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PLANT PHYSIOLOGY , Vol 108, Issue 1 211-217, Copyright © 1995 by American Society of Plant Biologists

BIOCHEMISTRY AND ENZYMOLOGY

The Role of Pea Chloroplast [alpha]-Glucosidase in Transitory Starch Degradation

Z. Sun, S. H. Duke and C. A. Henson
Department of Agronomy (Z.S., S.H.D., C.A.H.) and Cereal Crops Research Unit, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service (C.A.H.), University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706

Pea chloroplastic [alpha]-glucosidase (EC 3.2.1.20) involved in transitory starch degradation was purified to apparent homogeneity by ion exchange, reactive dye, hydroxylapatite, hydrophobic interaction, and gel filtration column chromatography. The native molecular mass and the subunit molecular mass were about 49.1 and 24.4 kD, respectively, suggesting that the enzyme is a homodimer. The enzyme had a Km of 7.18 mM for maltose. The enzyme's maximal activity at pH 7.0 and stability at pH 6.5 are compatible with the diurnal oscillations of the chloroplastic stromal pH and transitory starch accumulation. This pH modulation of the [alpha]-glucosidase's activity and stability is the only mechanism known to regulate starch degradative enzymes in leaves. Although the enzyme was specific for the [alpha]-D-glucose in the nonreducing end as the glycon, the aglycon moieties could be composed of a variety of groups. However, the hydrolysis rate was greatly influenced by the aglycon residues. Also, the enzyme could hydrolyze glucans in which carbon 1 of the glycon was linked to different carbon positions of the penultimate glucose residue. The ability of the [alpha]-glucosidase to hydrolyze [alpha]-1,2- and [alpha]-1,3-glucosidic bonds may be vital if these bonds exist in starch granules because they would be barriers to other starch degradative enzymes. This purified pea chloroplastic [alpha]-glucosidase was demonstrated to initiate attacks on native transitory chloroplastic starch granules.


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