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Antioxidative enzymes in seedlings of Nelumbo nucifera germinated under water
Authors:Ushimaru Takashi  Kanematsu Sumio  Katayama Masao  Tsuji Hideo
Affiliation:Department of Biology and Geosciences, Faculty of Science, Shizuoka University, Shizuoka 422-8529, Japan;Department of Food Technology, Faculty of Horticulture, Minamikyushu University, Miyazaki 884-0003, Japan;Department of Liberal Arts, Shukugawa Gakuin College, Nishinomiya 662-8555, Japan;Department of Biology, Kobe Women's University, Kobe 654-8585, Japan
Abstract:
Dry seeds of anoxia-tolerant lotus ( Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn= Nelumbium speciosum Willd.) have green shoots with plastids containing chlorophyll, so photosynthesis starts even in seedlings germinated under water, namely hypoxia. Here we investigated antioxidative enzyme changes in N. nucifera seedlings responding to oxygen deficiency. The activity of superoxide dismutase (SOD; EC 1.15.1.1), dehydroascorbate reductase (DHAR; EC 1.8.5.1) and glutathione reductase (GR; EC 1.6.4.2) were lower in seedlings germinated under water (submerged condition) in darkness (SD seedlings) than those found in seedlings germinated in air and darkness (AD seedlings). In contrast, ascorbate peroxidase (APX; EC 1.11.1.11) activity was higher in SD seedlings and the activity of catalase (EC 1.11.1.6) and monodehydroascorbate reductase (MDAR; EC 1.6.5.4) in SD seedlings was nearly the same as in AD seedlings. When SD seedlings were exposed to air, the activity of SOD, DHAR and GR increased, while the activity of catalase and MDAR decreased. Seven electrophoretically distinct SOD isozymes were detectable in N. nucifera . The levels of plastidic Cu,Zn-SODs and Fe-SOD in SD seedlings were comparable with those found in AD seedlings, which may reflect the maintenance of green plastids in SD seedlings as well as in AD seedlings. These results were substantially different from those previously found in rice seedlings germinated under water.
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