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1.
Carbohydr Res ; 344(16): 2250-4, 2009 Nov 02.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19766989

ABSTRACT

The flagellin of Pseudomonas syringae pv. tabaci is a glycoprotein that contains O-linked oligosaccharides composed of rhamnosyl and 4,6-dideoxy-4-(3-hydroxybutanamido)-2-O-methylglucosyl residues. These O-linked glycans are released by hydrazinolysis and then labeled at their reducing ends with 2-aminopyridine (PA). A PA-labeled trisaccharide and a PA-labeled tetrasaccharide are isolated by normal-phase high-performance liquid chromatography. These oligosaccharides are structurally characterized using mass spectrometry and NMR spectroscopy. Our data show that P. syringae pv. tabaci flagellin is glycosylated with a tetrasaccharide, 4,6-dideoxy-4-(3-hydroxybutanamido)-2-O-methyl-Glcp-(1-->3)-alpha-L-Rhap-(1-->2)-alpha-L-Rhap-(1-->2)-alpha-L-Rha-(1-->, as well a trisaccharide, 4,6-dideoxy-4-(3-hydroxybutanamido)-2-O-methyl-Glcp-(1-->3)-alpha-L-Rhap-(1-->2)-alpha-L-Rha-(1-->, which was identified in a previous study.


Subject(s)
Oligosaccharides/chemistry , Pseudomonas syringae/chemistry , Carbohydrate Sequence , Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy , Mass Spectrometry , Molecular Sequence Data
2.
J Agric Food Chem ; 55(4): 1385-8, 2007 Feb 21.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17243702

ABSTRACT

Nitrification inhibitory activity was found in root tissue extracts of Brachiaria humidicola, a tropical pasture grass. Two active inhibitory compounds were isolated by activity-guided fractionation, using recombinant Nitrosomonas europaea containing luxAB genes derived from the bioluminescent marine gram-negative bacterium Vibrio harveyi. The compounds were identified as methyl-p-coumarate and methyl ferulate, respectively. Their nitrification inhibitory properties were confirmed in chemically synthesized preparations of each. The IC50 values of chemically synthesized preparations were 19.5 and 4.4 microM, respectively. The ethyl, propyl, and butyl esters of p-coumaric and ferulic acids inhibited nitrification, whereas the free acid forms did not show inhibitory activity.


Subject(s)
Nitrogen/antagonists & inhibitors , Plant Roots/chemistry , Poaceae/chemistry , Ammonia/metabolism , Coumaric Acids/pharmacology , Methylation , Nitrates/metabolism , Nitrites/metabolism , Nitrogen/metabolism , Nitrosomonas/genetics , Nitrosomonas/metabolism , Propionates , Vibrio/genetics , Vibrio/metabolism
3.
Phytochemistry ; 66(20): 2418-25, 2005 Oct.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-16171834

ABSTRACT

Arabinopyranosyltransferase (ArapT) activity that results in the transfer of a single arabinopyranose (Arap) residue from UDP-beta-L-arabinopyranose (UDP-Arap) to exogenous (1-->5)-linked alpha-L-arabino-oligosaccharides labeled with 2-aminobenzamide (2-AB) at their reducing ends was identified in a particulate preparation obtained from 3-day-old mung bean (Vigna radiate L. Wilezek) hypocotyls. The transferred Ara residue was shown to be beta-(1-->3)-linked to O-3 of the non-reducing terminal Araf residues of the oligosaccharide using nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy together with glycosyl composition and glycosyl linkage composition analyses. The 2AB-labeled arabino-octasaccharide was the most effective acceptor substrate analyzed, although arabino-oligosaccharides with a degree of polymerization between 4 and 7 were also acceptor substrates. Maximum ArapT activity was obtained at pH 6.5-7.0, and 20 degrees C in the presence of 25 mM Mn(2+) and 0.5% Triton X-100.


Subject(s)
Fabaceae/chemistry , Oligosaccharides/chemistry , Pentosyltransferases/chemistry , Pentosyltransferases/metabolism , Arabinose/chemistry , Arabinose/metabolism , Carbohydrate Conformation , Fabaceae/metabolism , Hypocotyl/chemistry , Hypocotyl/metabolism , Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy , Microsomes/metabolism , Molecular Structure , Oligosaccharides/metabolism , ortho-Aminobenzoates/chemistry
4.
Planta ; 221(6): 953-63, 2005 Aug.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-15846502

ABSTRACT

A single alpha-L-arabinopyranosyl (alpha-L-Arap) residue was shown, by a combination of chemical and spectroscopic methods, to be transferred to O-4 of the nonreducing terminal galactosyl (Gal) residue of 2-aminobenzamide (2AB)-labeled galacto-oligosaccharides when these oligosaccharides were reacted with UDP-ss-L-arabinopyranose (UDP-ss-L-Arap) in the presence of a Triton X-100-soluble extract of microsomal membranes isolated from mung bean (Vigna radiata, L. Wilezek) hypocotyls. Maximum-(1-->4)-arabinopyranosyltransferase activity was obtained at pH 6.0-6.5 and 20 degrees C in the presence of 25 mM Mn2+. The enzyme had an apparent K m of 45 microM for the 2AB-labeled galactoheptasaccharide and 330 microM for UDP-ss-L-Arap. A series of 2AB-labeled galacto-oligosaccharides with a degree of polymerization (DP) between 6 and 10 that contained a single alpha-L-Arap residue linked to the former nonreducing terminal Gal residue were generated when the 2AB-labeled galactohexasaccharide (Gal6-2AB) was reacted with UDP- ss-L-Ara p in the presence of UDP-beta-D-Galp and the solubilized microsomal fraction. The mono-arabinosylated galacto-oligosaccharides are not acceptor substrates for the galactosyltransferase activities known to be present in mung bean microsomes. These results show that mung bean hypocotyl microsomes contain an enzyme that catalyzes the transfer of Arap to the nonreducing Gal residue of galacto-oligosaccharides and suggest that the presence of a alpha-L-Arap residue on the former terminal Gal residue prevents galactosylation of galacto-oligosaccharides.


Subject(s)
Arabinose/analogs & derivatives , Fabaceae/metabolism , Glycosyltransferases/metabolism , Microsomes/enzymology , Oligosaccharides/metabolism , Uridine Diphosphate Sugars/metabolism , Arabinose/metabolism , Carbohydrate Sequence , Fabaceae/enzymology , Models, Chemical , Molecular Sequence Data , Plant Proteins/metabolism , Temperature
5.
J Agric Food Chem ; 51(22): 6456-60, 2003 Oct 22.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-14558762

ABSTRACT

Four prenylated flavanones were isolated from the methanol extract of the flowers of Azadirachta indica (the neem tree) as potent antimutagens against Trp-P-1 (3-amino-1,4-dimethyl-5H-pyrido[4,3-b]indole) in the Salmonella typhimurium TA98 assay by activity-guided fractionation. Spectroscopic properties revealed that those compounds were 5,7,4'-trihydroxy-8-prenylflavanone (1), 5,4'-dihydroxy-7-methoxy-8-prenylflavanone (2), 5,7,4'-trihydroxy-3',8-diprenylflavanone (3), and 5,7,4'-trihydroxy-3',5'-diprenylflavanone (4). All isolated compounds were found for the first time in this plant. The antimutagenic IC(50) values of compounds 1-4 were 2.7 +/- 0.1, 3.7 +/- 0.1, 11.1 +/- 0.1, and 18.6 +/- 0.1 microM in the preincubation mixture, respectively. These compounds also similarly inhibited the mutagenicity of Trp-P-2 (3-amino-1-methyl-5H-pyrido[4,3-b]indole) and PhIP (2-amino-1-methyl-6-phenylimidazo[4,5-b]pyridine). All of the compounds 1-4 strongly inhibited ethoxyresorufin O-dealkylation activity of cytochrome P450 1A isoforms, which catalyze N-hydroxylation of heterocyclic amines. However, compounds 1-4 did not show significant inhibition against the direct-acting mutagen NaN(3). Thus, the antimutagenic effect of compounds 1-4 would be mainly based on the inhibition of the enzymatic activation of heterocyclic amines.


Subject(s)
Antimutagenic Agents/isolation & purification , Azadirachta/chemistry , Flavanones/isolation & purification , Flowers/chemistry , Heterocyclic Compounds/antagonists & inhibitors , Animals , Carbolines/antagonists & inhibitors , Cytochrome P-450 CYP1A1/antagonists & inhibitors , Enzyme Inhibitors/pharmacology , Furylfuramide/pharmacology , Liver/enzymology , Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy , Male , Methanol , Mutagens/pharmacology , Nitrogen/antagonists & inhibitors , Plant Extracts/pharmacology , Protein Prenylation , Rats , Rats, Sprague-Dawley
6.
Carbohydr Res ; 337(11): 1023-32, 2002 Jun 05.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-12039543

ABSTRACT

Oligogalacturonides [oligomers composed of (1-->4)-linked alpha-D-galactosyluronic acid residues] with degrees of polymerization (DP) from 1 to 10, and a tri-, penta-, and heptasaccharide generated from the backbone of rhamnogalacturonan I (RG-I) were labeled at their reducing ends using aqueous 2-aminobenzamide (2AB) in the presence of sodium cyanoborohydride in over 90% yield. These derivatives were analyzed by high-performance anion-exchange chromatography (HPAEC) and structurally characterized by electrospray-ionization mass spectrometry (ESIMS) and by 1H and 13C NMR spectroscopy. The 2AB-labeled oligogalacturonides and RG-I oligomers are fragmented by endo- and exo-polygalacturonase and by Driselase, respectively. 2AB-labeled oligogalacturonide is an exogenous acceptor for galacturonosyltransferase of transferring galacturonic acid from UDP-GalA. Thus, the 2AB-labeled oligogalacturonides and RG-I oligomers are useful for studying enzymes involved in pectin degradation and biosynthesis and may be of value in determining the biological functions of pectic fragments in plants.


Subject(s)
Fluorescent Dyes/metabolism , Oligosaccharides/metabolism , Pectins/analysis , ortho-Aminobenzoates/metabolism , Carbohydrate Sequence , Carbon Isotopes , Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid , Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy , Molecular Sequence Data , Oligosaccharides/chemistry , Pectins/chemistry , Pectins/metabolism
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