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Purification and properties of strictosidine synthetase (an enzyme condensing tryptamine and secologanin) from Catharanthus roseus cultured cells

1979; American Chemical Society; Volume: 18; Issue: 17 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1021/bi00584a018

1943-295X

Hajime Mizukami, Hans Nordlöv, Siu-Leung Lee, A. Ian Scott,

Alkaloids: synthesis and pharmacology

Strictosidine synthetase, which catalyzes the condensation of tryptamine with secologanin to form strictosidine (isovincoside), was purified 740-fold to homogeneity from cultured cells of Catharanthus roseus in 10% yield. The specific activity is 5.85 nkat/mg. The molecular weight as estimated by gel filtration is 38,000. The isoelectric point is 4.6. Apparent Km values for tryptamine and secologanin are 0.83 and 0.46 mM, respectively. The enzyme shows a broad pH optimum between 5.0 and 7.5. The product of the enzymic reaction is exclusively strictosidine, while no trace of its epimer vincoside can be detected. Sulfhydryl inhibitors have no effect on the enzyme. End products in the biosynthetic pathway of indole alkaloids such as ajmalicine, vindoline, and catharanthine do not inhibit the activity of strictosidine synthetase.