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Metabolism and Enzymology

Properties and Activity Changes of Chlorogenic Acid:Glucaric Acid Caffeoyltransferase From Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) ¹

Institut für Pharmazeutische Biologie der Technischen Universität Braunschweig, Mendelssohnstrasse 1, D-3300 Braunschweig, Federal Republic of Germany, Botanisches Institut der Universität zu Köln, Gyrhofstrasse 15, D-5000, Köln 41, Federal Republic of Germany

A novel acyltransferase from cotyledons of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.), which catalyzes the transfer of caffeic acid from chlorogenic acid (5-O-caffeoylquinic acid) to glucaric and galactaric acids, was purified with a 2400-fold enrichment and a 4% recovery. The enzyme showed specific activities (theoretical V_max per milligram of protein) of 625 nanokatals (caffeoylglucaric acid formation) and 310 nanokatals (caffeoylgalactaric acid formation). On sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis it gave an apparent M_r of 40,000, identical to the value obtained by gel filtration column chromatography. Highest activity was found at pH 5.7, which was constant over a range of 20 to 120 millimolar K-phosphate. The isoelectric point of the enzyme was at pH 5.75. The reaction temperature optimum was at 38°C and the apparent energy of activation was calculated to be 57 kilojoules per mole. The apparent K_m values were 0.4 millimolar for glucaric acid, 1.7 millimolar for galactaric acid, and with both acceptors as second substrates 20 millimolar for chlorogenic acid. The relative ratio of the V_max/K_m values for glucaric acid and galactaric acid was found to be 100:12. Substrate-competition experiments support the conclusion that one single enzyme is responsible for both the glucaric and galactaric acid ester formation with marked preference for glucaric acid. It is proposed that the enzyme be called chlorogenic acid:glucaric acid O-caffeoyltransferase (EC 2.3.1.-). The three caffeic acid-dependent enzyme activities involved in the formation of the glucaric and galactaric acid esters, the chlorogenic acid:glucaric acid caffeoyltransferase as the key activity as well as the caffeic acid:CoA ligase and the caffeoyl-CoA:quinic acid caffeoyltransferase as the preceding activities, were determined. The time course of changes in these activities were followed during development of the seedling in the cotyledons and growth of the young plant in the first and second leaf. The results from tomato seedlings suggest a sequential appearance of these enzymes.

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