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JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY
Volume 63, Issue 12, Pages 4615-4629Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ers137
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Barley grain; cathepsin F-like peptidase; cystatin; cysteine protease; grain germination; propeptide; protein mobilization; proteolysis
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- Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad [AGL2011-23650]
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Among the C1A cysteine proteases, the plant cathepsin F-like group has been poorly studied. This paper describes the molecular and functional characterization of the HvPap-1 cathepsin F-like protein from barley. This peptidase is N-glycosylated and has to be processed to become active by its own propeptide being an important modulator of the peptidase activity. The expression pattern of its mRNA and protein suggest that it is involved in different proteolytic processes in the barley plant. HvPap-1 peptidase has been purified in Escherichia coli and the recombinant protein is able to degrade different substrates, including barley grain proteins (hordeins, albumins, and globulins) stored in the barley endosperm. It has been localized in protein bodies and vesicles of the embryo and it is induced in aleurones by gibberellin treatment. These three features support the implication of HvPap-1 in storage protein mobilization during grain germination. In addition, a complex regulation exerted by the barley cystatins, which are cysteine protease inhibitors, and by its own propeptide, is also described.
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