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Metabolism and Enzymology

Subcellular Localization and Characterization of Amylases in Arabidopsis Leaf ¹

Department of Biochemistry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824

Amylolytic enzymes of Arabidopsis leaf tissue were partially purified and characterized. Endoamylase, starch phosphorylase, D-enzyme (transglycosylase), and possibly exoamylase were found in the chloroplasts. Endoamylase, fraction A2, found only in the chloroplast, was resolved from the exoamylases by chromatography on a Mono Q column and migrated with an R_F of 0.44 on 7% polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Exoamylase fraction, A1, has an R_F of 0.23 on the polyacrylamide gel. Viscometric analysis showed that A1 has a slope of 0.013, which is same as that of A3, the extrachloroplastic amylase. A1, however, can be distinguished from A3 by having much higher amylolytic activity in succinate buffer than acetate buffer, and having much less reactivity with amylose. A1 probably is also localized in the chloroplast, and contributes to the 30 to 40% higher amylolytic activity of the chloroplast preparation in succinate than acetate buffer at pH 6.0. The high activity of D-enzyme compared to the amylolytic activity in the chloroplast suggests that transglycosylation probably has an important role during starch degradation in Arabidopsis leaf. Extrachloroplastic amylase, A3, has an R_F of 0.55 on 7% electrophoretic gel and constitutes 80% of the total leaf amylolytic activity. The results of substrate specificity studies, action pattern and viscometric analyses indicate that the extrachloroplastic amylases are exolytic.

³ Present address: United States Department of Agriculture, 3127 Ligon Road, Raleigh, NC 27695.

¹ Supported in part by National Science Foundation grants DMB85-1088 and 86-10319.

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