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Application of Bruchin B to pea pods results in the up-regulation of CYP93C18, a putative isoflavone synthase gene, and an increase in the level of pisatin, an isoflavone phytoalexin.

Abstract
Bruchins, mono and bis (3-hydroxypropanoate) esters of long chain alpha,omega-diols, are a recently discovered class of insect elicitors that stimulate cell division and neoplasm formation when applied to pods of peas and certain other legumes. Differential display analysis resulted in the identification of an mRNA whose level was increased by the application of Bruchin B to pea pods. The corresponding amplification product was cloned and sequenced and a full length cDNA sequence was obtained. This cDNA and the gene from which it was derived were assigned the name CYP93C18 based upon sequence similarities to the cytochrome P450 mono-oxygenase CYP93C subfamily, which contains isoflavone synthase genes from legumes. RNA gel blots and quantitative RT-PCR demonstrated that expression of CYP93C18 increased within 8 h of bruchin treatment to a maximum of 100-200-fold of the level in untreated pods, and then declined. The up-regulation of CYP93C18 was followed by an increase in the level of the isoflavone phytoalexin, pisatin. Pisatin was detectable in the bruchin-treated pods after 16 h and reached a maximum between 32 h and 64 h. This, the first report of induction of phytoalexin biosynthesis by an insect elicitor, suggests that Bruchin B not only stimulates neoplasm formation, but also activates other plant defence responses.
AuthorsL D Cooper, R P Doss, R Price, K Peterson, J E Oliver
JournalJournal of experimental botany (J Exp Bot) Vol. 56 Issue 414 Pg. 1229-37 (Apr 2005) ISSN: 0022-0957 [Print] England
PMID15753113 (Publication Type: Journal Article)
Chemical References
  • 9-docosen-1,22-diol bis(3-hydroxypropanoate) ester
  • DNA Primers
  • Plant Extracts
  • Plant Proteins
  • Propionates
  • Pterocarpans
  • Sesquiterpenes
  • Terpenes
  • Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System
  • Oxygenases
  • isoflavone synthase
  • pisatin
  • Phytoalexins
Topics
  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Base Sequence
  • Consensus Sequence
  • Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System (genetics)
  • DNA Primers
  • Gene Amplification
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Oxygenases (genetics)
  • Peas (drug effects, enzymology, genetics)
  • Plant Extracts (metabolism)
  • Plant Proteins (genetics)
  • Propionates (pharmacology)
  • Pterocarpans (metabolism)
  • Sequence Alignment
  • Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
  • Sesquiterpenes
  • Terpenes
  • Phytoalexins

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