A heme protein. Oxidizes ascorbate and low molecular weight aromatic substrates. The monodehydroascorbate radical produced is either directly reduced back to ascorbate by EC 1.6.5.4 [monodehydroascorbate reductase (NADH)] or undergoes non-enzymic disproportionation to ascorbate and dehydroascorbate.
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SYSTEMATIC NAME
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L-ascorbate:hydrogen-peroxide oxidoreductase
A heme protein. Oxidizes ascorbate and low molecular weight aromatic substrates. The monodehydroascorbate radical produced is either directly reduced back to ascorbate by EC 1.6.5.4 [monodehydroascorbate reductase (NADH)] or undergoes non-enzymic disproportionation to ascorbate and dehydroascorbate.
light-induced chloroplast development is enhanced in PtotAPX-overexpressing transgenic Populus tomentosa callus with lower levels of hydrogen peroxide, but is suppressed in PtotAPX antisense transgenic callus with higher levels of hydrogen peroxide
chloroplasts with elaborate thylakoids can develop from proplastids in the cells of calli derived from leaf tissues of Populus tomentosa upon exposure to light. Chloroplast development is confirmed at the molecular and cellular levels and transcriptome analysis reveals that genes related to photoreceptors and photosynthesis are significantly upregulated during chloroplast development in a time-dependent manner. In light-induced chloroplast development, a key process is the removal of hydrogen peroxide, in which thylakoid-localized PtotAPX plays a major role
transgenic tobacco plants overexpressing Apx show no significant difference in morphology under normal conditions. The transgenic plants are more resistant to drought, salt and oxidative stress conditions and show decreased H2O2 levels, increased ascorbate consumption, an increase in the NADP to NADPH ratio, and higher Apx activity
chloroplast development is a complex process that is critical to the growth and development of plants, overview. Chloroplast thylakoid ascorbate peroxidase PtotAPX plays a key role in chloroplast development from proplastids upon exposure to light in Populus tomentosa and in thylakoid development by decreasing hydrogen peroxide
overexpression or suppression of PtoAPX in Populus tomentosa callus. Light-induced chloroplast development is enhanced in PtotAPX-overexpressing transgenic Populus tomentosa callus with lower levels of hydrogen peroxide, but is suppressed in PtotAPX antisense transgenic callus with higher levels of hydrogen peroxide. The suppression of light-induced chloroplast development in PtotAPX antisense transgenic callus is relieved by the exogenous reactive oxygen species scavenging agent N,N'-dimethylthiourea (DMTU)
into the pBI121 binary vector for a Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated tobacco leaf disc transformation, a CaMV 35S promoter and a rd29A promoter driven construct is used
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LITERATURE
APX activity in the 35S-PpAPX transgenic lines increases by 50% compared to the activity in the control lines, activity is 80% higher in the leaves in response to drought or salt stresses, the PpAPX transcript level is very low under normal growing conditions in rd29Ap-PpAPX plants, but clearly increased under drought stress
the transgenic plants show enhanced tolerance to oxidative stress, salt and drought, PpAPX does not play a significant role under normal growing conditions, but do ameliorate oxidative injury under abiotic stress, the Ad29 promoter shoul be used as an inducible promoter in transgenic works