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Functional analysis of four Class III peroxidases from Chinese pear fruit: a critical role in lignin polymerization

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PHYSIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF PLANTS
Volume 27, Issue 3, Pages 515-522

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SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s12298-021-00949-9

Keywords

Chinese pear; PRX; Enzymatic; Subcellular localization

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  1. Outstanding youth of the Education Department of Hunan Province [20B624]
  2. Talent Research Start-up Fund of Central South University of Forestry and Technology [2019YJ012]

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In this study, five PRXs were cloned from Chinese pear and found to play critical roles in lignin biosynthesis. The enzyme activity and subcellular localization of these PRXs varied, with PbPRX2 shown to be important for polymerization of lignin in pear fruit. The results suggest that PbPRXs are key in lignin biosynthesis in Chinese pear fruit.
Pear fruit could be used as good medicine to relieve coughs, promote salivation, nourish lungs, and reduce the risk of many diseases for its phytochemical action. Lignin is a major secondary metabolite in Chinese pear fruit. Class III peroxidase (Class III PRX) is an important enzyme in the biosynthesis of lignin in plants. However, we poorly understand the role of PRXs in lignin biosynthesis in Chinese pear fruit. In our study, we cloned five PRXs from Chinese pear (Pyrus bretschneideri), namely PbPRX2, PbPRX22, PbPRX34, PbPRX64, and PbPRX75, which contained 978 bp encoded 326 amino acids (AA), 2607 bp encoded 869 AA, 972 bp encoded 324 AA, 687 bp encoded 229 AA, and 1020 bp encoded 340 AA, respectively. Enzyme activity analysis showed that four recombinant PbPRX proteins had catalytic activities for pyrogallol, guaiacol, ferulic acid, coniferyl alcohol, and sinapyl alcohol. Subcellular localization experiments showed that these genes were located in the cell wall or cell membrane. Enzyme activity and kinetics of PbPRX2 revealed its role in polymerization of lignin in Chinese pear fruit. The present study suggested that PbPRXs played critical roles in lignin biosynthesis in Chinese pear fruit.

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