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The enzyme, desacetoxyvindoline 4-hydroxylase, was purified to apparent homogeneity from Catharanthus roseus by ammonium sulfate precipitation and successive chromatography on Sephadex G-100, green 19-agarose, hydroxylapatite, α-kg sepharose and Mono Q. The 4-hydroxylase was characterized by its strict specificity for position 4 of desacetoxyvindoline suggesting it to catalyze the second to last step in vindoline biosynthesis. The molecular mass of the native and denatured 4-hydroxylase was 45 kDa and 44.7 kDa, respectively, suggesting that the native enzyme is a monomer. Two-dimensional isoelectric focusing under denaturing conditions resolved the purified 4-hydroxylase into three charge isoforms of pIs 4.6, 4.7 and 4.8. The purified 4-hydroxylase exhibited no requirement for divalent cations, but inactive enzyme was reactivated in a time-dependent manner by incubation with ferrous ions. The enzyme was not inhibited by EDTA or SH-group reagents at concentrations up to 10 mM. The mechanism of action of desacetoxyvindoline 4-hydroxylase was investigated. The results of substrate interaction kinetics and product inhibition studies suggest an Ordered Ter Ter mechanism where α-kg is the first substrate to bind followed by the binding of O2 and desacetoxyvindoline. Their K m values for α-kg, O2 and desacetoxyvindoline are 45 µM, 45 µM and 0.03 µM, respectively. The first product to be released was deacetylvindoline followed by CO2 and succinate, respectively.
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Abbreviations
- α-kg:
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α-ketoglutarate or 2-oxoglutarate
- NMT:
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N-methyltransferase
- SAM:
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S-adenosyl-L-methionine
- TLC:
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thin layer chromatography
- VBL:
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vinblastine
- VCR:
-
vincristine
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De Carolis, E., De Luca, V. (1994). A novel 2-oxoglutarate-dependent dioxygenase involved in vindoline biosynthesis: characterization, purification and kinetic properties. In: Schripsema, J., Verpoorte, R. (eds) Primary and Secondary Metabolism of Plants and Cell Cultures III. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0237-7_24
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