Matsuoka K, Nakamura K
Laboratory of Biochemistry, Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Japan.
Plant Mol Biol. 1999 Dec;41(6):825-35. doi: 10.1023/a:1006357413084.
The N-terminal propeptide of the sporamin precursor contains vacuolar targeting information within the Asn-26/Pro-27/Ile-28/Arg-29/Leu-30 (NPIRL) sequence. An Agrobacterium-mediated transient expression assay with tobacco BY-2 cells was employed to investigate the role of each amino acid of the NPIRL region in vacuolar targeting. Replacement of Asn-26, Pro-27, Ile-28 and Leu-30 with several amino acids caused secretion of the mutant prosporamin. Leu was the only amino acid that could be substituted for Ile-28 without affecting transport. Exchange of Leu-30 for amino acids with small side-chains abolished vacuolar delivery. These results indicate that the consensus composition of the NPIRL sequence is [preferably Asn]-[not acidic]-[Ile or Leu]-[any amino acid]-[large and hydrophobic] and suggest that the large alkyl side-chains of Ile-28 and Leu-30 constitute the core of the vacuolar sorting determinant.
孢粉素前体的N端前肽在天冬酰胺-26/脯氨酸-27/异亮氨酸-28/精氨酸-29/亮氨酸-30(NPIRL)序列中包含液泡靶向信息。利用农杆菌介导的烟草BY-2细胞瞬时表达试验,研究NPIRL区域每个氨基酸在液泡靶向中的作用。用几种氨基酸替换天冬酰胺-26、脯氨酸-27、异亮氨酸-28和亮氨酸-30会导致突变型前孢粉素的分泌。亮氨酸是唯一可以替代异亮氨酸-28而不影响转运的氨基酸。将亮氨酸-30替换为侧链小的氨基酸会消除液泡运输。这些结果表明,NPIRL序列的共有组成是[最好是天冬酰胺]-[非酸性]-[异亮氨酸或亮氨酸]-[任何氨基酸]-[大的疏水性氨基酸],并表明异亮氨酸-28和亮氨酸-30的大烷基侧链构成了液泡分选决定簇的核心。