Aluminium Stress Affects Nitrogen Fixation and Assimilation in Soybean (Glycine max L.) |
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Authors: | Karina B Balestrasse Susana M Gallego María L Tomaro |
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Institution: | (1) Departamento de Química Biológica, Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Junín 956, (1113) Buenos Aires, Argentina |
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Abstract: | Nitrogen fixation and assimilation in nodules and roots were studied in soybean (Glycine max L.) exposed to different levels of aluminium (Al) stress (0, 50, 200 and 500 μM). Al at 500 μM induced oxidative stress,
which became evident from an increase in lipid peroxidation accompanied by a concomitant decline in antioxidant enzyme activities
and leghaemoglobin breakdown. Consequently, there was also a reduction in nitrogenase activity. However, the leghaemoglobin
levels and nitrogenase activity were unexpectedly found to be higher in nodules when the plants were treated with 200 μM Al.
Of the enzymes involved in nitrogen assimilation, the activity of glutamate dehydrogenase-NADH was reduced in nodules under
Al stress, but it was significantly higher in roots at 500 μM Al as compared to that in the control. In nodules, the glutamine
synthetase/glutamate synthase-NADH pathway, assayed in terms of activity and expression of both the enzymes, was inhibited
at >50 μM Al; but in roots this inhibitory effect was apparent only at 500 μM Al. No significant changes in ammonium and protein
contents were recorded in the nodules or roots when the plants were treated with 50 μM Al. However, Al at ≥200 μM significantly
increased the ammonium levels and decreased the protein content in the nodules. But these contrasting effects on ammonium
and protein contents due to Al stress were observed in the roots only at 500 μM Al. The results suggest that the effect of
Al stress on nitrogen assimilation is more conspicuous in nodules than that in the roots of soybean plants. |
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Keywords: | Aluminium Ammonium Glycine max L Lipid peroxidation Nitrogen assimilation Nitrogen fixation Oxidative stress |
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