1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
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Identification and reconstitution of the rubber biosynthetic machinery on rubber particles from Hevea brasiliensis

  1. Satoshi Yamashita
  2. Haruhiko Yamaguchi
  3. Toshiyuki Waki
  4. Yuichi Aoki
  5. Makie Mizuno
  6. Fumihiro Yanbe
  7. Tomoki Ishii
  8. Ayuta Funaki
  9. Yuzuru Tozawa
  10. Yukino Miyagi-Inoue
  11. Kazuhisa Fushihara
  12. Toru Nakayama
  13. Seiji Takahashi  Is a corresponding author
  1. Tohoku University, Japan
  2. Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd, Japan
  3. Saitama University, Japan
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.19022
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  1. Satoshi Yamashita
  2. Haruhiko Yamaguchi
  3. Toshiyuki Waki
  4. Yuichi Aoki
  5. Makie Mizuno
  6. Fumihiro Yanbe
  7. Tomoki Ishii
  8. Ayuta Funaki
  9. Yuzuru Tozawa
  10. Yukino Miyagi-Inoue
  11. Kazuhisa Fushihara
  12. Toru Nakayama
  13. Seiji Takahashi
(2016)
Identification and reconstitution of the rubber biosynthetic machinery on rubber particles from Hevea brasiliensis
eLife 5:e19022.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.19022
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Abstract

Natural rubber (NR) is stored in latex as rubber particles (RPs), rubber molecules surrounded by a lipid monolayer. Rubber transferase (RTase), the enzyme responsible for NR biosynthesis, is believed to be a member of the cis-prenyltransferase (cPT) family. However, none of the recombinant cPTs have shown RTase activity independently. We show that HRT1, a cPT from Hevea brasiliensis, exhibits distinct RTase activity in vitro only when it is introduced on detergent-washed Hevea RPs (WRPs) by a cell-free translation-coupled system. Using this system, a heterologous cPT from Lactuca sativa also exhibited RTase activity, indicating proper introduction of cPT on RP is the key to reconstitute active RTase. RP proteomics and interaction network analyses revealed the formation of the protein complex consisting of HRT1, RUBBER ELONGATION FACTOR (REF) and HRT1-REF BRIDGING PROTEIN. The RTase activity enhancement observed for the complex assembled on WRPs indicates the HRT1-containing complex functions as the NR biosynthetic machinery.

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The following data sets were generated
    1. Takahashi S
    2. Nakayama T
    (2015) Hevea brasiliensis HRTBP mRNA for transferase binding protein,
    Publicly available at the DNA Data Bank of Japan (Accession no: LC057267).
    http://www.ddbj.nig.ac.jp/index-e.html
The following previously published data sets were used

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  1. Satoshi Yamashita

    Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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  2. Haruhiko Yamaguchi

    Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd, Kobe, Japan
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  3. Toshiyuki Waki

    Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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  4. Yuichi Aoki

    Graduate School of Information Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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  5. Makie Mizuno

    Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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  6. Fumihiro Yanbe

    Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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  7. Tomoki Ishii

    Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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  8. Ayuta Funaki

    Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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  9. Yuzuru Tozawa

    Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Saitama University, Saitama, Japan
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  10. Yukino Miyagi-Inoue

    Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd, Kobe, Japan
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  11. Kazuhisa Fushihara

    Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd, Kobe, Japan
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  12. Toru Nakayama

    Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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  13. Seiji Takahashi

    Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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  1. Satoshi Yamashita
  2. Haruhiko Yamaguchi
  3. Toshiyuki Waki
  4. Yuichi Aoki
  5. Makie Mizuno
  6. Fumihiro Yanbe
  7. Tomoki Ishii
  8. Ayuta Funaki
  9. Yuzuru Tozawa
  10. Yukino Miyagi-Inoue
  11. Kazuhisa Fushihara
  12. Toru Nakayama
  13. Seiji Takahashi
(2016)
Identification and reconstitution of the rubber biosynthetic machinery on rubber particles from Hevea brasiliensis
eLife 5:e19022.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.19022

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