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Quinone reductase activity is widespread in lichens

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 May 2021

Calvin Eddington Moyo Open the ORCID record for Calvin Eddington Moyo [Opens in a new window] ,
Farida Minibayeva Open the ORCID record for Farida Minibayeva [Opens in a new window] ,
Christiane Liers  and
Richard Peter Beckett Open the ORCID record for Richard Peter Beckett [Opens in a new window]
Calvin Eddington Moyo
Affiliation:
School of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Private Bag X01, Scottsville3209, South Africa
Farida Minibayeva
Affiliation:
Kazan Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Federal Research Center ‘Kazan Scientific Center of RAS’, PO Box 261 Kazan420111, Russia
Christiane Liers
Affiliation:
Unit of Environmental Biotechnology, Dresden University of Technology, International Institute Zittau, Markt 23, 02763Zittau, Germany
Richard Peter Beckett*
Affiliation:
School of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Private Bag X01, Scottsville3209, South Africa Open Lab ‘Biomarker’, Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University, Kremlevskaya str. 18, Kazan420008, Russia
*
Author for correspondence: Richard Peter Beckett. Email: rpbeckett@gmail.com
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Abstract

In our earlier work, we demonstrated that the oxidases tyrosinase (TYR), laccase (LAC), and a heme peroxidase (POX) occur widely in lichens. Here we report on the occurrence of another oxidoreductase enzyme, quinone reductase (QR) (EC 1.6.5.5). While QR has been reported to occur widely in other organisms, there is currently no information on QR activities in lichens. Here we present a survey of QR activity in 14 species of lichens. Results demonstrate that QR activity is readily detectable in all lichen species tested. However, activities vary greatly, with ‘jelly’ lichens in the genera Collema and Leptogium having the highest activities. QR, LAC and POX are all believed to have a role in extracellular hydroxyl radical production. However, in this study no correlation was found between the activities of these enzymes and the rates at which hydroxyl radicals were produced. Possible roles for QR in lichen biology are discussed.

Keywords

detoxificationextracellular redox cyclinghydroxyl radicalsurvey
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The Lichenologist , Volume 53 , Issue 3 , May 2021 , pp. 265 - 269
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the British Lichen Society

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