最近的研究证明在叶绿体内过量表达甲基营养细菌RuMP中固定HCHO的关键酶6-磷酸己酮糖合成酶(HPS)和6-磷酸果糖异构酶(PHI)的融合蛋白HPS—PHI可以在转基因天竺葵中构建一条甲醛光合同化途径从而提高植物对甲醛的同化和脱毒能力。甲醇氧化酶(AODl)是甲基营养型酵母甲醇代谢途径的第一个关键酶,可催化甲醇氧化为甲醛。在烟草叶绿体中过量表达AODl或/和HPS.PHI产生过量表达AODl(AO)、HPS—PHI(AB)、同时过量表达AODl和HPS—PHI(AA)的转基因烟草。用2和6mmol/L 13CH3OH处理3种转基因烟草和野生型烟草(wT),13C—NMR分析表明AO植株中积累的H”COOH最多,[U-13C]Gluc和[U-13C]Fruc的生成量在AO和wT间无显著差异,在AA和AB中的产生量显著高于AO和WT,且在AA中的生成量又高于AB,这种差异在6mmol/L 13CH,OH处理植株中比2mmol/L更为明显。这些结果证实在叶绿体中过表达AODl增加烟草氧化甲醇为甲酸的能力,同时过量表达AODl和HPS—PHI在烟草中成功地构建一个甲醇光合同化途径,提高烟草同化甲醇为糖类物质的能力。
3-hexulose-6-phosphate synthase (HPS) and 6-phosphate-3-hexuloisomerase (PHI) are two key enzymes in a HCHO-assimilation pathway in methylotroph. It has demonstrated that overexpression of HPS/PHI fusion protein in chloroplasts of geranium installs a photosynthetic HCHO-assimilation pathway and thereby enhanced the ability of transgenic plants to assimilate and detoxify formaldehyde. Alcohol oxidase ( AOD1 ) is the first key enzyme in the methanol metabolic pathway in methylotrophie yeasts. AOD catalyzes oxidation of methanol to formaldehyde. AOD1 or/and HPS-PHI were over-expressed in chloroplasts of tobacco to generate AOD1 (AO), HPS-PHI (AB) over-expression line as well as AOD1 and HPS-PHI (AA) simultaneous over- expression line. The transgenic and wild-type tobacco (WT) was treated with 2 mmol/L and 6 mmol/L 13CH3OH. 13C-NMR analysis showed that the accumulation of H13COOH was maximum in AO trangenic plants. There is no significant difference in the generation of [ U-13 C ] glucose ( Glue ) and [ U-13 C ] fructose ( Fruc ) between AO and WT lines. However, the production of [ U-13 C ] glucose (Glue) and [ U-13 C ] fructose (Fruc) in AA and AB lines was significantly higher than that in AO and WT lines. Moreover, the formation of the two metabolites in AA line was higher than in AB line. These differences were more significant in 6mmol/Ll3CH3OH treated-plants than in 2 mmoL/L 13CH3OH_treated plants. These results suggested that overexpression of AOD1 in chloroplasts enhanced the ability of tobacco to oxidize methanol to formaldehyde, while simultaneous overexpression of AOD1 and HPS-PHI could successfully created a photosynthetic CH3OH-assimilation pathway, thus enhanced ability of tobacco to assimilate CH3OH as sugars.