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Pulse-radiolysis studies on the interaction of one-electron reduced species with blue oxidases. Reduction of type-2-copper-depleted ascorbate oxidase.

ABSTRACT: The interaction of one-electron reduced metronidazole (ArNO2.-) with native and Type-2-copper-depleted ascorbate oxidase were studied in buffered aqueous solution at pH 6.0 and 7.4 by using the technique of pulse radiolysis. With ArNO2.-, reduction of Type 1 copper of the native enzyme and of the Type-2-copper-depleted ascorbate oxidase occurs via a bimolecular step and at the same rate. Whereas the native protein accepts, in the absence of O2, 6-7 reducing equivalents, Type-2-copper-depleted ascorbate oxidase accepts only 3 reducing equivalents with stoichiometric reduction of Type 1 copper. On reaction of O2.- with ascorbate oxidase under conditions of [O2.-] much greater than [ascorbate oxidase], removal of Type 2 copper results in reduction of all the Type 1 copper atoms, in contrast with reduction of the equivalent of only one Type 1 copper atom in the holoprotein. From observations at 610 nm, the rate of reduction of ascorbate oxidase by O2.- is not dependent on the presence of Type 2 copper. For the holoprotein, no significant optical-absorption changes were observed at 330 nm. It is proposed that electrons enter the protein via Type 1 copper in a rate-determining step followed by a fast intramolecular transfer of electrons within the protein. For the Type-2-copper-depleted protein, intramolecular transfer within the protein, however, is slow or does not occur. In the presence of O2, it is also suggested that re-oxidation of the partially reduced holoprotein occurs at steady state, as inferred from the observations at 330 nm and 610 nm. The role of Type 2 copper in ascorbate oxidase is discussed in terms of its involvement in redistribution of electrons within the protein or structural considerations.

SUBMITTER: O'Neill P

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1144144 | biostudies-other | 1984 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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Project description:Ascorbate (vitamin C) is an important antioxidant in leaves with multiple functions in photosynthesis and its levels are tightly regulated by light quality. The majority of work to date has focussed on regulation of ascorbate levels via biosynthesis. However, the pathway of ascorbate degradation, which is localised in the apoplast may additionally play a significant role. The degradative pathway begins with ascorbate oxidation by the enzyme ascorbate oxidase (AO) and hence we have examined the impact of manipulation of ascorbate oxidase activity on the content of ascorbate and the acclimation of photosynthesis to changing light levels. Leaf ascorbate content was highly light dependent in Nicotiana tobaccum being double in high compared with low light conditions. In contrast ascorbate oxidase activity was not altered by changing light levels. Transgenic tobacco lines with reduced or enhanced AO activity exhibited no morphological phenotype and photosynthesis under high light was similarly impaired irrespective of the measured AO activity. However further investigation between AO activity and leaf acclimation to changing light intensity revealed a suite of metabolic and transcriptome changes indicating a role for the apoplastic ascorbate pool in chloroplast to nucleus communication. In all genotypes, transcripts associated with ascorbate synthesis and recycling were less abundant following transition from high to low light. However transcripts associated with glutathione recycling, light harvesting, reaction centre function and the Calvin cycle were all increased in abundance. Following the transition from high to low light increases in leaf threonate, an ascorbate degradation product, were proportional to AO activity. A number of chloroplast synthesised amino acids were significantly increased both during high light and following transfer back to LL for 12 h. Similarly, several primary carbohydrates and TCA intermediates were significantly enhanced following high light treatment. In addition to light effects, AO activity had a significant impact on ï¢-alanine, aspartate and threonine. Intriguingly, a large number of fatty acids were reduced in antisense AO and wild-type plants immediately after high light stress however the content of these compounds were significantly increased in overexpressing sense lines. We conclude that AO mediated turnover plays an important role in adjusting cellular ascorbate content to photosynthetic need in a fluctuating light environment and that light mediated signals rapidly adjust that the apoplastic ascorbate pool.

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Pulse-radiolysis studies on the interaction of one-electron reduced species with blue oxidases. Reduction of type-2-copper-depleted ascorbate oxidase.

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