Wagemaker, Matthijs J. M., Eastwood, Daniel C., Van der Drift, Chris, Jetten, Mike S. M., Burton, Kerry S., Van Griensven, Leo J. L. D. and Op Den Camp, Huub J. M.. (2007) Argininosuccinate synthetase and argininosuccinate lyase: two ornithine cycle enzymes from Agaricus bisporus. Mycological Research, Vol.111 (No.4). pp. 493-502. ISSN 0953-7562

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Abstract

Accumulation of high quantities of urea in fruiting bodies is a known feature of larger basidiomycetes. Argininosuccinate synthetase (ASS) and argininosuccinate lyase (ASL) are two ornithine cycle enzymes catalysing the last two steps in the arginine biosynthetic pathway. Arginine is the main precursor for urea formation. in this work the nucleotide sequences of the genes and corresponding cDNAs encoding argininosuccinate synthetase (ass) and argininosuccinate lyase (asl) from Agaricus bisporus were determined. Eight and six introns were present in the ass and asl gene, respectively. The location of four introns in the asl gene were conserved among vertebrate asl genes. Deduced amino acid sequences, representing the first homobasidiomycete ASS and ASL protein sequences, were analysed and compared with their counterparts in other organisms. The ass ORF encoded for a protein of 425 amino acids with a calculated molecular mass of 47 266 Da. An alignment with ASS proteins from other organisms revealed high similarity with fungal and mammalian ASS proteins, 61-63% and 51-55 % identity, respectively. The asl open reading frame (ORF) encoded a protein of 464 amino acids with an calculated mass of 52 337 Da and similar to ASS shared the highest similarity with fungal ASL proteins, 59-60% identity. Northern analyses of ass and asl during fruiting body formation and post-harvest development revealed that expression was significantly up-regulated from developmental stage 3 on for all the tissues studied. The expression reached a maximum at the later stages of fruiting body growth, stages 6 and 7. Both ass and asl genes were up-regulated within 3 h after harvest showing that the induction mechanism is very sensitive to the harvest event and emphasizes the importance of the arginine biosynthetic pathway/ornithine cycle in post-harvest physiology. (C) 2007 The British Mycological Society. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	Q Science > QK Botany
Divisions:	Faculty of Science > Life Sciences (2010- ) > Warwick HRI (2004-2010)
Journal or Publication Title:	Mycological Research
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
ISSN:	0953-7562
Date:	April 2007
Volume:	Vol.111
Number:	No.4
Number of Pages:	10
Page Range:	pp. 493-502
Identification Number:	10.1016/j.mycres.2007.01.016
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Restricted or Subscription Access
URI:	http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/31670

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