A study was conducted to explore the defense response in woody plants after insect herbivory. The activities of two enzymes, lipoxygenase （LOX）, a key enzyme ofjasmonate （JA） pathway, and phenylalanine ammonia lya...A study was conducted to explore the defense response in woody plants after insect herbivory. The activities of two enzymes, lipoxygenase （LOX）, a key enzyme ofjasmonate （JA） pathway, and phenylalanine ammonia lyase （PAL）, a rate-limiting enzyme of phenyl- propanoid pathway, were measured in the leaves of one-year-old poplar （Populus simonii × P. pyramidalis ＇Opera 8277＇） cuttings after Clostera anachoreta larvae attack. The results show that the increased activities of LOX and PAL were found not only in the leaves wounded by C. anachoreta larvae but also in their tipper systemic leaves, indicating that JA and phenylpropanoid pathways were activated, and the defense response was stimulated systemically. The increase in LOX and PAL activities in neighboring intact poplar cuttings sug- gested that there exists the interplant communication between poplar plants mediated by the herbivore-induced volatiles. Methyl jasmonate （MeJA） was also proved to be an airborne signal to induce defense response in P simonii × P pyramidalis ＇Opera 8277＇ cuttings.展开更多
In this study, the activities of phenylalanine ammonia lyase （PAL）, polyphenoloxidase （PPO）, and peroxidase （POD） were assayed in cucumber seedlings （Cucumis sativus L.） at 0, 6, 12, 24, 48, 72, and 96 h after...In this study, the activities of phenylalanine ammonia lyase （PAL）, polyphenoloxidase （PPO）, and peroxidase （POD） were assayed in cucumber seedlings （Cucumis sativus L.） at 0, 6, 12, 24, 48, 72, and 96 h after they were infested by Bemisia tabaci （Gennadius） using spectrophotometric analysis. The results indicated that herbivore infestation increased the activities of PAL, PPO, and POD. The enzymes showed different activity levels at different times after the infestation. The PAL activity reached the first high peak by 23.1% at 6 h and the highest peak by 29.1% at 48 h compared to the control. The PPO activity reached the first high peak by 22.7% at 6 h and the highest peak by 52.6% at 24 h, and the POD activity reached the highest peak by 213.2% at 6 h and another higher peak value by 135.2% at 96 h. The results suggest that the enhanced activities of the enzymes may contribute to bioprotection of cucumber plants against B. tabaci infestation.展开更多
Phenylalanine ammonia-lyase （PAL）, the first enzyme of phenylpropanoid pathway, is always encoded by multigene families in plants. In this study, using genome-wide searches, 13 PAL genes in cucumber （CsPAL1-13） an...Phenylalanine ammonia-lyase （PAL）, the first enzyme of phenylpropanoid pathway, is always encoded by multigene families in plants. In this study, using genome-wide searches, 13 PAL genes in cucumber （CsPAL1-13） and 13 PALs in melon （Cm- PALl-13） were identified. In the corresponding genomes, ten of these PAL genes were located in tandem in two clusters, while the others were widely dispersed in different chromosomes as a single copy. The protein sequences of CsPALs and CmPALs shared an overall high identity to each other. In our previous report, 12 PAL genes were identified in watermelon （CIPAL1-12）. Thereby, a total of 38 cucurbit PAL members were included. Here, a comprehensive comparison of PAL gene families was performed among three cucurbit plants. The phylogenetic and syntenic analyses placed the cucurbit PALs as 11 CsPAL-CmPAL-CIPAL triples, of which ten triples were clustered into the dicot group, and the remaining one, CsPAL1-CmPAL8-CIPAL2, was grouped with gymnosperm PALs and might serve as an ancestor of cucurbit PALs. By comparing the syntenic relationships and gene structure of these PAL genes, the expansion of cucurbit PAL families might arise from a series of segmental and tandem duplications and intron insertion events. Furthermore, the expression profiling in different tissues suggested that different cucurbit PALs displayed divergent but overlapping expression profiles, and the CsPAL-CmPAL-CIPAL orthologs showed correlative expression patterns among three cucurbit plants. Taken together, this study provided an extensive description on the evolution and expression of cucurbit PAL gene families and might facilitate the further studies for elucidating the functions of PALs in cucurbit plants.展开更多
Information on population genetic structure and crop genetic diversity is important for genetically improving crop species and conserving threatened species. The PAL gene sequence is part of a multigene family that ca...Information on population genetic structure and crop genetic diversity is important for genetically improving crop species and conserving threatened species. The PAL gene sequence is part of a multigene family that can be utilized to design DNA marker systems for genetic diversity and population structure investigation. In the current study, genetic diversity and population structure of 100 accessions of wild Pistacia species were investigated with 78 PAL markers. A protocol for using PAL sequences as DNA markers was developed. A total of 313 PAL loci were recognized, showing 100% polymorphism for PAL markers. The PAL markers produced relatively more observed and effective alleles in Pistacia falcata and Pistacia atlantica, with a higher Shannon＇s information index and expected heterozygosity in P. atlantica, Pistacia vera and Pistacia mutica. Pairwise assessment of Nei＇s genetic distance and genetic identity between populations revealed a close association between geographically iso- lated populations of Pistacia khinjuk and Pistacia chinensis. The accessions of wild Pistacia species had more genetic relationship among studied groups of species. Analysis of molecular variance indicated 19% among- population variation and 81% within-population variation for the PAL gene based DNA marker. Population structure analysis based on PAL revealed four groups with high genetic admixture among populations. The results establish PAL markers as a functional DNA marker system and provide important genetic information about accessions from wild populations of Pistacia species.展开更多
Phenylketonuria(PKU),a disease resulting in the disability to degrade phenylalanine(Phe)is an inborn error with a 1 in 10,000 morbidity rate on average around the world which leads to neurotoxicity.As an potential alt...Phenylketonuria(PKU),a disease resulting in the disability to degrade phenylalanine(Phe)is an inborn error with a 1 in 10,000 morbidity rate on average around the world which leads to neurotoxicity.As an potential alternative to a protein-restricted diet,oral intake of engineered probiotics degrading Phe inside the body is a promising treatment,currently at clinical stage II(Isabella,et al.,2018).However,limited transmembrane transport of Phe is a bottleneck to further improvement of the probiotic’s activity.Here,we achieved simultaneous degradation of Phe both intracellularly and extracellularly by expressing genes encoding the Phe-metabolizing enzyme phenylalanine ammonia lyase(PAL)as an intracellularly free and a cell surface-immobilized enzyme in Escherichia coli Nissle 1917(EcN)which overcomes the transportation problem.The metabolic engineering strategy was also combined with strengthening of Phe transportation,transportation of PAL-catalyzed trans-cinnamic acid and fixation of released ammonia.Administration of our final synthetic strain TYS8500 with PAL both displayed on the cell surface and expressed inside the cell to the Pah^(F263S)PKU mouse model reduced blood Phe concentration by 44.4%compared to the control Ec N,independent of dietary protein intake.TYS8500 shows great potential in future applications for PKU therapy.展开更多
Abstract: Cis-cinnamic acid (CA) is a naturally occurring compound, presumably converted from trans-CA in higher plants. To investigate the effect of cis-CA on the activity of Arabidopsis phenylalanine ammonia lyase (...Abstract: Cis-cinnamic acid (CA) is a naturally occurring compound, presumably converted from trans-CA in higher plants. To investigate the effect of cis-CA on the activity of Arabidopsis phenylalanine ammonia lyase (PAL), AtPAL1, AtPAL2, and AtPAL4 genes were isolated using reverse transcription poly-merase chain reaction. These genes were fused to a glutathione S-transferase gene and overexpressed in a heterologous prokaryotic system of Escherichia coli. The purified PAL1, PAL2 and PAL4 enzymes were characterized biochemically to determine the effects of cis-CA on the kinetic parameter Km. The results showed that cis-CA is a competitive inhibitor for PAL1, but not PAL2 and PAL4, whereas trans-CA acts as a competitive inhibitor for all three PAL isomers, suggesting that cis- and trans-CA have different effects on the catalytic activity of PAL.展开更多
It is well known that salinity has badly effect on plant growth all over the world and greatly reduces crop production in the affected regions.Selenium can function as an antioxidant in plants and also in low concentr...It is well known that salinity has badly effect on plant growth all over the world and greatly reduces crop production in the affected regions.Selenium can function as an antioxidant in plants and also in low concentration can promotes plant growth and produce tolerance against stress.This study was conducted in order to determine the effects of selenium(Se)application(0,4,8 and 16 mg L^-1)on phenylalanine ammonia-lyase(PAL)activity,phenol leakage and total phenolic content of garlic under salt stress(0,30,60 and 90 mM NaCl).The highest PAL activity was recorded at 60 and 90 mM NaCl salinity with application of 8mg Se L^-1.Also,when Se was added to the salt-stress garlic,the level of phenol leakage was decreased significantly at two levels of NaCl concentration(by 52%and 40%at 30 mM NaCl with application of 4 and 16 mg Se L^-1,and by 50%at 90 mM NaCl with application of 4mg Se L^-1,respectively)in comparison to the salt-stressed garlic without Se.The results showed that Se can increase the salt tolerance of garlic by protecting the cell membrane against lipid peroxidation.The highest concentration of phenols was recorded at 90 mM NaCl salinity level with application of 4 and 8 mg Se L^-1,that respectively produced 59%and 51%higher phenols than control treatment without Se.So,application of optimal Se level can increase the potential of garlic in a medium with relatively high level of NaCl.展开更多
Phenolic compounds, metabolites of the phenylpropanoid pathway, play an important role in the growth and environmental adaptation of many plants. Phenylalanine ammonia-lyase(PAL) is the first key enzyme of the phenylp...Phenolic compounds, metabolites of the phenylpropanoid pathway, play an important role in the growth and environmental adaptation of many plants. Phenylalanine ammonia-lyase(PAL) is the first key enzyme of the phenylpropanoid pathway. The present study was designed to investigate whether there is a multi-gene family in I. Indigotic and, if so, to characterize their properties. We conducted a comprehensive survey on the transcription profiling database by using tBLASTn analysis. Several bioinformatics methods were employed to perform the prediction of composition and physicochemical characters. The expression levels of IiPAL genes in various tissues of I. indigotica with stress treatment were examined by quantitative real-time PCR. Protoplast transient transformation was used to observe the locations of IiPALs. IiPALs were functionally characterized by expression with pET-32a vector in Escherichia colis strain BL21(DE3). Integration of transcripts and metabolite accumulations was used to reveal the relation between IiPALs and target compounds. An new gene(IiPAL2) was identified and both IiPALs had the conserved enzymatic active site Ala-Ser-Gly and were classified as members of dicotyledon. IiPAL1 and IiPAL2 were expressed in roots, stems, leaves, and flowers, with the highest expression levels of IiPAL1 and IiPAL2 being observed in stems and roots, respectively. The two genes responded to the exogenous elicitor in different manners. Subcellular localization experiment showed that both IiPALs were localized in the cytosol. The recombinant proteins were shown to catalyze the conversion of L-Phe to trans-cinnamic acid. Correlation analysis indicated that Ii PAL1 was more close to the biosynthesis of secondary metabolites than IiPAL2. In conclusion, the present study provides a basis for the elucidation of the role of Ii PALs genes in the biosynthesis of phenolic compounds, which will help further metabolic engineering to improve the accumulation of bioactive components in I.indigotica.展开更多
A fragment of PAL (phenylalanine ammonia_lyase) gene was amplified by RT_PCR from poplar (Populus×euramericana cv. “74/76”) developing second xylem mRNA. It was cloned into pGEM-T Easy vector and identified by ...A fragment of PAL (phenylalanine ammonia_lyase) gene was amplified by RT_PCR from poplar (Populus×euramericana cv. “74/76”) developing second xylem mRNA. It was cloned into pGEM-T Easy vector and identified by restriction enzyme, PCR amplification and sequencing. The sequence of the amplified DNA fragment was 565 base pairs. Alignment with the P. kitakamiensis PAL cDNA sequence retrieved from EMBL nucleotide acid database (accession number D30656) showed that the first 400 base pairs in both sequences were almost identical. Therefore the fragment was part of PAL gene. And both of sense and anti-sense expressional vectors were constructed.展开更多
基金supported by the Pro-gramme for Changjiang Scholars and the Innovative Research Team in Universities of China (PCSIRT0607)by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (30871727+2 种基金 30872037)the National Key Project of Scientific and Technical Supporting Programmes Funded by the Ministry of Science & Technology of China (2006BAD01A15 2006BAD24B04)
文摘A study was conducted to explore the defense response in woody plants after insect herbivory. The activities of two enzymes, lipoxygenase （LOX）, a key enzyme ofjasmonate （JA） pathway, and phenylalanine ammonia lyase （PAL）, a rate-limiting enzyme of phenyl- propanoid pathway, were measured in the leaves of one-year-old poplar （Populus simonii × P. pyramidalis ＇Opera 8277＇） cuttings after Clostera anachoreta larvae attack. The results show that the increased activities of LOX and PAL were found not only in the leaves wounded by C. anachoreta larvae but also in their tipper systemic leaves, indicating that JA and phenylpropanoid pathways were activated, and the defense response was stimulated systemically. The increase in LOX and PAL activities in neighboring intact poplar cuttings sug- gested that there exists the interplant communication between poplar plants mediated by the herbivore-induced volatiles. Methyl jasmonate （MeJA） was also proved to be an airborne signal to induce defense response in P simonii × P pyramidalis ＇Opera 8277＇ cuttings.
文摘In this study, the activities of phenylalanine ammonia lyase （PAL）, polyphenoloxidase （PPO）, and peroxidase （POD） were assayed in cucumber seedlings （Cucumis sativus L.） at 0, 6, 12, 24, 48, 72, and 96 h after they were infested by Bemisia tabaci （Gennadius） using spectrophotometric analysis. The results indicated that herbivore infestation increased the activities of PAL, PPO, and POD. The enzymes showed different activity levels at different times after the infestation. The PAL activity reached the first high peak by 23.1% at 6 h and the highest peak by 29.1% at 48 h compared to the control. The PPO activity reached the first high peak by 22.7% at 6 h and the highest peak by 52.6% at 24 h, and the POD activity reached the highest peak by 213.2% at 6 h and another higher peak value by 135.2% at 96 h. The results suggest that the enhanced activities of the enzymes may contribute to bioprotection of cucumber plants against B. tabaci infestation.
基金supported by the Young Scientists Fund of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31101548)the Special Fund for Agro-Scientific Research in the Public Interest, China (201303014)+1 种基金funded by the China Agriculture Research System (CARS-25)the Science and Technology Innovation Program of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS-ASTIP-IVFCAAS)
文摘Phenylalanine ammonia-lyase （PAL）, the first enzyme of phenylpropanoid pathway, is always encoded by multigene families in plants. In this study, using genome-wide searches, 13 PAL genes in cucumber （CsPAL1-13） and 13 PALs in melon （Cm- PALl-13） were identified. In the corresponding genomes, ten of these PAL genes were located in tandem in two clusters, while the others were widely dispersed in different chromosomes as a single copy. The protein sequences of CsPALs and CmPALs shared an overall high identity to each other. In our previous report, 12 PAL genes were identified in watermelon （CIPAL1-12）. Thereby, a total of 38 cucurbit PAL members were included. Here, a comprehensive comparison of PAL gene families was performed among three cucurbit plants. The phylogenetic and syntenic analyses placed the cucurbit PALs as 11 CsPAL-CmPAL-CIPAL triples, of which ten triples were clustered into the dicot group, and the remaining one, CsPAL1-CmPAL8-CIPAL2, was grouped with gymnosperm PALs and might serve as an ancestor of cucurbit PALs. By comparing the syntenic relationships and gene structure of these PAL genes, the expansion of cucurbit PAL families might arise from a series of segmental and tandem duplications and intron insertion events. Furthermore, the expression profiling in different tissues suggested that different cucurbit PALs displayed divergent but overlapping expression profiles, and the CsPAL-CmPAL-CIPAL orthologs showed correlative expression patterns among three cucurbit plants. Taken together, this study provided an extensive description on the evolution and expression of cucurbit PAL gene families and might facilitate the further studies for elucidating the functions of PALs in cucurbit plants.
基金supported by Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz Fund(SHCUF)under Project No.SHCH_AGF_Grant 1394
文摘Information on population genetic structure and crop genetic diversity is important for genetically improving crop species and conserving threatened species. The PAL gene sequence is part of a multigene family that can be utilized to design DNA marker systems for genetic diversity and population structure investigation. In the current study, genetic diversity and population structure of 100 accessions of wild Pistacia species were investigated with 78 PAL markers. A protocol for using PAL sequences as DNA markers was developed. A total of 313 PAL loci were recognized, showing 100% polymorphism for PAL markers. The PAL markers produced relatively more observed and effective alleles in Pistacia falcata and Pistacia atlantica, with a higher Shannon＇s information index and expected heterozygosity in P. atlantica, Pistacia vera and Pistacia mutica. Pairwise assessment of Nei＇s genetic distance and genetic identity between populations revealed a close association between geographically iso- lated populations of Pistacia khinjuk and Pistacia chinensis. The accessions of wild Pistacia species had more genetic relationship among studied groups of species. Analysis of molecular variance indicated 19% among- population variation and 81% within-population variation for the PAL gene based DNA marker. Population structure analysis based on PAL revealed four groups with high genetic admixture among populations. The results establish PAL markers as a functional DNA marker system and provide important genetic information about accessions from wild populations of Pistacia species.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(21825804,31921006)the National Science&Technology Major Project“Key New Drug Creation and Manufacturing Program”,China(2018ZX09711002-019)the Shanghai Municipal Science and Technology Major Project and the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2018YFA0800603)。
文摘Phenylketonuria(PKU),a disease resulting in the disability to degrade phenylalanine(Phe)is an inborn error with a 1 in 10,000 morbidity rate on average around the world which leads to neurotoxicity.As an potential alternative to a protein-restricted diet,oral intake of engineered probiotics degrading Phe inside the body is a promising treatment,currently at clinical stage II(Isabella,et al.,2018).However,limited transmembrane transport of Phe is a bottleneck to further improvement of the probiotic’s activity.Here,we achieved simultaneous degradation of Phe both intracellularly and extracellularly by expressing genes encoding the Phe-metabolizing enzyme phenylalanine ammonia lyase(PAL)as an intracellularly free and a cell surface-immobilized enzyme in Escherichia coli Nissle 1917(EcN)which overcomes the transportation problem.The metabolic engineering strategy was also combined with strengthening of Phe transportation,transportation of PAL-catalyzed trans-cinnamic acid and fixation of released ammonia.Administration of our final synthetic strain TYS8500 with PAL both displayed on the cell surface and expressed inside the cell to the Pah^(F263S)PKU mouse model reduced blood Phe concentration by 44.4%compared to the control Ec N,independent of dietary protein intake.TYS8500 shows great potential in future applications for PKU therapy.
文摘Abstract: Cis-cinnamic acid (CA) is a naturally occurring compound, presumably converted from trans-CA in higher plants. To investigate the effect of cis-CA on the activity of Arabidopsis phenylalanine ammonia lyase (PAL), AtPAL1, AtPAL2, and AtPAL4 genes were isolated using reverse transcription poly-merase chain reaction. These genes were fused to a glutathione S-transferase gene and overexpressed in a heterologous prokaryotic system of Escherichia coli. The purified PAL1, PAL2 and PAL4 enzymes were characterized biochemically to determine the effects of cis-CA on the kinetic parameter Km. The results showed that cis-CA is a competitive inhibitor for PAL1, but not PAL2 and PAL4, whereas trans-CA acts as a competitive inhibitor for all three PAL isomers, suggesting that cis- and trans-CA have different effects on the catalytic activity of PAL.
文摘It is well known that salinity has badly effect on plant growth all over the world and greatly reduces crop production in the affected regions.Selenium can function as an antioxidant in plants and also in low concentration can promotes plant growth and produce tolerance against stress.This study was conducted in order to determine the effects of selenium(Se)application(0,4,8 and 16 mg L^-1)on phenylalanine ammonia-lyase(PAL)activity,phenol leakage and total phenolic content of garlic under salt stress(0,30,60 and 90 mM NaCl).The highest PAL activity was recorded at 60 and 90 mM NaCl salinity with application of 8mg Se L^-1.Also,when Se was added to the salt-stress garlic,the level of phenol leakage was decreased significantly at two levels of NaCl concentration(by 52%and 40%at 30 mM NaCl with application of 4 and 16 mg Se L^-1,and by 50%at 90 mM NaCl with application of 4mg Se L^-1,respectively)in comparison to the salt-stressed garlic without Se.The results showed that Se can increase the salt tolerance of garlic by protecting the cell membrane against lipid peroxidation.The highest concentration of phenols was recorded at 90 mM NaCl salinity level with application of 4 and 8 mg Se L^-1,that respectively produced 59%and 51%higher phenols than control treatment without Se.So,application of optimal Se level can increase the potential of garlic in a medium with relatively high level of NaCl.
基金supported by the Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.31100221 and 81325024)
文摘Phenolic compounds, metabolites of the phenylpropanoid pathway, play an important role in the growth and environmental adaptation of many plants. Phenylalanine ammonia-lyase(PAL) is the first key enzyme of the phenylpropanoid pathway. The present study was designed to investigate whether there is a multi-gene family in I. Indigotic and, if so, to characterize their properties. We conducted a comprehensive survey on the transcription profiling database by using tBLASTn analysis. Several bioinformatics methods were employed to perform the prediction of composition and physicochemical characters. The expression levels of IiPAL genes in various tissues of I. indigotica with stress treatment were examined by quantitative real-time PCR. Protoplast transient transformation was used to observe the locations of IiPALs. IiPALs were functionally characterized by expression with pET-32a vector in Escherichia colis strain BL21(DE3). Integration of transcripts and metabolite accumulations was used to reveal the relation between IiPALs and target compounds. An new gene(IiPAL2) was identified and both IiPALs had the conserved enzymatic active site Ala-Ser-Gly and were classified as members of dicotyledon. IiPAL1 and IiPAL2 were expressed in roots, stems, leaves, and flowers, with the highest expression levels of IiPAL1 and IiPAL2 being observed in stems and roots, respectively. The two genes responded to the exogenous elicitor in different manners. Subcellular localization experiment showed that both IiPALs were localized in the cytosol. The recombinant proteins were shown to catalyze the conversion of L-Phe to trans-cinnamic acid. Correlation analysis indicated that Ii PAL1 was more close to the biosynthesis of secondary metabolites than IiPAL2. In conclusion, the present study provides a basis for the elucidation of the role of Ii PALs genes in the biosynthesis of phenolic compounds, which will help further metabolic engineering to improve the accumulation of bioactive components in I.indigotica.
文摘A fragment of PAL (phenylalanine ammonia_lyase) gene was amplified by RT_PCR from poplar (Populus×euramericana cv. “74/76”) developing second xylem mRNA. It was cloned into pGEM-T Easy vector and identified by restriction enzyme, PCR amplification and sequencing. The sequence of the amplified DNA fragment was 565 base pairs. Alignment with the P. kitakamiensis PAL cDNA sequence retrieved from EMBL nucleotide acid database (accession number D30656) showed that the first 400 base pairs in both sequences were almost identical. Therefore the fragment was part of PAL gene. And both of sense and anti-sense expressional vectors were constructed.
