (Bombyx mori) phenol UDP-glucosyltransferase. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 2002; 269:819-25. [PMID: 11846783 DOI: 10.1046/j.0014-2956.2001.02723.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Sugar conjugation is a major pathway for the inactivation and excretion of both endogenous and exogenous compounds. We report here the molecular cloning and functional characterization of a phenol UDP-glucosyltransferase (UGT) from the silkworm, Bombyx mori, which was named BmUGT1. The complete cDNA clone is 1.6 kb, and the gene is expressed in several tissues of fifth-instar larvae, including fat body, midgut, integument, testis, silk gland and haemocytes. The predicted protein comprises 520 amino acids and has approximately 30% overall amino-acid identity with other members of the UGT family. The most conserved region of the protein is the C-terminal half, which has been implicated in binding the UDP-sugar. BmUGT1 was expressed in insect cells using the baculovirus expression system, and a range of compounds belonging to diverse chemical groups were assessed as potential substrates for the enzyme. The expressed enzyme had a wide substrate specificity, showing activity with flavonoids, coumarins, terpenoids and simple phenols. These results support a role for the enzyme in detoxication processes, such as minimizing the harmful effects of ingested plant allelochemicals. This work represents the first instance where an insect ugt gene has been associated with a specific enzyme activity.
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- Teresa Luque
- Department of Biology, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London SW7 2AZ, UK
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Wormleaton SL, Winstanley D. Phylogenetic analysis of conserved genes within the ecdysteroid UDP-glucosyltransferase gene region of the slow-killing Adoxophyes orana granulovirus. J Gen Virol 2001; 82:2295-2305. [PMID: 11514742 DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-82-9-2295] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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A physical map of the genome of Adoxophyes orana granulovirus (AoGV) was constructed for the restriction enzymes BamHI, BglII, EcoRI, PstI and SacI using restriction endonuclease analysis and DNA hybridization techniques. This enabled the size of the AoGV genome to be estimated at 100.9 kbp. A plasmid library covering 99.9% of the AoGV genome was constructed using five restriction enzymes. The ecdysteroid UDP-glucosyltransferase gene (egt) was located by hybridization with the egt gene of Cydia pomonella granulovirus. The sequence of 6000 bp of the egt region is presented and compared to the equivalent area in other GVs. Database searches showed that this region contained eight open reading frames (ORFs) similar to the baculovirus genes egt, granulin, pk-1, me53 and four ORFs of Xestia c-nigrum granulovirus (ORF 178, ORF 2, ORF 7 and ORF 8). The egt gene was shown to encode an active EGT using an EGT assay. Phylogenetic trees of the granulovirus genes egt, granulin, pk-1 and me53 were constructed using maximum parsimony and distance analyses. These analyses indicated that AoGV genes may be more closely related to other tortricid-infecting GVs than to GVs that infect other lepidopteran families.
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- S L Wormleaton
- Horticulture Research International (HRI), Wellesbourne, Warwickshire CV35 9EF, UK1
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- Horticulture Research International (HRI), Wellesbourne, Warwickshire CV35 9EF, UK1
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Chung HJ, Kim YA, Kim YJ, Choi YK, Hwang YK, Park YS. Purification and characterization of UDP-glucose:tetrahydrobiopterin glucosyltransferase from Synechococcus sp. PCC 7942. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2000; 1524:183-8. [PMID: 11113566 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-4165(00)00156-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4)-glucoside was identified from Synechococcus sp. PCC 7942 by HPLC analysis and the enzymatic activity of a glycosyltransferase producing the compound from UDP-glucose and BH4. The novel enzyme, named UDP-glucose:BH4 glucosyltransferase, has been purified 846-fold from the cytosolic fraction of Synechococcus sp. PCC 7942 to apparent homogeneity on SDS-PAGE. The native enzyme exists as a monomer having a molecular mass of 39.2 kDa on SDS-PAGE. The enzyme was active over a broad range of pH from 6.5 to 10.5 but most active at pH 10.0. The enzyme required Mn(2+) for maximal activity. Optimum temperature was 42 degrees C. Apparent K(m) values for BH4 and UDP-glucose were determined as 4.3 microM and 188 microM, respectively, and V(max) values were 16.1 and 15.1 pmol min(-1) mg(-1), respectively. The N-terminal amino acid sequence was Thr-Ala-His-Arg-Phe-Lys-Phe-Val-Ser-Thr-Pro-Val-Gly-, sharing high homology with the predicted N-terminal sequence of an unidentified open reading frame slr1166 determined in the genome of Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803, which is known to produce a pteridine glycoside cyanopterin.
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- H J Chung
- Department of Microbiology, Inje University, 621-749, Kimhae, South Korea
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Ha S, Chang E, Lo MC, Men H, Park P, Ge M, Walker S. The Kinetic Characterization of Escherichia coli MurG Using Synthetic Substrate Analogues. J Am Chem Soc 1999. [DOI: 10.1021/ja991556t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Sha Ha
- Contribution from the Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544
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- Contribution from the Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544
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- Contribution from the Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544
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- Contribution from the Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544
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- Contribution from the Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544
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- Contribution from the Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544
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- Contribution from the Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544
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3-Nitrotyrosine in the proteins of human plasma determined by an ELISA method. Biochem J 1998; 332 (Pt 3):807-8. [PMID: 9622476 PMCID: PMC1219545 DOI: 10.1042/bj3320807v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Purification and kinetic analysis of a baculovirus ecdysteroid UDP-glucosyltransferase. Biochem J 1998; 332 (Pt 3):807-8. [PMID: 9620886 PMCID: PMC1219544 DOI: 10.1042/bj3320807u] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Reverse transcriptase of mouse mammary tumour virus: expression in bacteria, purification and biochemical characterization. Biochem J 1998; 332 (Pt 3):807-8. [PMID: 9622477 PMCID: PMC1219546 DOI: 10.1042/bj3320807w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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