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Occurrence and Properties of Proteases in Plant Latices Review 699 Occurrence and Properties of Proteases in Plant Latices Author André Domsalla, Matthias F. Melzig Affiliation Institute of Pharmacy, Free University Berlin, Berlin, Germany Key words Abstract Abbreviations ●" protease ! ! ●" plant Proteases appear to play key roles in the regula- Ac-Phe-Arg-pNA: N-acetyl-phenylalanine-argi- ●" latex tion of biological processes in plants, such as the nine-p-nitroanilide ●" cysteine endopeptidase recognition of pathogens and pests and the in- APMSF: p-amidinomethanesulfonyl ●" serine endopeptidase ●" aspartatic endopeptidases duction of effective defence responses. On the fluoride other side these enzymes are able to activate pro- CGN: carboxybenzoxyglycine tease-activated receptors (PARs) and in that way p-nitrophenyl ester to act as agents with pharmacological and toxico- DEAE-sepharose: diethylaminoethyl-sepharose logical significance. An important source of plant DEPC: diethyl pyrocarbonate proteases used in traditional medicine and in- DFP: diisopropyl fluorophosphate dustry is latex. Over 110 latices of different plant E-64: trans-epoxysuccinyl-L-leucyl- families are known to contain at least one proteo- amido-(4-guanidino)butane lytic enzyme. Most of them belong to the cys- IAA: iodoacetamide teine or serine endopeptidases family and only PAR: protease-activated receptor one to the aspartatic endopeptidases family. This PCMB: p-chloromercury benzoate review focuses on the characterization of protea- PFLNA: L-pyroglutamyl-L-phenylalan- ses found in latices of several plant families yl-L-leucine-p-nitroanilide (Apocynaceae, Asclepiadaceae, Asteraceae, Cari- PMSF: phenylmethanesulfonyl caceae, Convolvulaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Mora- fluoride ceae), and summarizes the known chemical and biological properties of the isolated proteases as well as their importance in pharmacology and received February 18, 2008 toxicology. revised March 14, 2008 accepted March 18, 2008 Introduction zymes correlated to plant families and assigned Bibliography ! DOI 10.1055/s-2008-1074530 to biochemical defined protease types was lack- Planta Med 2008; 74: 699–711 Proteolytic enzymes in plants are involved in al- ing. A knowledge about the chemical properties © Georg Thieme Verlag KG most all aspects of growth and development in- of plant proteases might open new insights into Stuttgart · New York cluding germination, circadian rhythms, senes- the biological effects induced by proteases via Published online May 21, 2008 cence and programmed cell death. Similarities PARs from latex-bearing plants, and could be a ISSN 0032-0943 can be seen to proteolytic enzymes in animals scientific aid for chemotaxonomic studies – Correspondence playing a major role in digestion, immune system therefore this review will summarize the litera- Prof. Dr. Matthias F. Melzig and signal transduction. An important source of ture about these enzymes. Institute of Pharmacy plant proteases is latex. The utilization of this Latex is an aqueous suspension or emulsion of Free University Berlin plant product in traditional medicine and indus- various kinds of particles borne within living Königin-Luise-Str. 2 +4 try is well known. Until today the research in pro- cells. In the complex emulsion/suspension pro- 14195 Berlin teases present in latices was focused mainly in teins, alkaloids, starches, sugars, oil, tannins, res- Germany Tel.: +49-30-838-51451 commercial applications [1] or in relation to al- ins, and gums are found. In most plants, latex is Fax: +49-30-838-51461 lergic problems [2]. A systematic overview about white, but some have yellow, orange, or scarlet [email protected] the occurrence and properties of this group of en- latex. Laticifers, the latex-bearing structures, Domsalla A, Melzig M. Occurrence and Properties … Planta Med 2008; 74: 699– 711 700 Review vary in origin, anatomy, and distribution. Latex is wide spread in required, probably for orientation of the imidazolium ring of plants – 40 families and more than 20,000 species are estimated the histidine. This is usually an aspartate, but is another histi- to bear laticiferous structures of some kind [3]. The presence of dine in clan SH. In clans SE and SF, a lysine residue has the role proteolytic enzymes in latices from plants of diverse families has of proton donor, and a third catalytic residue is not required. In been known for many years. The functions of these proteases clan SF, there are some peptidases that have a Ser/His catalytic which come from different genetic resources have not been elu- dyad. Clans SA, SB and SC share a catalytic triad of serine (S), as- cidated. One possible function is the degradation of proteins dur- partate (D) and histidine (H) in different orders (e. g., HDS in clan ing laticifer development or promotion of coagulation. Some SA, DHS in clan SB and SDH in clan SC) [8]. plants immediately secrete latex when the leaves, stems, and The basic mechanism of action of serine proteases involves fruits are injured. The latex bleeding proceeds for a few minutes transfer of the acyl portion of a substrate to a functional group until a clot forms around the wounded area. The coagulation of the enzyme (a feature shared with other transferases). The process is vital for plant defence against possible pathogen at- two basic steps of catalysis by this group of enzymes thus in- tack. Latex itself may act to shield the cambial meristem and clude: the contents of the sieve tubes from predators, or to ward off par- – firstly, the formation of an ester bond between the oxygen asites or pathogens. Therefore, it seems reasonable to assume atom of serine and the acyl portion of the substrate – which that the substances and enzymes needed for such purposes are produces a tetrahedral intermediate and releases the amino present in latex [4]. part of the substrate; Latex proteases have been found to protect ripening fruits against – and secondly, the attack of water on the acyl-enzyme inter- plant pathogens such as insects and fungi [5]. The presence of mediate, which breaks it down and releases the acidic prod- bacteriolytic activity in latices of Carica papaya L., Ficus glabrata uct – while regenerating the original enzyme form. This H.B.K., and Ervatamia coronaria (Jaqu.) Stapf [syn. Tabernaemon- mechanism is shown in detail in ●" Fig. 1. tana divaricata (L.) R.Br. ex Roem. et Schult.] confirms the fact The roles of serine proteases in microsporogenesis, symbiosis, that they act in unison. Proteolytic enzymes play a key role in hypersensitive response, signal transduction and differentiation, plant physiology. They not only maintain the protein pool of the senescence, and protein degradation/processing have been re- cell but also are involved in various intra- and extracellular pro- viewed by Antao [7]. cesses like leaf senescence, breakdown of storage proteins in ger- minating seeds, development and ripening of fruits, regulatory Isolation and chemical properties mechanisms, and others. The tissues which are metabolically Purification methods of plant serine proteases often include am- very active have abundant endopeptidases activity [6]. monium sulfate precipitation, column chromatography and gel Protease, peptidase, proteinase or proteolytic enzymes are filtration, but also more specific techniques including affinity names for the enzymes that hydrolyze peptide bonds. Most pep- chromatography, gel exclusion chromatography, chromatofocus- tidases are either exopeptidases cleaving one or a few amino ing, and hydrophobic interaction chromatography. The molecu- acids from the N- or C-terminus, or endopeptidases that act in- lar weights of serine proteases vary from 33 to 117 kDa, the ma- ternally in polypeptide chains [3]. The enzyme subclass of endo- jority lies between 60 and 80 kDa. Most of these enzymes are peptidases (EC 3.4) is, in turn, divided into sub-subclasses: en- stable over a wide range of pH (2.5 – 11) and temperature (up to zymes belonging to subclass EC3.4.21 (serine proteases) possess 80 °C). The optimum temperature for their activity is variable a Ser residue in the active site; those belonging to EC 3.4.22 (cys- among these enzymes from 40– 75 °C – but most of them act teine proteases) have a Cys residue instead; those belonging to best in the range 60 to 70 °C. The pH optimum is in the range of EC 3.4.23 (aspartatic proteases) depend on an Asp residue for pH 5.2 to 10. The most commonly used compounds concerning their catalytic activity; and those belonging to EC 3.4.24 (metal- the inhibition of latex serine proteases are diisopropyl fluoro- loproteases) use a metal ion (normally Zn2+) in their catalytic phosphate (DFP), phenylmethanesulfonyl fluoride (PMSF), p- mechanism [7]. Most proteases found in latices belong to the amidinomethanesulfonyl fluoride (APMSF), chymostatin and di- cysteine and serine protease family, only one is a member of ethyl pyrocarbonate (DEPC). All these properties are listed in the aspartatic proteases family and none is yet known to be a ●" Table 1. metalloprotease. This review surveys the literature of the last 60 years (Medline, SciFinder Scholar and Interscience as databa- Properties of different serine proteases from ses). The known latex proteases are classified by their belonging latex-bearing plants to one of the endopeptidases families. If there are known phar- Macluralisin: Maclura pomifera (Raf.) Schneid is a tree with macological or toxicological aspects of a protease they will be greenish-yellow latex containing fruits that is commonly grown mentioned below. Chemical properties are listed in ●" Table 1, in the Caucasus area, Southern Ukraine, Central Asia, and in the ●" Table 2, and ●" Table 3. south of the USA. It is a member of the Moraceae family and We use the Asclepiadaceae as an own family. There are hints that commonly known as Osage orange. The enzyme is a glycoprotein they are now included in the Apocynaceae as a subfamily. with a molecular mass of 65 kDa; its protein moiety corresponds to a molecular mass of 50 kDa. The substrate specificity of Ma- cluralisin towards synthetic peptides and insulin B-chain is sim- Serine Proteases EC 3.4.21 ilar to that of Cucumisin, a Subtilisin-like proteinase from the mel- ! on fruit.
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