title: Isozymes of Ipomoea batatas catechol oxidase differ in catalase-like activity.
abstract: The amino acid sequences of two isozymes of catechol oxidase from sweet potatoes (Ipomoea batatas) were determined by Edman degradation of BrCN cleavage fragments of the native protein and by sequencing of amplified cDNA fragments. Sequence alignment and phylogenetic analysis of plant catechol oxidases revealed about 80% equidistance between the two I. batatas catechol oxidases and approximately 40--60% to catechol oxidases of other plants. When H(2)O(2) was applied as substrate the 39 kDa isozyme, but not the 40 kDa isozyme, showed catalase-like activity. The structure of the 40 kDa isozyme was modeled on the basis of the published crystal structure of the 39 kDa isozyme [T. Klabunde et al., Nat. Struct. Biol. 5 (1998) 1084]. The active site model closely resembled that of the 39 kDa isozyme determined by crystallography, except for a mutation of Thr243 (40 kDa isozyme) to Ile241 (39 kDa isozyme) close to the dimetal center. This residue difference affects the orientation of the Glu238/236 residue, which is thought to be responsible for the catalase-like activity of the 39 kDa isozyme for which a catalytic mechanism is proposed.
authors.affiliation: Anorganisch-Chemisches Institut der Universität Münster, Germany.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gerdemann
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Eicken
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Magrini
authors.forename: H E
authors.initials: HE
authors.lastname: Meyer
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rompel
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Spener
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Krebs
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites; D002374:Catalase / Q000378:metabolism; D004156:Catechol Oxidase / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000737:chemistry; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D008956:Models, Chemical; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008970:Molecular Weight; D010944:Plants / Q000201:enzymology*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D019032:Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D007527:Isoenzymes; D004156:Catechol Oxidase; D002374:Catalase