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Structure and expression of 12-oxophytodienoate reductase (subgroup I) genes in pea, and characterization of the oxidoreductase activities of their recombinant products

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Recently, we observed that expression of a pea gene (S64) encoding an oxophytodienoic acid reductase (OPR) was induced by a suppressor of pea defense responses, secreted by the pea pathogen Mycosphaerella pinodes. Because it is known that OPRs are usually encoded by families of homologous genes, we screened for genomic and cDNA clones encoding members of this putative OPR family in pea. We isolated five members of the OPR gene family from a pea genomic DNA library, and amplified six cDNA clones, including S64, by RT-PCR (reverse transcriptase-PCR). Sequencing analysis revealed that S64 corresponds to PsOPR2, and the amino acid sequences of the predicted products of the six OPR-like genes shared more than 80% identity with each other. Based on their sequence similarity, all these OPR-like genes code for OPRs of subgroup I, i.e., enzymes which are not required for jasmonic acid biosynthesis. However, the genes varied in their exon/intron organization and in their promoter sequences. To investigate the expression of each individual OPR-like gene, RT-PCR was performed using gene-specific primers. The results indicated that the OPR-like gene most strongly induced by the inoculation of pea plants with a compatible pathogen and by treatment with the suppressor from M. pinodes was PsOPR2. Furthermore, the ability of the six recombinant OPR-like proteins to reduce a model substrate, 2-cyclohexen-1-one (2-CyHE), was investigated. The results indicated that PsOPR1, 4 and 6 display robust activity, and PsOPR2 has a most remarkable ability to reduce 2-CyHE, whereas PsOPR3 has little and PsOPR5 does not reduce this compound. Thus, the six OPR-like proteins can be classified into four types. Interestingly, the gene structures, expression profiles, and enzymatic activities used to classify each member of the pea OPR-like gene family are clearly correlated, indicating that each member of this OPR-like family has a distinct function.

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We thank Dr. W. Barz (Münster University, Germany) for the kind gift of A. rabiei 21. This work was supported in part by Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Priority Areas (A) (Nos. 12052215, 12052219), Scientific Research (S) (No. 15108001) and Exploratory Research (No.14656019) from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan

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  1. Laboratory of Plant Pathology and Genetic Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, Okayama University, Tsushima-naka 1-1-1, 700-8530, Okayama, Japan

    H. Matsui, G. Nakamura, Y. Ishiga, Y. Inagaki, K. Toyoda, T. Shiraishi & Y. Ichinose

  2. School of Agriculture, Ibaraki University, Chuo 3-21-1, Ami-machi, 300-0393, Inashiki-gun, Ibaraki, Japan

    H. Toshima

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Matsui, H., Nakamura, G., Ishiga, Y. et al. Structure and expression of 12-oxophytodienoate reductase (subgroup I) genes in pea, and characterization of the oxidoreductase activities of their recombinant products. Mol Genet Genomics 271, 1–10 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00438-003-0948-6

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