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. 1998 Jul 15;333(Pt 2):275–283. doi: 10.1042/bj3330275

Insight into naphthoquinone metabolism: beta-glucosidase-catalysed hydrolysis of hydrojuglone beta-D-glucopyranoside.

L Duroux 1, F M Delmotte 1, J M Lancelin 1, G Kéravis 1, C Jay-Allemand 1
PMCID: PMC1219583  PMID: 9657966

Abstract

In plants, the naphthoquinone juglone is known to be involved in pathogenic defence mechanisms, but it may also take part in plant developmental processes. This naphthoquinone can accumulate in a glycosylated form, namely hydrojuglone beta-d-glucopyranoside. The structural configuration of this compound was shown to be 1, 5-dihydroxy-4-naphthalenyl-beta-d-glucopyranoside by means of MS, NMR and nuclear Overhauser effect spectroscopy analyses. A hydrojuglone beta-d-glucopyranoside beta-glucosidase (EC 3.2.1.21) was purified to homogeneity from Juglans regia L. The enzyme catalysed the release of juglone from hydrojuglone beta-d-glucopyranoside with high specificity and showed Michaelis-Menten kinetics with Km=0.62 mM and Vmax=14.5 microkat/mg of protein. This enzyme also showed a higher activity towards beta-d-fucosyl than beta-d-glucosyl bonds. The purified enzyme had an apparent Mr of 64000 by SDS/PAGE and a pI 8.9 by isoelectrofocusing PAGE. The purified enzyme was inhibited by several bivalent cations, such as Cu2+, Fe2+, Hg2+, and by d-glucono-1,5-lactone, showing non-competitive inhibition of the mixed type.

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