title: CYP86A1 from Arabidopsis thaliana encodes a cytochrome P450-dependent fatty acid omega-hydroxylase.
abstract: The A. thaliana EST database was screened using consensus motifs derived from P450 families CYP52 and CYP4 catalyzing the omega-hydroxylation of fatty acids and alkanes in Candida and in mammals. One EST cDNA fragment was detected in this way and the corresponding full-length cDNA was cloned from a cDNA library of A. thaliana. This cDNA coded the first member of a new plant P450 family and was termed CYP86A1. The deduced peptide sequence showed highest homology with P450s from families 4 and 52. To confirm the catalytic function, CYP86A1 was expressed in a yeast overexpressing its own NADPH-P450 reductase. Efficient expression was evidenced by spectrophotometry, SDS-PAGE and catalytic activity. CYP86A1 was found to catalyze the omega-hydroxylation of saturated and unsaturated fatty acids with chain lengths from C12 to C18 but not of hexadecane. Genomic organization analyzed by Southern blot suggested a single gene encoding CYP86A1 in A. thaliana.
authors.affiliation: Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes-CNRS, Département d'Enzymologie Cellulaire et Moléculaire, Strasbourg, France. irene.benveniste@bota-ulp.u-strasbg.fr
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Benveniste
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tijet
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Adas
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Philipps
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Salaün
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Durst
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics; D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins; D001410:Bacillus megaterium / Q000201:enzymology; D001483:Base Sequence; D015139:Blotting, Southern; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D017343:Genes, Plant; D006900:Hydroxylation; D006899:Mixed Function Oxygenases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D017385:Sequence Homology
chemical_list: D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins; D005227:Fatty Acids; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System; D006899:Mixed Function Oxygenases; C111056:CYP86A1 protein, Arabidopsis