Specificity of Ocimum basilicum geraniol synthase modified by its expression in different heterologous systems.
2013
Fischer, Marc | Meyer, Sophie | Claudel, Patricia | Perrin, Mireille, M. | Ginglinger, Jean François | Gertz, Claude | Masson, Jean, J. | Werck-Reinhardt, Danièle | Hugueney, Philippe | Karst, Francis, F. | Santé de la vigne et qualité du vin (SVQV) ; Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Université Louis Pasteur - Strasbourg I | Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
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Mostrar más [+] Menos [-]Inglés. Numerous aromatic plant species produce high levels of monoterpenols, using geranyl diphosphate (GPP) as a precursor. Sweet basil (Ocimum basilicum) geraniol synthase (GES) was used to evaluate the monoterpenol profiles arising from heterologous expressions in various plant models. Grapevine (Vitis vinifera) calli were transformed using Agrobacterium tumefasciens and the plants were regenerated. Thale cress (Arabidopsis thaliana) was transformed using the floral dip method. Tobacco (Nicotiana benthamiana) leaves were agro-infiltrated for transient expression. Although, as expected, geraniol was the main product detected in the leaves, different minor products were observed in these plants (V. vinifera: citronellol and nerol; N. benthamiana: linalool and nerol; A. thaliana: none). O. basilicum GES expression was also carried out with microbial system yeasts (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) and Escherichia coli. These results suggest that the functional properties of a monoterpenol synthase depend not only on the enzyme's amino-acidic sequence, but also on the cellular background. They also suggest that some plant species or microbial expression systems could induce the simultaneous formation of several carbocations, and could thus have a natural tendency to produce a wider spectrum of monoterpenols.
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