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. 1990 Apr 1;267(1):163–170. doi: 10.1042/bj2670163

Wound-induced phenylalanine ammonia-lyase in potato (Solanum tuberosum) tuber discs. Significance of glycosylation and immunolocalization of enzyme subunits.

N M Shaw 1, G P Bolwell 1, C Smith 1
PMCID: PMC1131259  PMID: 2183791

Abstract

1. Excised discs of potato (Solanum tuberosum) tuber were incubated with [3H]fucose and extracts were prepared and incubated with an antibody to phenylalanine ammonia-lyase. Analysis of the resulting immunoprecipitated proteins by SDS/PAGE showed [3H]mannose- and [3H]fucose-labelled bands with Mr values corresponding to those of phenylalanine ammonia-lyase subunits. 2. When potato discs were incubated with [3H]sugars in the presence of tunicamycin, an inhibitor of N-linked protein glycosylation, incorporation of radioactivity from [3H]mannose into the immunoprecipitated enzyme subunits was virtually eliminated, whereas that from [3H]fucose was only marginally inhibited. 3. Tunicamycin reduced the level of extractable phenylalanine ammonia-lyase activity induced in excised potato tuber discs. Kinetic analysis revealed that the Vmax value of the enzyme in crude extracts from tunicamycin-treated tissue was reduced, whereas the apparent Km values were unaffected. 4. Immunoprecipitation of the enzyme labelled in vivo with [35S]methionine showed that tunicamycin did not inhibit the synthesis of the enzyme protein per se, nor did it increase the degradation of the enzyme protein. 5. Immunoprecipitation of the enzyme labelled in vitro with [14C]nitromethane showed that tunicamycin did not affect the introduction of the dehydroalanine residue into the active site. 6. These results are consistent with the following hypothesis: tunicamycin inhibits the N-linked glycosylation of phenylalanine ammonia-lyase which, in turn, results in imperfect folding of the enzyme protein. The orientation of the active site is changed in such a way that the affinity of the enzyme for its substrate is unaffected, whereas the catalytic activity of the enzyme is reduced. 7. Both optical- and electron-microscopic immunolocalization studies with antibody to phenylalanine ammonia-lyase showed increased deposition of silver granules in cells in sections of potato discs in which induction of the enzyme was allowed to occur compared with cells from newly wounded tissue. The enzyme was located in the cytoplasm, and was possibly membrane-associated.

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