Purine synthesis and catabolism in soybean seedlings : the biogenesis of ureides |
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| Authors: | Polayes D A Schubert K R |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Biology, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130. |
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| Abstract: | The ureides, allantoin and allantoic acid, are the major nitrogenous substances transported within the xylem of N2-fixing soybeans (Glycine max L. Merr. cv Amsoy 71). The ureides accumulated in the cotyledons, roots and shoots of soybean seedlings inoculated with Rhizobium or grown in the presence of 10 millimolar nitrate. The patterns of activity for uricase and allantoinase, enzymes involved in ureide synthesis, were positively correlated with the accumulation of ureides in the roots and cotyledons. Allopurinol and azaserine inhibited ureide production in 3-day-old cotyledons while no inhibition was observed in the roots. Incubation of 4-day-old seedlings with 14C]serine indicated that in the cotyledons ureides arose via de novo synthesis of purines. The source of ureides in both 3- and 4-day-old roots was probably the cotyledons. The inhibition of ureide accumulation by allopurinol but not azaserine in 8-day-old cotyledons suggested that ureides in these older cotyledons arose via nucleotide breakdown. Incubation of 8-day-old plants with 14C]serine suggested that the roots had acquired the capability to synthesize ureides via de novo synthesis of purines. These data indicate that both de novo purine synthesis and nucleotide breakdown are involved in the production of ureides in young soybean seedlings. |
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