A new method for enzymatic preparation of isopentenyladenine-type and trans -zeatin-type cytokinins with radioisotope-labeling
- 1 June 2003
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Journal of Plant Research
- Vol. 116 (3) , 259-263
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10265-003-0098-2
Abstract
We describe a new enzymatic reaction method for the preparation of the radioisotope-labeled cytokinins isopentenyladenine (iP), trans-zeatin (tZ), and their ribosides. The method is based on the three enzyme activities of an adenylate isopentenyltransferase (IPT; EC 2.5.1.27) from Arabidopsis thaliana, an alkaline phosphatase (EC 3.1.3.1) from calf intestine, and a purine-nucleoside phosphorylase (EC 2.4.2.1) from Escherichia coli. The A. thaliana IPT, AtIPT7, utilized both dimethylallyldiphosphate and 4-hydroxy-3-methyl-2-(E)-butenyl diphosphate as isoprenoid donors. The dual specificity of the substrates enabled us to produce iP-type and tZ-type cytokinins separately in the same system simply by switching the substrates. Our method affords a much higher yield of the labeled products than the chemical reaction methods previously used. These labeled compounds will be useful tools for cytokinin research, such as receptor–ligand assays and cell metabolism studies.Keywords
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