title: Characterization of inhibitory mechanism and antifungal activity between group-1 and group-2 phytocystatins from taro (Colocasia esculenta).
abstract: Tarocystatin from Colocasia esculenta, a group-2 phytocystatin, is a defense protein against phytopathogenic nematodes and fungi. It is composed of a highly conserved N-terminal region, which is homological to group-1 cystatin, and a repetitive peptide at the C-terminus. The purified recombinant proteins of tarocystatin, such as full-length (FL), N-terminus (Nt) and C-terminus (Ct) peptides, were produced and their inhibitory activities against papain as well as their antifungal effects were investigated. Kinetic analysis revealed that FL peptide exhibited mixed type inhibition (K(ia) = 0.098 microM and K(ib) = 0.252 microM) and Nt peptide showed competitive inhibition (K(i) = 0.057 microM), whereas Ct peptide possessed weak papain activation properties. A shift in the inhibitory pattern from competitive inhibition of Nt peptide alone to mixed type inhibition of FL peptide implied that the Ct peptide has an regulatory effect on the function of FL peptide. Based on the inhibitory kinetics of FL (group-2) and Nt (group-1) peptides on papain activity, an inhibitory mechanism of group-2 phytocystatins and a regulatory mechanism of extended Ct peptide have each been proposed. By contrast, the antifungal activity of Nt peptide appeared to be greater than that of FL peptide, and the Ct peptide showed no effect on antifungal activity, indicating that the antifungal effect is not related to proteinase inhibitory activity. The results are valid for most phytocystatins with respect to the inhibitory mechanism against cysteine proteinase.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Plant Biology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Ke-Ming
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Senthil
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: Yi-Sheng
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: Shripathi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Venkatagiri
authors.forename: Ai-Hwa
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Kai-Wun
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Yeh
mesh_terms: D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D031060:Colocasia / Q000737:chemistry*; D015891:Cystatins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015853:Cysteine Proteinase Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D007700:Kinetics; D010206:Papain / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000494:pharmacology; D008517:Phytotherapy; D011994:Recombinant Proteins
chemical_list: D000935:Antifungal Agents; D015891:Cystatins; D015853:Cysteine Proteinase Inhibitors; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D010206:Papain
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