title: Molecular and biochemical characterization of a novel hydroxycinnamoyl-CoA: anthocyanin 3-O-glucoside-6"-O-acyltransferase from Perilla frutescens.
abstract: We have isolated and characterized a cDNA, PfAT208, encoding hydroxycinnamoyl-CoA: anthocyanin 3-O-glucoside-6"-O-acyltransferase (3AT) from Perilla frutescens. The identity of the cDNA was established by determination of the reaction products with recombinant enzyme overexpressed in Escherichia coli. The deduced amino acid sequence has a few regions that are conserved in a CoA-dependent acyltransferase family. The recombinant enzyme produced in yeast could utilize cyanidin 3-glucoside and cyanidin 3,5-diglucoside, putative substrates in vivo, as well as other anthocyanins. The inhibitory effects of diethyl pyrocarbonate and N-ethylmaleimide on the recombinant 3AT activities suggest that histidine and cysteine residues are important for their catalytic function. These properties are in common with anthocyanin 5-O-glucoside-6"-O-acyltransferase (5AT). In Northern analysis, a transcript of PfAT208 was detected in the young leaves of perilla red forma. The properties of other cDNAs, gentian GAT106 and petunia PhAT48, isolated during the above cloning procedure are also described.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Fundamental Research, Suntory Ltd., Mishima, Osaka, Japan. Keiko_Sakakibara@suntory.co.jp
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yonekura-Sakakibara
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fukuchi-Mizutani
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fujiwara
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fukui
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ashikari
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Murakami
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yamaguchi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kusumi
mesh_terms: D000214:Acyl Coenzyme A / Q000378:metabolism; D000217:Acyltransferases / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000872:Anthocyanins / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000378:metabolism; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D017124:Conserved Sequence; D003373:Coumaric Acids; D004047:Diethyl Pyrocarbonate / Q000494:pharmacology; D005033:Ethylmaleimide / Q000494:pharmacology; D005960:Glucosides / Q000378:metabolism; D019686:Lamiaceae / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D013379:Substrate Specificity
chemical_list: C403206:4-hydroxycinnamoyl-CoA; D000214:Acyl Coenzyme A; D000872:Anthocyanins; D003373:Coumaric Acids; D005960:Glucosides; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; C462279:cyanidin-3-O-beta-glucopyranoside; D000217:Acyltransferases; C413522:hydroxycinnamoyl-CoA - anthocyanin 3-O-glucoside-6''-O-acyltransferase; C109044:hydroxycinnamoyl-CoA anthocyanidin 3,5-diglucoside 5-O-glucoside-6'''-O-hydroxycinnamoyltransferase; D004047:Diethyl Pyrocarbonate; D005033:Ethylmaleimide