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Characterization of storage proteins, amino acid profile and enzymes involved in lysine metabolism in genetic modified barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) Cereals represent an important source of protein to human food and animal feed. However, they are characterized by low nutritional quality of proteins due to the unbalanced composition of amino acids, caused by the excess of the amino acids proline and glutamine and deficiency of lysine, threonine and tryptophan. The prolamin storage proteins constitute 50% of the total protein content in the endosperm and is primarily responsible for these characteristics in cereals. Information on the metabolism of lysine and accumulation of storage proteins in endosperm have been used to develop and implement strategies in plant breeding programs that aim to address the deficiencies found in cereals. Lange and coworkers (2007) reported the production of transgenic lines of barley with a pattern of storage proteins that showed altered and increase in the levels of lysine and other amino acids. This study aimed to identify what were the mechanisms responsible for observed changes. For this, we evaluated the activity of enzymes involved in synthesis and degradation of lysine, besides the characterization of storage proteins and their amino acid composition. There was a reduction in the prolamin protein fraction (5.91 to 18.34%) and compensatory increases in the glutelin fractions (2.16 to 6.52%). The other fractions had variable responses depending on the event evaluated. Moreover, the amino acid composition was changed in the different protein fractions. Prolamins exhibited increases in levels of lysine (1.79 to 49.13%), threonine (5.04 to 22.60%) and methionine (13.57 to 45.38%), whereas increases were mainly globulins content of methionine (32.30 to 142.56%). With respect to soluble amino acids, increases were observed in the order of 2-3 fold of histidine, lysine, phenylalanine and methionine. Analysis of enzymes involved in lysine metabolism showed that changes in three key enzymes of the pathway of aspartic acid. The enzyme aspartate kinase (AK) showed increase in activity (4.44 to 47.27%), however, was more sensitive to inhibition by lysine. The enzyme dihydrodipicolinate synthase (DHDPS) also showed increased activity (from 1.50 to 66.32%), but unlike the AK, was less sensitive to inhibition by lysine. The enzyme homoserine dehydrogenase (HSDH) that competes for the substrate ASA with the DHDPS, exhibited reduced activity (3.36% to 28.80%) (an exception one transgenic line) and was less sensitive to inhibition by threonine. The enzymes involved in degradation of lysine were also changed, though the results varied for different events. Those who observed decreased activity of the enzyme lysine ketoglutarate reductase (LOR) was also found for enzyme saccharopine dehydrogenase (SDH), but the order of twice, which was valid for those who had increased. This study showed that the change in the pattern of storage proteins produced changes in amino acid metabolism, in this case lysine, to supply the demand needed for incorporation into storage proteins.

Caracterização de proteínas de reserva, perfil de aminoácidos e enzimas envolvidas no metabolismo de lisina em cevada (Hordeum vulgare L.) geneticamente modificada