Abstract: | Dureja, I., Guha-Mukherjee, S. and Prasad, R. 1986. Mechanismof L-lysine transport by pea protoplasts.J. exp. Bot.37: 549555. L-Lysine uptake was studied in pea protoplasts to characterizethe transport process. The uptake was pH dependent with optimumat pH 5?8. A kinetic analysis of uptake showed that L-lyslneuptake was biphasic. The respiratory inhibitors, sodium arsenate,azide, iodoacetate and 2, 4, dinitrophenol, inhibited the uptakeof L-lysine at a final concentration of 0?1 mol m3 suggestingit to be mediated in part by an active process. Competitiveinhibition of L-lysine uptake by only L-arglnine and of L-leucineand glycine uptake by several amino acids indicated that L-lysineuptake occurs via a specific system whereas the uptake of L-leucineand glycine was mediated through a relatively non-specific permease. Key words: Pea protoplasts, L-lysine transport, active transport, specific system |