An intracellular acid phosphatase (IAP) from Pi-starved (−Pi) tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) suspension cells has been purified to homogeneity. IAP is a purple acid phosphatase (PAP), as the purified protein was violet in colour (λmax=546 nm) and was insensitive to l-tartrate. PAGE, periodic acid–Schiff staining and peptide mapping demonstrated that the enzyme exists as a 142 kDa heterodimer composed of an equivalent ratio of glycosylated and structurally dissimilar 63 (α-subunit) and 57 kDa (β-subunit) polypeptides. However, the nine N-terminal amino acids of the α- and β-subunits were identical, exhibiting similarity to the deduced N-terminal portions of several putative plant PAPs. Quantification of immunoblots probed with rabbit anti-(tomato acid phosphatase) immune serum revealed that the 4-fold increase in IAP activity due to Pi-deprivation was correlated with similar increases in the amount of antigenic IAP α- and β-subunits. IAP displayed optimal activity at pH 5.1, was activated 150% by 10 mM Mg2+, but was potently inhibited by Zn2+, Cu2+, Fe3+, molybdate, vanadate, fluoride and Pi. Although IAP demonstrated broad substrate selectivity, its specificity constant (Vmax/Km) with phosphoenolpyruvate was >250% greater than that obtained with any other substrate. IAP exhibited significant peroxidase activity, which was optimal at pH 9.0 and insensitive to Mg2+ or molybdate. This IAP is proposed to scavenge Pi from intracellular phosphate esters in −Pi tomato. A possible secondary IAP role in the metabolism of reactive oxygen species is discussed. IAP properties are compared with those of two extracellular PAP isoenzymes that are secreted into the medium of −Pi tomato cells [Bozzo, Raghothama and Plaxton (2002) Eur. J. Biochem. 269, 6278–6286].
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January 15 2004
Structural and kinetic properties of a novel purple acid phosphatase from phosphate-starved tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) cell cultures
Gale G. BOZZO
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Gale G. BOZZO
*Department of Biology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada K7L 3N6
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Kashchandra G. RAGHOTHAMA
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Kashchandra G. RAGHOTHAMA
†Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907-1165, U.S.A.
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William C. PLAXTON
William C. PLAXTON
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*Department of Biology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada K7L 3N6
‡Department of Biochemistry, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada K7L 3N6
1To whom correspondence should be addressed at the Department of Biology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada K7L 3N6 (e-mail plaxton@biology.queensu.ca).
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Biochem J (2004) 377 (2): 419–428.
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Received:
June 25 2003
Revision Received:
August 26 2003
Accepted:
October 01 2003
Accepted Manuscript online:
October 01 2003
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Gale G. BOZZO, Kashchandra G. RAGHOTHAMA, William C. PLAXTON; Structural and kinetic properties of a novel purple acid phosphatase from phosphate-starved tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) cell cultures. Biochem J 15 January 2004; 377 (2): 419–428. doi: https://doi.org/10.1042/bj20030947
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