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. 1986 Feb;80(2):483–486. doi: 10.1104/pp.80.2.483

Microsomal Flavonoid 3′-Monooxygenase from Maize Seedlings 1

Russell L Larson 1,2,3, James B Bussard 1,2,3
PMCID: PMC1075140  PMID: 16664648

Abstract

Identification of flavonoid 3′-monooxygenase establishes another reaction in the biosynthesis of flavonoid compounds in maize (Zea mays L.). The flavonoid 3′-hydroxylase was obtained as a microsomal enzyme preparation by buffer extraction of 5 day old maize seedlings and ultracentrifugation. Seedlings were exposed to light 24 hours prior to enzyme extraction. The extraction buffer required the addition of sucrose or glycerin and dithiothreitol to obtain an active hydroxylase that retained its activity on storage at −70°C. Enzymic activity required O2 and NADPH, was optimum at pH 8.5 and 30°C, and could be inhibited 79% by carbon monoxide. Carbon monoxide inhibition could be reduced to 21% by irradiation of the samples with 450 nanometer light during incubation. Kaempferol, a flavonol; naringenin, a flavanone; and apigenin, a flavone, all served as substrates for the hydroxylase. Treatment of the microsomal enzyme preparation, previously reduced with sodium dithionite, with carbon monoxide gave a 455 nanometer absorption peak which disappeared on oxidation of the preparation with the formation of a 420 nanometer peak. These results suggest a cytochrome P-450 type monooxygenase enzyme. The concentration of cytochrome P-450 was 0.21 nanomoles per milligram protein. Identification of the monooxygenase provides further biochemical information about a biosynthetic sequence for which the genetics have been studied intensely.

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