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  • Title: Cloning, identification and expression analysis of ACC oxidase gene involved in ethylene production pathway.
    Author: Jafari Z, Haddad R, Hosseini R, Garoosi G.
    Journal: Mol Biol Rep; 2013 Feb; 40(2):1341-50. PubMed ID: 23076530.
    Abstract:
    1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid oxidase (ACO) enzyme is a member of the Fe II-dependent family of oxidases/oxygenases which require Fe(2+) as a cofactor, ascorbate as a cosubstrate and CO(2) as an activator. This enzyme catalyses the terminal step in the plant signaling of ethylene biosynthetic pathway. A 948 bp fragment of the ACO1 gene cDNA sequence was cloned from tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) fruit tissues by using reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) with two PCR primers designed according to the sequence of a tomato cDNA clone (X58273). The BLAST search showed a high level of similarity (77-98 %) between ACO1 and ACO genes of other plants. The calculated molecular mass and predicted isoelectric point of LeACO1 were 35.8 kDa and 5.13, respectively. The three-dimensional structure studies illustrated that the LeACO1 protein folds into a compact jelly-roll motif comprised of 8 α-helices, 12 β-strands and several long loops. The cosubstrate was located in a cofactor-binding pocket referred to as a 2-His-1-carboxylate facial triad. Semi-quantitative RT-PCR analysis of gene expression revealed that the LeACO1 was expressed in fruit tissues at different ripening stages.
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