Molecular cloning and characterization of starch-branching enzyme II from potato

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 505-511

  Larsson, Clas Tomas ^a   Khoshnoodi, Jamshid ^a   Ek, Bo ^a   Rask, Lars ^b   Larsson, Håkan ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Branching enzyme; Expression; Potato; Solanum tuberosum; Starch

Indexed keywords

CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ISOLATION; LEAF TISSUE; MOLECULAR CLONING; PLANT PRODUCT; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; POTATO; STARCH BRANCHING ENZYME; TUBER TISSUE;

1,4-ALPHA-GLUCAN BRANCHING ENZYME; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; STARCH;

EID: 0032104812     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005908305456     Document Type: Article

References (35)

1. Banks W, Greenwood CT: Starch and its Components, pp. 5-66. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, UK (1975).
2. Bhattacharyya MK, Smith AM, Ellis THN, Hedley C, Martin C: The wrinkled-seed character of pea described by Mendel is caused by a transposon-like insertion in a gene encoding starch-branching enzyme. Cell 60: 115-122 (1990).
3. Boyer CD, Preiss J: Multiple forms of (1 → 4)-α-D-glucan, (1→ 4)-α-D-glucan-6-glycosyl transferase from developing Zea mays L. kernels. Carbohydr Res 61: 321-334 (1978).
4. Burton RA, Bewley JD, Smith AM, Bhattacharyya MK, Tatge H, Ring S, Bull V, Hamilton WDP, Martin C: Starch branching enzymes belonging to distinct enzyme families are differentially expressed during pea embryo development. Plant J 7: 3-15 (1995).
5. Denyer K, Hylton CM, Jenner CF, Smith AM: Identification of multiple isoforms of soluble and granule-bound starch synthase in developing wheat endosperm. Planta 196: 256-265 (1995).
6. Dry I, Smith A, Edwards A, Bhattacharyya M, Dunn P, Martin C: Characterization of cDNAs encoding two isoforms of granule-bound starch synthase which show differential expression in developing storage organs of pea and potato. Plant J 2: 193-202 (1992).
7. Edwards A, Marshall J, Denyer K, Sidebottom C, Visser RGF, Martin C, Smith AM: Evidence that a 77-kilodalton protein from the starch of pea embryos is an isoform of starch synthase that is both soluble and granule bound. Plant Physiol 112: 89-97 (1996).
8. Falk A, Xue J, Lenman M, Rask L: Sequence of a cDNA clone encoding the enzyme myrosinase and expression of myrosinase in different tissues of Brassica napus. Plant Sci 83: 181-186 (1992).
9. Fisher DK, Boyer CD, Hannah LC: Starch branching enzyme II from maize endosperm. Plant Physiol 102: 1045-1046 (1993).
10. Fisher DK, Gao M, Kim K-N, Boyer CD, Guiltinan MJ: Allelic analysis of the maize amylose-extender locus suggests that independent genes encode starch branching enzymes IIa and IIb. Plant Physiol 110: 611-619 (1996).
11. Fisher DK, Gao M, Kim K-N, Boyer CD, Guiltinan MJ: Two closely related cDNA encoding starch branching enzyme from Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Mol Biol 30: 97-108 (1996).
12. Flipse E, Suurs L, Keetels CJAM, Kossmann J, Jacobsen E, Visser RGF: Introduction of sense and antisense cDNA for branching enzyme in the amylose-free potato mutant leads to physico-chemical changes in the starch. Planta 198: 340-347 (1996).
13. Gao M, Fisher D, Kim K-N, Shannon JC, Guiltinan MJ: Independent genetic control of maize starch-branching enzymes IIa and lib. Plant Physiol 114: 69-78 (1997).
14. Guan HP, Preiss J: Differentiation of the properties of the branching isozymes from maize (Zea mays). Plant Physiol 102: 1269-1273 (1993).
15. Guan HP, Kuriki T, Sivak M, Preiss J: Maize branching enzyme catalyzes synthesis of glycogen-like polysaccharide in glgB-deficient Escherichia coli. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 92: 964-967 (1995).
16. Hizukuri S: Relationship between the distribution of the chain length of amylopectin and the crystalline structure of starch granules. Carbohydr Res 141: 295-306 (1985).
17. Khoshnoodi J, Ek B, Rask L, Larsson H: Characterization of the 97 and 103 kDa forms of starch branching enzyme from potato tubers. FEBS Lett 332: 132-138 (1993).
18. Khoshnoodi J, Blennow A, Ek B, Rask L, Larsson H: The multiple forms of starch-branching enzyme I in Solanum tuberosum. Eur J Biochem 242: 148-155 (1996).
19. Kuipers AGJ, Jacobsen E, Visser RGF: Formation and deposition of amylose in the potato tuber starch granule are affected by the reduction of granule-bound starch synthase gene expression. Plant Cell 6: 43-52 (1994).
20. Laemmli UK: Cleavage of structural proteins during the assembly of the head of bacteriophage T4. Nature 227: 680-685 (1970).
21. Larsson C-T, Hofvander P, Khoshnoodi J, Ek B, Rask L, Larsson H: Three isoforms of starch synthase and two isoforms of branching enzyme are present in potato tuber starch. Plant Sci 117:9-16 (1996).
22. Macdonald FD, Preiss J: Partial purification and characterization of granule-bound starch synthases from normal and waxy maize. Plant Physiol 78: 849-852 (1985).
23. Marshall J, Sidebottom C, Debet M, Martin C, Smith AM, Edwards A: Identification of the major starch synthase in the soluble fraction of potato tubers. Plant Cell 8: 1121-1135 (1996).
24. Martin C, Smith AM: Starch biosynthesis. Plant Cell 7: 971-985 (1995).
25. Mizuno K, Kimura K, Arai Y, Kawasaki T, Shimada H, Baba T: Starch branching enzyme from immature rice seeds. J Biochem 112:643-651 (1992).
26. Morell MK, Blennow A, Kosar-Hashemi, B, Samuel M: Differential expression and properties of starch branching enzyme isoforms in developing wheat endosperm. Plant Physiol 113: 201-208 (1997).
27. Mu C, Harn C, Ko YT, Singletary GW, Keeling PL, Wasserman, BP: Association of a 76-kDa polypeptide with soluble starch synthase I activity in maize (cv73) endosperm. Plant J 6: 151-159 (1994).
28. Mu-Forster C, Huang R, Powers JR, Harriman RW, Knight M, Singletary GW, Keeling PL, Wasserman BP: Physical association of starch biosynthetic enzymes with starch granules of maize endosperm. Plant Physiol 111: 821-829 (1996).
29. Nakamura Y, Takeichi T, Kawaguchi K, Yamanouchi H: Purification of two isoforms of starch branching enzyme (Q-enzyme) from developing rice endosperm. Physiol Plant 84: 329-335 (1992).
30. Rahman S, Kosar-Hashemi B, Samuel MS, Hill A, Abbott DC, Skerritt JH, Preiss J, Apples R, Morell MK: The major proteins of wheat endosperm starch granules. Aust J Plant Physiol 22: 793-803 (1995).
31. Smith AM: Major differencies in isoforms of stach branching enzyme in embryos of round and wrinkled seeded peas (Pisum sativum L.). Planta 175: 270-279 (1988).
32. Smith-White B, Preiss J: Suggested mnemonics for cloned DNA corresponding to enzymes involved in starch metabolism. Plant Mol Biol Rep 12: 67-71 (1994).
33. Svensson B: Protein engineering in the α-amylase family: catalytic mechanism, substrate specificity, and stability. Plant Mol Biol 25: 141-157 (1994).
34. TakedaY, Guan H-P, Preiss J: Branching of amylose by the branching isozymes of maize endosperm. Carbohydr Res 240: 253-263 (1993).
35. Yamanouchi H, Nakamura Y: Organ specificity of isoforms of starch branching enzyme (Q-enzyme) in rice. Plant Cell Physiol 33: 985-991 (1992).