The Role of Proteolysis in the Processing and Assembly of 11S Seed Globulins
Open Access
- 1 March 1998
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Plant Cell
- Vol. 10 (3), 343-357
- https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.10.3.343
Abstract
11S seed storage proteins are synthesized as precursors that are cleaved post-translationally in storage vacuoles by an asparaginyl endopeptidase. To study the specificity of the reaction catalyzed by this asparaginyl endopeptidase, we prepared a series of octapeptides and mutant legumin B and G4 glycinin subunits. These contained amino acid mutations in the region surrounding the cleavage site. The endopeptidase had an absolute specificity for Asn on the N-terminal side of the severed peptide bond but exhibited little specificity for amino acids on the C-terminal side. The ability of unmodified and modified subunits to assemble into hexamers after post-translational modification was evaluated. Cleavage of subunits in trimers is required for hexamer assembly in vitro. Products from a mutant gene encoding a noncleavable prolegumin subunit (LeBΔN281) accumulated as trimers in seed of transgenic tobacco, but products from the unmodified prolegumin B gene accumulated as hexamers. Therefore, the asparaginyl endopeptidase is required for hexamer assembly.Keywords
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