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Metabolism and Enzymology

Glucosinolate Biosynthesis

Sulfation of Desulfobenzylglucosinolate by Cell-Free Extracts of Cress (Lepidium sativum L.) Seedlings

Department of Botany, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242

After removal of myrosinase activity by concanavalin A-Sepharose 4B chromatography, cell-free extracts of light-grown cress (Lepidium sativum L.) seedlings, catalyzed the sulfation of desulfobenzylglucosinolate (K_m, 0.23 millimolar) to benzylglucosinolate using PAPS (K_m, 1 millimolar) as sulfur donor. Sulfotransferase activity, which was optimal at pH 9.0, was stimulated by MgCl₂, MnCl₂, -mercaptoethanol, and dithiothreitol and was inhibited by ZnSO₄ and SH-reagents. The enzyme also sulfated desulfoallyglucosinolate to allylglucosinolate (sinigrin) but was inactive towards all phenylpropanoids and flavonoids tested.

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