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Cloning of Lipoxygenase Genes from a Cyanobacterium, Nostoc punctiforme, and Its Expression in Eschelichia coli

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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.

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The authors thank Dr. Hiroshi Kato, Mie University, Japan, for providing us with the Nostoc punctiforme ATCC29133 strain and experimental advice on the bacterial culture. This work was partly supported by the JSPS-NRCT Scientific Cooperation Program under the Core University Program on Microbial Resources.

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  1. Department of Biological Chemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, and Applied Molecular Bioscience, Graduate School of Medicine, Yamaguchi University, Yoshida 1677-1, Yamaguchi, 753-8515, Japan

    Takao Koeduka, Tadahiko Kajiwara & Kenji Matsui

  2. Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA

    Takao Koeduka

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Koeduka, T., Kajiwara, T. & Matsui, K. Cloning of Lipoxygenase Genes from a Cyanobacterium, Nostoc punctiforme, and Its Expression in Eschelichia coli . Curr Microbiol 54, 315–319 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00284-006-0512-9

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