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Fusion of farnesyldiphosphate synthase and epi-aristolochene synthase, a sesquiterpene cyclase involved in capsidiol biosynthesis in Nicotiana tabacum.
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In: European Journal of Biochemistry. - : Wiley. - 0014-2956. ; 269:14, s. 3570-3577
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- A clone encoding farnesyl diphosphate synthase (FPPS) was obtained by PCR from a cDNA library made from young leaves of Artemisia annua. A cDNA clone encoding the tobacco epi-aristolochene synthase (eAS) was kindly supplied by J. Chappell (University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA). Two fusions were constructed, i.e. FPPS/eAS and eAS/FPPS. The stop codon of the N-terminal enzyme was removed and replaced by a short peptide (Gly-Ser-Gly) to introduce a linker between the two ORFs. These two fusions and the two single cDNA clones were separately introduced into a bacterial expression vector (pET32). Escherichia coli was transformed with the expression vectors and enzymatically active soluble proteins were obtained after induction with isopropyl thio-beta-d-thiogalactoside. The recombinant enzymes were purified using immobilized metal affinity chromatography on Co2+ columns. The fusion enzymes produced epi-aristolochene from isopentenyl diphosphate through a coupled reaction. The Km values of FPPS and eAS for isopentenyl diphosphate and farnesyl diphosphate, respectively, were essentially the same for the single and fused enzymes. The bifunctional enzymes showed a more efficient conversion of isopentenyl diphosphate to epi-aristolochene than the corresponding amount of single enzymes.
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- Komaraiah, Palle, et al.
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Growth behavior in plant cell cultures based on emissions detected by a multisensor array
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In: Biotechnology progress (Print). - : Wiley. - 8756-7938 .- 1520-6033. ; 20:4, s. 1245-1250
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- The use of a multisensor array based on chemical gas sensors to monitor plant cell cultures is described. The multisensor array, also referred to as an electronic nose, consisted of 19 different metal oxide semiconductor sensors and one carbon dioxide sensor. The device was used to continuously monitor the off-gas from two plant cell suspension cultures, Morinda citrifolia and Nicotiana tabacum, cultivated under batch conditions. By analyzing the multiarray responses using two pattern recognition methods, principal component analysis and artificial neural networks, it was possible to monitor the course of the cultivations and, in turn, to predict (1) the biomass concentration in both systems and (2) the formation of the secondary metabolite, antraquinone, by M. citrifolia. The results identify the multisensor array method as a potentially useful analytical tool for monitoring plant process variables that are otherwise difficult to analyze on-line.
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- Lundberg, Peter, et al.
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A phosphorus-31 nuclear magnetic resonance study of elicitor-mediated metabolic changes in Catharanthus roseus suspension cultures
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In: In vitro cellular & developmental biology. Plant. - : Springer. - 1054-5476 .- 1475-2689. ; 33:4, s. 301-305
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- The induction of metabolic changes in suspension cultured cells of Catharanthus roseus upon elicitation has been investigated. Addition of a yeast glucan preparation to the growth medium resulted in induction of phenylalanine ammonia lyase. Phosphate uptake and metabolism of elicited cells was followed by 31P nuclear magnetic resonance. The uptake rate of Pi from the medium by oxygenated cells of C. roseus was reduced immediately after elicitation. Despite this reduced Pi uptake elicited cells had significantly increased amounts of ATP (twofold increase within 6 h). Cytoplasmic levels of Pi, phosphomonoesters, and Uridine Diphasphate glucose (UDP-Glc) were unaffected by eliciation. Furthermore, the cytoplasmic and vacuolar pH remained constant after addition of elicitor.
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- Lundberg, Peter, et al.
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Permeabilization of Plant Cells: 31P NMR Studies of the Permeability of the Tonoplast
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In: Plant Cell Reports. - : Springer. - 0721-7714 .- 1432-203X. ; 5, s. 13-16
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- A suspension culture of Catharanthus roseus has been used to study the permeability of cell membranes after treatment with various concentrations of a permeabilizing agent (DMSO). The uptake and release (after permeabilization) of inorganic phosphate (Pi) by cells have been investigated by 32P radiotracer and non-invasive phosphorus-31 NMR experiments. These studies have demonstrated that measurements of the Pi-efflux from plant cells provide a reliable measure of the permeability of the tonoplast.
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