title: Distribution and properties of major ribosome-inactivating proteins (28 S rRNA N-glycosidases) of the plant Saponaria officinalis L. (Caryophyllaceae).
abstract: We have studied the distribution of the protein synthesis inhibitory activity in the tissues of Saponaria officinalis L. (Caryophyllaceae). Seven major saporins, ribosome-inactivating proteins, were purified to apparent homogeneity from leaves, roots and seeds using a new procedure of RIPs isolation including ion-exchange and hydrophobic chromatography. They all catalysed the depurination of rat liver ribosomes, which generate the Endo's diagnostic rRNA fragment upon treatment with acid aniline, thus indicating that A4324 from the 28S rRNA has been released (Endo et al. (1987) J. Biol. Chem. 262, 5908-5912). The molecular mass of saporins by SDS-PAGE ranged between 30.2 and 31.6 kDa and by gel-filtration between 27.5 and 30.1 kDa. Amino acid composition and amino-terminal amino acid sequence indicate that all saporins may be considered isoforms. Only two saporins present in roots were glycosylated (SO-R1 and SO-R3). All saporins are very active on cell-free translation systems derived from rabbit reticulocyte lysates, rat liver, Triticum aestivum L., Cucumis sativus L. and Vicia sativa L. However, they are poor inhibitors of an Escherichia coli translation system. They inhibit protein synthesis in HeLa, BeWo and NB 100 cells, HeLa cells being the most resistant. The enzymatic activity of at least one saporin isoform was dependent on magnesium concentration in the standard rat liver cell-free system.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Patologia Sperimentale, Università di Bologna, Italy.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Ferreras
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Barbieri
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Girbés
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Battelli
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Rojo
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Arias
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Rocher
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Soriano
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mendéz
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Stirpe
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000596:Amino Acids / Q000032:analysis; D000814:Aniline Compounds; D000818:Animals; D002460:Cell Line; D002474:Cell-Free System / Q000187:drug effects; D004926:Escherichia coli; D006801:Humans; D000922:Immunotoxins; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009699:N-Glycosyl Hydrolases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000494:pharmacology; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis / Q000187:drug effects; D011817:Rabbits; D051381:Rats; D054788:Ribosome Inactivating Proteins; D054789:Ribosome Inactivating Proteins, Type 1; D012270:Ribosomes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D000076985:Saporins
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D000814:Aniline Compounds; D000922:Immunotoxins; D010940:Plant Proteins; D054789:Ribosome Inactivating Proteins, Type 1; D009699:N-Glycosyl Hydrolases; D054788:Ribosome Inactivating Proteins; D000076985:Saporins; C023650:aniline