期刊
JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
卷 171, 期 15, 页码 1315-1324出版社
ELSEVIER GMBH, URBAN & FISCHER VERLAG
DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2014.06.004
关键词
Methyl jasmonate; Carboxyl methyltransferase; Fragaria; Fruit ripening; Misannotation
资金
- Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst (DAAD) [A/11/00747]
- FONDECYT [11110171]
- MICINN, Spain [BIO2010-15630]
The volatile metabolite methyl jasmonate (MeJA) plays an important role in intra-and interplant communication and is involved in diverse biological processes. In this study, we report the cloning and functional characterization of a S-adenosyl-L-methionine: jasmonic acid carboxyl methyltransferase (JMT) from Fragaria vesca and Fragaria x ananassa. Biochemical assays and comprehensive transcript analyses showed that JMT has been erroneously annotated as gene fusion with a carboxyl methyltransferase (CMT) (gene15184) in the first published genome sequence of F. vesca. Recombinant FvJMT catalyzed the formation of MeJA with KM value of 22.3 mu M while FvCMT and the fusion protein were almost inactive. Activity of JMT with benzoic acid and salicylic acid as substrates was less than 1.5% of that with JA. Leucine at position 245, an amino acid missing in other JMT sequences is essential for activity of FvJMT. In accordance with MeJA levels, JMT transcript levels decreased steadily during strawberry fruit ripening, as did the expression levels of JA biosynthesis and regulatory genes. It appears that CMT has originated by a recent duplication of JMT and lost its enzymatic activity toward JA. In the newest version of the strawberry genome sequence (June 2014) CMT and JMT are annotated as separate genes in accordance with differential temporal and spatial expression patterns of both genes in Fragaria sp. In conclusion, MeJA, the inactive derivative of JA, is probably involved in early steps of fruit development by modulating the levels of the active plant hormone JA. (C) 2014 Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved.
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