TY - JOUR
T1 - Cloning, characterisation and expression analyses of cDNA clones encoding cell wall-modifying enzymes isolated from ripe apples
AU - Goulao, Luis F.
AU - Cosgrove, Daniel J.
AU - Oliveira, Cristina M.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was financially supported by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT) through project POCTI/33733/99 and a personal grant to LG (BD 1133/2000) and by a US National Science Foundation Grant IBN-9874432 to D.J.C. The authors acknowledge Daniel M. Durachko (Department of Biology), Davis T.W. Ng and Jeremy Broadhead (Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology) of Penn State University for the expression vector and for excellent technical assistance.
PY - 2008/4
Y1 - 2008/4
N2 - Fruit softening is accompanied by modifications of the cell wall pectic and hemicellulosic fractions, as the result of the combined action of several cell wall-modifying enzymes. The objective of this work was to clone specific cDNAs that encode isoforms of cell wall-modifying enzymes, which are expressed during the final stages of apple softening, and to establish a temporal sequence of their accumulation. A cDNA library enriched with mRNA isolated from over-ripe fruit was constructed and screened. A pectin methylesterase (MdPME1), a pectate lyase (MdPL1), an α-l-arabinofuranosidase (MdAF1) an endo-1,4-β-glucanase (MdEG1), two xyloglucan endotransglucosylase/hydrolases (Md-XTH1 and Md-XTH2), and an alpha-expansin (MdEXPA3) specific cDNAs were identified by homology-based cloning, and their mRNA accumulation was examined during fruit growth and ripening. The expression of an apple β-galactosidase (β-Gal; pABG1) and a polygalacturonase (PG; pGDPG-1) mRNA previously reported was also investigated using the same biological material. Transcripts of all enzymes, except MdPME1, could be unambiguously detected by semi-quantitative RT-PCR in fruit during ripening. However, transcripts of MdEG1 were more abundant at fruit set and MdPL1 exhibited higher expression before commercial maturity. The strongest RT-PCR signals in over-ripe fruit were observed for PG, β-Gal and Md-XTH1 clones. Two XTHs were detected in over-ripe fruit. While Md-XTH1 acts constitutively during fruit development, Md-XTH2 showed a ripening-related pattern. The Md-XTH2-encoded protein was heterologously expressed in Saccharomyces cerevisiae and showed both transglycosylase and hydrolase activities. Expression analyses conducted in flowers, peduncles, young and expanded leaves, and petioles of senescent leaves revealed that none of the cloned cDNAs is fruit specific.
AB - Fruit softening is accompanied by modifications of the cell wall pectic and hemicellulosic fractions, as the result of the combined action of several cell wall-modifying enzymes. The objective of this work was to clone specific cDNAs that encode isoforms of cell wall-modifying enzymes, which are expressed during the final stages of apple softening, and to establish a temporal sequence of their accumulation. A cDNA library enriched with mRNA isolated from over-ripe fruit was constructed and screened. A pectin methylesterase (MdPME1), a pectate lyase (MdPL1), an α-l-arabinofuranosidase (MdAF1) an endo-1,4-β-glucanase (MdEG1), two xyloglucan endotransglucosylase/hydrolases (Md-XTH1 and Md-XTH2), and an alpha-expansin (MdEXPA3) specific cDNAs were identified by homology-based cloning, and their mRNA accumulation was examined during fruit growth and ripening. The expression of an apple β-galactosidase (β-Gal; pABG1) and a polygalacturonase (PG; pGDPG-1) mRNA previously reported was also investigated using the same biological material. Transcripts of all enzymes, except MdPME1, could be unambiguously detected by semi-quantitative RT-PCR in fruit during ripening. However, transcripts of MdEG1 were more abundant at fruit set and MdPL1 exhibited higher expression before commercial maturity. The strongest RT-PCR signals in over-ripe fruit were observed for PG, β-Gal and Md-XTH1 clones. Two XTHs were detected in over-ripe fruit. While Md-XTH1 acts constitutively during fruit development, Md-XTH2 showed a ripening-related pattern. The Md-XTH2-encoded protein was heterologously expressed in Saccharomyces cerevisiae and showed both transglycosylase and hydrolase activities. Expression analyses conducted in flowers, peduncles, young and expanded leaves, and petioles of senescent leaves revealed that none of the cloned cDNAs is fruit specific.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2007.09.022
DO - 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2007.09.022
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:38949143251
SN - 0925-5214
VL - 48
SP - 37
EP - 51
JO - Postharvest Biology and Technology
JF - Postharvest Biology and Technology
IS - 1
ER -