Abstract
Two different forms of acid invertase (EC 3.2.1.26) were extracted from expanding leaves of the stinging nettle (Urtica dioica L.). One form was soluble and could be localized within the cytosol, whereas the other was ionically bound to the cell-wall and could not be detected in protoplasts. Both forms were purified, the latter to homogeneity. Western blotting with antibodies against the pure enzyme from cell walls was positive with the cell-wall enzyme but negative with the soluble form of acid invertase. Both forms are glycoproteins with identical molecular weights of 58 kDa. The Km values for sucrose (raffinose) are 5 mM (4.8 mM) for the soluble and 1.2 mM (3.6 mM) for the cell-wall-bound enzyme. The pH optimum of the latter is slightly more acidic (4.5) than that of the soluble invertase (5.5). Both forms could easily be distinguished by their isoelectric points which were determined at pH 4.6 for the soluble and pH 9.3 for the wall-bound enzyme. When extraction and purification were carried out in the absence of protease inhibitors, both acid invertases showed microheterogeneity (‘multiple forms’). However, with benzamidine and phenylmethylsulfonylfluoride as protease inhibitors each invertase produced only one protein band upon isoelectric focusing and gel electrophoresis, respectively.
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Abbreviations
- B:
-
benzamidine
- Con A:
-
concanavalin A
- FPLC:
-
fast protein liquid chromatography
- IEF:
-
isoelectric focusing
- kDa:
-
kilodalton
- pI:
-
isoelectric point
- PAGE:
-
polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis
- PMSF:
-
phenylmethylsulfonylfluoride
- SDS:
-
sodium dodecyl sulfate
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This work was supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft within the scope of the Sonderforschungsbereich 137.
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Fahrendorf, T., Beck, E. Cytosolic and cell-wall-bound acid invertases from leaves of Urtica dioica L.: a comparison. Planta 180, 237–244 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00194002
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