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Ziegler, J.; Vogt, T.; Miersch, O.; Strack, D.; Concentration of Dilute Protein Solutions Prior to Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate–Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis Anal. Biochem. 250, 257-260, (1997) DOI: 10.1006/abio.1997.2248

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Winter, J.; Schneider, B.; Strack, D.; Adam, G.; Role of a cytochrome P450-dependent monooxygenase in the hydroxylation of 24-epi-brassinolide Phytochemistry 45, 233-237, (1997) DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9422(96)00827-8

24-epi-Brassinolide, exogenously applied to cell suspension cultures of Lycopersicon esculentum is hydroxylated at C-25 and C-26, respectively, followed by glucosylation of the newly formed hydroxyl group. Treatment of the cell cultures with the specific cytochrome P450 inhibitors, clotrimazole and ketoconazole, resulted in a strong decrease of only the C-25 hydroxylation, whereas hydroxylation at C-26 was not affected. The common cytochrome P450 inducers, ethanol, MnCl2, phenobarbital, pregnenolone 16α-carbonitrile or clofibrate, did not induce hydroxylation activity at C-25 or at C-26. In addition, substrate analogues (22S,23S-homobrassinolide, 24-epi-castasterone, ecdysone, and 20-OH-ecdysone) were not accepted. Only application of 24-epi-brassinolide and brassinolide resulted in an increased activity of both the C-25- and C-26-hydroxylases. For further examination of the molecular level of this inducing effect, the influence of the protein biosynthesis inhibitor cycloheximide has been studied. Thus, increase of both hydroxylase activities is obviously based on gene expression by action of the substrates, 24-epi-brassinolide and brassinolide.
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Weiss, M.; Mikolajewski, S.; Peipp, H.; Schmitt, U.; Schmidt, J.; Wray, V.; Strack, D.; Tissue-Specific and Development-Dependent Accumulation of Phenylpropanoids in Larch Mycorrhizas Plant Physiol. 114, 15-27, (1997) DOI: 10.1104/pp.114.1.15

The tissue-specific and development-dependent accumulation of secondary products in roots and mycorrhizas of larch (Larix decidua Mill.; Pinaceae) was studied using high-performance liquid chromatography and histochemical methods. The compounds identified were soluble catechin, epicatechin, quercetin 3-O-[alpha]-rhamnoside, cyanidin- and peonidin 3-O-[beta]-glucoside, 4-O-[beta]-hydroxybenzoyl-O-[beta]-glucose, 4-hydroxybenzoate 4-O-[beta]-glucoside, maltol 3-O-[beta]-glucoside, and the wall-bound 4-hydroxybenzaldehyde, vanillin, and ferulate. In addition, we partially identified a tetrahydroxystilbene monoglycoside, a quercetin glycoside, and eight oligomeric proanthocyanidins. Comparison between the compounds accumulating in the apical tissue of fine roots, long roots, and in vitro grown mycorrhizas (L. decidua-Suillus tridentinus) showed elevated levels of the major compounds catechin and epicatechin as well as the minor compound 4-hydroxybenzoate 4-O-[beta]-glucoside specifically in the root apex of young mycorrhizas. The amounts of wall-bound 4-hydroxybenzaldehyde and vanillin were increased in all of the mycorrhizal sections examined. During the early stages of mycorrhization the concentrations of these compounds increased rapidly, perhaps induced by the mycorrhizal fungus. In addition, studies of L. decidua-Boletinus cavipes mycorrhizas from a natural stand showed that the central part of the subapical cortex tissue and the endodermis both accumulate massive concentrations of catechin, epicatechin, and wall-bound ferulate compared with the outer part of the cortex, where the Hartig net is being formed.
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Vogt, T.; Zimmermann, E.; Grimm, R.; Meyer, M.; Strack, D.; Are the characteristics of betanidin glucosyltransferases from cell-suspension cultures of Dorotheanthus bellidiformis indicative of their phylogenetic relationship with flavonoid glucosyltransferases? Planta 203, 349-361, (1997) DOI: 10.1007/s004250050201

Uridine 5′-diphosphoglucose:betanidin 5-O- and 6-O-glucosyltransferases (5-GT and 6-GT; EC 2.4.1) catalyze the regiospecific formation of betanin (betanidin 5-O-β-glucoside) and gomphrenin I (betanidin 6-O-β-glucoside), respectively. Both enzymes were purified to near homogeneity from cell-suspension cultures of Dorotheanthus bellidiformis, the 5-GT by classical chromatographic techniques and the 6-GT by affinity dye-ligand chromatography using UDP-glucose as eluent. Data obtained with highly purified enzymes indicate that 5-GT and 6-GT catalyze the indiscriminate transfer of glucose from UDP-glucose to hydroxyl groups of betanidin, flavonols, anthocyanidins and flavones, but discriminate between individual hydroxyl groups of the respective acceptor compounds. The 5-GT catalyzes the transfer of glucose to the C-4′ hydroxyl group of quercetin as its best substrate, and the 6-GT to the C-3 hydroxyl group of cyanidin as its best substrate. Both enzymes also catalyze the formation of the respective 7-O-glucosides, but to a minor extent. Although the enzymes were not isolated to homogeneity, chromatographic, electrophoretic and kinetic properties proved that the respective enzyme activities were based on the presence of single enzymes, i.e. 5-GT and 6-GT. The N terminus of the 6-GT revealed high sequence identity to a proposed UDP-glucose:flavonol 3-O-glucosyltransferase (UF3GT) of Manihot esculenta. In addition to the 5-GT and 6-GT, we isolated a UF3GT from D. bellidiformis cell cultures that preferentially accepted myricetin and quercetin, but was inactive with betanidin. The same result was obtained with a UF3GT from Antirrhinum majus and a flavonol 4′-O-glucosyltransferase from Allium cepa. Based on these results, the main question to be addressed reads: Are the characteristics of the 5-GT and 6-GT indicative of their phylogenetic relationship with flavonoid glucosyltransferases?
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Peipp, H.; Maier, W.; Schmidt, J.; Wray, V.; Strack, D.; Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus-induced changes in the accumulation of secondary compounds in barley roots Phytochemistry 44, 581-587, (1997) DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9422(96)00561-4

Hordeum vulgare (barley) was grown in a defined nutritional medium with and without the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus Glomus intraradices. HPLC of methanolic extracts from the roots of mycorrhized and non-mycorrhized plants revealed fungus-induced accumulation of some secondary metabolites. These compounds were isolated and identified by spectroscopic methods (NMR, MS) to be the hydroxycinnamic acid amides N-(E)-4-coumaroylputrescine, N-(E)-feruloylputrescine, N-(E)-4-coumaroylagmatine and N-(E)-feruloylagmatine, exhibiting a transient accumulation, and the cyclohexenone derivatives 4-(3-O-β-glucopyranosyl-butyl)-3-(hydroxymethyl)-5,5-dimethyl-2-cyclohexen-1-one and 4-{3-O-[(2′-O-β-glucuronosyl)-β-glucopyranosyl]-butyl}-3,5,5-trimethyl-2-cyclohexen-1-one (blumenin), exhibiting a continuous accumulation. A third cyclohexenone derivative, 4-{3-O-[(2′-O-β-glucuronosyl)-β-glucopyranosyl]-1-butenyl}-3,5,5-trimethyl-2-cyclohexen-1-one, was detectable only in minute amounts. It is suggested that accumulation of the amides in early developmental stages of barley mycorrhization reflects initiation of a defence response. However, the continuous accumulation of the cyclohexenone derivatives, especially blumenin, seems to correlate with the establishment of a functional barley mycorrhiza.
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Maier, W.; Hammer, K.; Dammann, U.; Schulz, B.; Strack, D.; Accumulation of sesquiterpenoid cyclohexenone derivatives induced by an arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus in members of the Poaceae Planta 202, 36-42, (1997) DOI: 10.1007/s004250050100

Sixty one members of the Poaceae, including various cereals, were grown in defined nutrient media with and without the arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungus, Glomus intraradices Schenk & Smith. The roots of all species investigated were colonized by the AM fungus, however, to different degrees and independent of their systematic position. High-performance liquid chromatographic analyses of methanolic extracts from the roots of mycorrhizal and nonmycorrhizal species revealed dramatic changes in the patterns of UV-detectable products along with a widespread occurrence of AM-fungus-induced accumulation of sesquiterpenoid cyclohexenone derivatives. The latter occur most often in the tribes Poeae, Triticeae and Aveneae. Some additional control experiments on plant infection with pathogens (Gaeumannomyces graminis) and Drechslera sp.) or an endophyte (Fusarium sp.), as well as application of abiotic stress, proved that the metabolism of these terpenoids is part of a response pattern of many gramineous roots in their specific reaction to AM fungal colonization.
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Lee, J.; Vogt, T.; Schmidt, J.; Parthier, B.; Löbler, M.; Methyljasmonate-induced accumulation of coumaroyl conjugates in barley leaf segments Phytochemistry 44, 589-592, (1997) DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9422(96)00562-6

The effect of methyljasmonate on the induction of phenolic components in barley leaf segments was investigated. RP-HPLC of methanol extracts showed that three compounds accumulate to high concentrations in response to methyljasmonate treatment. Two of them were identified as N-(E)-4-coumaroylputrescine and N-(E)-4-coumaroylagmatine by UV-spectroscopy and mass spectrometry.
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Lee, J. E.; Vogt, T.; Hause, B.; Löbler, M.; Methyl Jasmonate Induces an O-Methyltransferase in Barley Plant Cell Physiol. 38, 851-862, (1997) DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.pcp.a029244

We have previously described a truncated cDNA clone for a barley (Hordeum vulgare L. cv. Salome) jasmonate regulated gene, JRG5, which shows homology to caffeic acid O-methyltransferase (COMT). A cDNA encompassing the coding region was amplified by PCR and cloned for overexpression in E. coli. Western blot analyses indicate that the recombinant protein crossreacts with the antibodies directed against the tobacco class II OMT and only weakly with the antibodies for the tobacco class I OMT. An immunoreactive band in the protein extract of jasmo-nate-treated leaf segments suggests that JRG5 transcripts that accumulate after jasmonate treatment are also translated. Specific methylating activities on caffeic acid and catechol were obtained from the recombinant protein through renaturation of protein extracted from inclusion bodies or from bacteria grown and induced at low temperature. On Northern blots, the JRG5 transcripts were detected in the leaf sheath but not the leaf lamina, stem, root or inflorescence and accumulated in leaf segments after jasmonate application. Several hormone or stress treatments did not induce JRG5 mRNA accumulation. This includes sor-bitol stress which is known to lead to enhanced endogenous jasmonate levels and the implications for jasmonate signaling are discussed. Based on quantitative measurements and fluorescence microscopy, jasmonate-induced accumulation of ferulic acid and phenolic polymers in the cell wall were detected and the possibility of cell wall strengthening mediated through phenolic crosslinks is discussed
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Kramell, R.; Miersch, O.; Hause, B.; Ortel, B.; Parthier, B.; Wasternack, C.; Amino acid conjugates of jasmonic acid induce jasmonate-responsive gene expression in barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) leaves FEBS Lett. 414, 197-202, (1997) DOI: 10.1016/S0014-5793(97)01005-3

Leaves of barley (Hordeum vulgare L. cv. Salome ) treated with jasmonic acid (JA), its methyl ester (JM), or its amino acid conjugates exhibit up‐regulation of specific genes and down‐regulation of house‐keeping genes. This transcriptional regulation exhibits several specificities. (i) The (−)‐enantiomers are more active, and conjugates are mainly active if they carry an l ‐amino acid moiety. (ii) The various JA‐responsive genes respond differentially to enantiomeric and chiralic forms. (iii) Both JA and its amino acid conjugates exhibiting no or negligible interconversion induce/repress genes.
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Hause, B.; Feussner, K.; Wasternack, C.; Nuclear Location of a Diadenosine 5′,5′”-P1,P4Tetraphosphate (Ap4A) Hydrolase in Tomato Cells Grown in Suspension Cultures Bot. Acta 110, 452-457, (1997) DOI: 10.1111/j.1438-8677.1997.tb00662.x

Diadenosine 5′,5′”‐P1,P4‐tetraphosphate (Ap4A) cleaving enzymes are assumed to regulate intracellular levels of Ap4A, a compound known to affect cell proliferation and stress responses. From plants an Ap4A hydrolase was recently purified using tomato cells grown in suspension. It was partially sequenced and a peptide antibody was prepared (Feussner et al., 1996). Using this polyclonal monospecific antibody, an abundant nuclear location of Ap4A hydrolase in 4‐day‐old cells of atomato cell suspension culture is demonstrated here by means of immunocytochemical techniques using FITC (fluorescein‐5‐isothiocyanate) labeled secondary antibodies. The microscopic analysis of the occurrence of Ap4A hydrolase performed for different stages of the cell cycle visualized by parallel DAPI (4,6‐diamidino‐2‐phenylindole) staining revealed that the protein accumulates within nuclei of cells in the interphase, but is absent in the nucleus as well as cytoplasm during all stages of mitosis. This first intracellular localization of an Ap4A degrading enzyme within the nucleus and its pattern of appearance during the cell cycle is discussed in relation to the suggested role of Ap4A in triggering DNA synthesis and cell proliferation.
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