title: Purification and characterization of cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase isoforms from Phaseolus vulgaris.
abstract: Cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase (CAD) catalyses the reduction of hydroxycinnamaldehydes (p-coumaryl, coniferyl, sinapyl) to the corresponding alcohols which are the monomeric precursors of lignins. We have demonstrated the occurrence of two isoforms of CAD (CAD1 and CAD2) in bean which differ in terms of subunit Mr, specific activity, substrate affinity and antigenicity. The most abundant polypeptide in bean pods, organs with very limited lignification, is a low affinity CAD isoform (CAD1). This enzyme which is distinct from a benzyl alcohol dehydrogenase with broad substrate specificity, was purified to apparent homogeneity and partial amino acid sequencing was carried out using internal peptides obtained by trypsin cleavage.
authors.affiliation: Université Paul Sabatier, Centre de Biologie et Physiologie Végétales, URA CNRS 1457, Toulouse, France.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Grima-Pettenati
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Campargue
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Boudet
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Boudet
mesh_terms: D000429:Alcohol Oxidoreductases / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D015153:Blotting, Western; D007887:Fabaceae / Q000201:enzymology*; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010946:Plants, Medicinal; D013379:Substrate Specificity
chemical_list: D007527:Isoenzymes; D000429:Alcohol Oxidoreductases; C018656:cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase