Electrogenic sucrose transport in developing soybean cotyledons |
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| Authors: | Lichtner F T Spanswick R M |
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| Affiliation: | Section of Botany, Genetics and Development, Division of Biological Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853. |
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| Abstract: | Addition of sucrose to a solution bathing an excised developing soybean cotyledon causes a transient depolarization of the membrane potential, as measured using standard electrophysiological techniques. The magnitude of the depolarization is dependent on the concentration of both sucrose and protons in a manner which suggests carrier mediation; this process has an apparent Km for sucrose of about 10 millimolar. Agents interfering with the generation or maintenance of a proton electrochemical gradient eliminate these depolarizations. Electrogenic sugar transport is sensitive to sulfhydryl-modifying reagents; their effect appears to be through a direct interaction with the carrier protein and/or with the process establishing the proton electrochemical gradient across the plasma membrane. p-Chloromercuribenzene sulfonate appears to be a selective inhibitor of the carrier-mediated process itself. |
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