title: Jasmonate biosynthesis and the allene oxide cyclase family of Arabidopsis thaliana.
abstract: In biosynthesis of octadecanoids and jasmonate (JA), the naturally occurring enantiomer is established in a step catalysed by the gene cloned recently from tomato as a single-copy gene (Ziegler et al., 2000). Based on sequence homology, four full-length cDNAs were isolated from Arabidopsis thaliana ecotype Columbia coding for proteins with AOC activity. The expression of AOC genes was transiently and differentially up-regulated upon wounding both locally and systemically and was induced by JA treatment. In contrast, AOC protein appeared at constitutively high basal levels and was slightly increased by the treatments. Immunohistochemical analyses revealed abundant occurrence of AOC protein as well as of the preceding enzymes in octadecanoid biosynthesis, lipoxygenase (LOX) and allene oxide synthase (AOS), in fully developed tissues, but much less so in 7-day old leaf tissues. Metabolic profiling data of free and esterified polyunsaturated fatty acids and lipid peroxidation products including JA and octadecanoids in wild-type leaves and the jasmonate-deficient mutant OPDA reductase 3 (opr3) revealed preferential activity of the AOS branch within the LOX pathway. 13-LOX products occurred predominantly as esterified derivatives, and all 13-hydroperoxy derivatives were below the detection limits. There was a constitutive high level of free 12-oxo-phytodienoic acid (OPDA) in untreated wild-type and opr3 leaves, but an undetectable-expression of AOC. Upon wounding opr3 leaves exhibited only low expression of AOC, wounded wild-type leaves, however, accumulated JA and AOC mRNA. These and further data suggest regulation of JA biosynthesis by OPDA compartmentalization and a positive feedback by JA during leaf development.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Plant Biochemistry, Department of Natural Product Biotechnology, Weinberg 3, 06120 Halle/Saale, Germany.
authors.forename: Irene
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Stenzel
authors.forename: Bettina
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hause
authors.forename: Otto
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Miersch
authors.forename: Tobias
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kurz
authors.forename: Helmut
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Maucher
authors.forename: Heiko
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Weichert
authors.forename: Jörg
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ziegler
authors.forename: Ivo
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Feussner
authors.forename: Claus
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wasternack
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D032461:Chromosomes, Plant / Q000235:genetics; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D003517:Cyclopentanes / Q000378:metabolism*; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D005231:Fatty Acids, Unsaturated / Q000378:metabolism; D015971:Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic / Q000187:drug effects; D018506:Gene Expression Regulation, Plant / Q000187:drug effects; D005947:Glucose / Q000494:pharmacology; D019746:Intramolecular Oxidoreductases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D008084:Lipoxygenase / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D005810:Multigene Family / Q000235:genetics; D054883:Oxylipins; D010802:Phylogeny; D018515:Plant Leaves / Q000378:metabolism; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D012459:Salicylates / Q000494:pharmacology; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D012965:Sodium Chloride / Q000494:pharmacology; D013012:Sorbitol / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D003517:Cyclopentanes; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D005231:Fatty Acids, Unsaturated; D007527:Isoenzymes; D054883:Oxylipins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D012459:Salicylates; D012965:Sodium Chloride; D013012:Sorbitol; C011006:jasmonic acid; D008084:Lipoxygenase; D019746:Intramolecular Oxidoreductases; C021377:hydroperoxide isomerase; D005947:Glucose