title: Activities of acyl-CoA:diacylglycerol acyltransferase (DGAT) and phospholipid:diacylglycerol acyltransferase (PDAT) in microsomal preparations of developing sunflower and safflower seeds.
abstract: The last step in triacylglycerols (TAG) biosynthesis in oil seeds, the acylation of diacylglycerols (DAG), is catalysed by two types of enzymes: the acyl-CoA:diacylglycerol acyltransferase (DGAT) and phospholipid:diacylglycerol acyltransferase (PDAT). The relative contribution of these enzymes in the synthesis of TAG has not yet been defined in any plant tissue. In the presented work, microsomal preparations were obtained from sunflower and safflower seeds at different stages of development and used in DGAT and PDAT enzyme assays. The ratio between PDAT and DGAT activity differed dramatically between the two different species. DGAT activities were measured with two different acyl acceptors and assay methods using two different acyl-CoAs, and in all cases the ratio of PDAT to DGAT activity was significantly higher in safflower than sunflower. The sunflower DGAT, measured by both methods, showed significant higher activity with 18:2-CoA than with 18:1-CoA, whereas the opposite specificity was seen with the safflower enzyme. The specificities of PDAT on the other hand, were similar in both species with 18:2-phosphatidylcholine being a better acyl donor than 18:1-PC and with acyl groups at the sn-2 position utilised about fourfold the rate of the sn-1 position. No DAG:DAG transacylase activity could be detected in the microsomal preparations.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Biology, University of Natural Sciences and Humanities, Prusa 12, 08-110 Siedlce, Poland. wbanas@uph.edu.pl
authors.forename: Walentyna
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Banaś
authors.forename: Alicia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sanchez Garcia
authors.forename: Antoni
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Banaś
authors.forename: Sten
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Stymne
mesh_terms: D000217:Acyltransferases / Q000378:metabolism*; D031187:Carthamus tinctorius / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000254:growth & development; D051048:Diacylglycerol O-Acyltransferase / Q000378:metabolism*; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D006368:Helianthus / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000254:growth & development; D050356:Lipid Metabolism; D008861:Microsomes / Q000201:enzymology*; D008954:Models, Biological; D012639:Seeds / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000254:growth & development; D013379:Substrate Specificity; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D005227:Fatty Acids; D014280:Triglycerides; D000217:Acyltransferases; C426836:phospholipid diacylglycerol acyltransferase; D051048:Diacylglycerol O-Acyltransferase
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