Characterization of an Arabidopsis inositol 1,3,4,5,6-pentakisphosphate 2-kinase (AtIPK1)
- 27 January 2006
- journal article
- Published by Portland Press Ltd. in Biochemical Journal
- Vol. 394 (1), 95-103
- https://doi.org/10.1042/bj20051331
Abstract
The metabolic pathway(s) by which plants synthesize InsP6 (inositol 1,2,3,4,5,6-hexakisphosphate) remains largely undefined [Shears (1998) Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1436, 49–67], while the identities of the genes that encode enzymes catalysing individual steps in these pathways are, with the notable exception of myo-inositol phosphate synthase and ZmIpk [Shi, Wang, Wu, Hazebroek, Meeley and Ertl (2003) Plant Physiol. 131, 507–515], unidentified. A yeast enzyme, ScIPK1, catalyses the synthesis of InsP6 by 2-phosphorylation of Ins(1,3,4,5,6)P5 (inositol 1,3,4,5,6-pentakisphosphate). A human orthologue, HsIPK1, is able to substitute for yeast ScIPK1, restoring InsP6 production in a Saccharomyces cerevisiae mutant strain lacking the ScIPK1 open reading frame (ScIpk1Δ). We have identified an Arabidopsis genomic sequence, AtIPK1, encoding an Ins(1,3,4,5,6)P5 2-kinase. Inclusion of the AtIPK1 protein in alignments of amino acid sequences reveals that human and Arabidopis kinases are more similar to each other than to the S. cerevisiae enzyme, and further identifies an additional motif. Recombinant AtIPK1 protein expressed in Escherichia coli catalysed the synthesis of InsP6 from Ins(1,3,4,5,6)P5. The enzyme obeyed Michaelis–Menten kinetics with an apparent Vmax of 35 nmol·min−1·(mg of protein)−1 and a Km for Ins(1,3,4,5,6)P5 of 22 μM at 0.4 mM ATP. RT (reverse transcriptase)–PCR analysis of AtIPK1 transcripts revealed that AtIPK1 is expressed in siliques, leaves and cauline leaves. In situ hybridization experiments further revealed strong expression of AtIPK1 in male and female organs of flower buds. Expression of AtIPK1 protein in an ScIpk1Δ mutant strain restored InsP6 production and rescued the temperature-sensitive growth phenotype of the yeast.Keywords
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