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ArticleThe Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology2008

Molecular cloning and characterization of OsCDase, a ceramidase enzyme from rice.

Mickael O Pata, Bill X Wu, Jacek Bielawski, Tou Cheu Xiong, Yusuf A Hannun, Carl K-Y Ng

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Article in The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Mickael O PataSchool of Biology and Environmental Science, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland.
Bill X Wu
Jacek Bielawski
Tou Cheu Xiong
Yusuf A Hannun
Carl K-Y Ng
Medical University of South Carolina · USUniversity College Dublin · IE

Funding

CERAMIDE ACTIVATED PROTEIN PHOSPHATASESR01CA087584 · NCI · STATE UNIVERSITY NEW YORK STONY BROOK · PI HANNUN, YUSUF AWNI · 2000 to 2015
$4.2M
EXTRAMURAL RESEARCH FACILITIES CONSTRUCTIONC06RR018823 · NCRR · MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA · PI RAYMOND, JOHN R · 2003 to 2003
$2.9M
NCI NIH HHS CA87584NCI NIH HHS R01 CA087584NCRR NIH HHS C06 RR018823
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

summarySphingolipids are a structurally diverse group of molecules based on long-chain sphingoid bases that are found in animal, fungal and plant cells. In contrast to the situation in animals and yeast, much less is known about the spectrum of sphingolipid species in plants and the roles they play in mediating cellular processes. Here, we report the cloning and characterization of a plant ceramidase from rice (Oryza sativa spp. Japonica cv. Nipponbare). Sequence analysis suggests that the rice ceramidase (OsCDase) is similar to mammalian neutral ceramidases. We demonstrate that OsCDase is a bona fide ceramidase by heterologous expression in the yeast double knockout mutant Deltaypc1Deltaydc1 that lacks the yeast ceramidases YPC1p and YDC1p. Biochemical characterization of OsCDase showed that it exhibited classical Michaelis-Menten kinetics, with optimum activity between pH 5.7 and 6.0. OsCDase activity was enhanced in the presence of Ca(2+), Mg(2+), Mn(2+) and Zn(2+), but inhibited in the presence of Fe(2+). OsCDase appears to use ceramide instead of phytoceramide as a substrate. Subcellular localization showed that OsCDase is localized to the endoplasmic reticulum and Golgi, suggesting that these organelles are sites of ceramide metabolism in plants.

Indexed as

AmidohydrolasesCeramidasesCeramidesCloning, MolecularDNA, ComplementaryEndoplasmic ReticulumGene ExpressionGenes, PlantGolgi ApparatusOryzaPhylogenyPlant ProteinsRNA, PlantSaccharomyces cerevisiaeSequence AlignmentSequence Analysis, DNAAmidohydrolasesCeramidasesCeramidesDNA, ComplementaryPlant ProteinsRNA, PlantSphingolipids

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PMID18547394
PMCPMC3072431
OpenAlexW2163630225

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