title: Cloning of lipoxygenase genes from a cyanobacterium, Nostoc punctiforme, and its expression in Eschelichia coli.
abstract: Oxylipin metabolism represents one of the important hormonal and defensive mechanisms employed by plants, algae, or animals. It begins mostly with the reaction of lipoxygenases (LOXs), which catalyze the oxygenation of polyunsaturated fatty acids to form the corresponding hydroperoxides. At present, little information about LOXs in cyanobacteria has been reported. Herein, we report the first isolation of two LOX genes (NpLOX1 and NpLOX2) from a cyanobacterium, Nostoc punctiforme ATCC29133. Incubations of recombinant NpLOX1 and NpLOX2 proteins expressed in Eschelichia coli with linoleic acid resulted in the predominant formation of linoleic acid 13-S-hydroperoxide. Other C18 and C20 fatty acids could also be substrates for NpLOX enzymes. Phylogenetic analysis of NpLOX sequences showed that the NpLOX enzymes shared a high homology with LOX sequence of a bacterial pathogen, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and these bacterial LOXs formed a subfamily distinct from those of plants, algae, and mammals.
authors: Department of Biological Chemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, and Applied Molecular Bioscience, Graduate School of Medicine, Yamaguchi University, Yoshida 1677-1, Yamaguchi, 753-8515, Japan.
authors: Takao
authors: T
authors: Koeduka
authors: Tadahiko
authors: T
authors: Kajiwara
authors: Kenji
authors: K
authors: Matsui
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics*; D015971:Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic; D019787:Linoleic Acid / Q000378:metabolism; D008084:Lipoxygenase / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D046937:Nostoc / Q000145:classification / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D010802:Phylogeny; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D013379:Substrate Specificity
chemical_list: D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D019787:Linoleic Acid; D008084:Lipoxygenase