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A protein kinase (PK‐II), phosphorylating casein, was purified from ripening mango, Mangifera indica L., fruit tissue. The purification procedure consisted of ammonium sulphate fractionation and sequential anion exchange‐, dye‐ligand, and gel filtration chromatography. The enzyme was purified over 500‐fold to near homogeneity with a recovery of 4%. The purified enzyme had a specific activity of ca 1 µmol mg−1 protein min−1 with ATP as phosphoryl donor. SDS‐PAGE results indicated a monomeric enzyme with molecular mass of 35 kDa. The protein kinase phosphorylated the acidic substrates casein and phosvitin, but had a very low activity with histones and protamine sulphate. The optimum pH and temperature for catalysis were determined to be 9.6 and 35°C, respectively. Mn2+ could not substitute for the Mg2+ needed for activity and Ca2+ had a slight stimulatory effect. Phospholipids, cAMP, calmodulin and the calmodulin inhibitor, calmidazolium, did not have any significant effect on activity, but the enzyme was inhibited by heparin and the specific inhibitor, CKI‐7, ( N ‐[2‐aminoethyl]‐5‐chloroisoquinoline‐8‐sulphonamide). Autoradiographic studies revealed the ability of the protein kinase to autophosphorylate as well as the presence of endogenous protein substrates in the crude extract. Initial velocity studies with casein as substrate and product inhibition studies with ADP indicated a Km (ATP) and Km (casein) of 14 µ M and 0.18 mg ml−1 , respectively, with a Ki (ADP) of 3.2 µM. The enzyme can be classified as a casein kinase I type of protein kinase (EC 2.7.10). 相似文献
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David H. Clapham Ingegerd Dormling lnger Ekberg Gösta Eriksson Mohammed Qamaruddin Daphne VincePrue 《Physiologia plantarum》1998,102(1):71-78
To test for the effects of far‐red light on preventing budset in Picea abies , seedlings of six populations originating from latitudes between 67°N and 47°N were grown for 4–8 weeks in continuous incandescent (metal halogen) light at 300 µmol m−2 s−1 and 20°C and then transferred, at the same temperature, to a daily regime of 8 h incandescent light (300 µmol m−2 s−1 ) followed by 16 h cool white fluorescent light (40 µmol m−2 s−1 ). (Cool white lamps are deficient in far‐red light, with a R/FR ratio of 7.5 compared with 2.0 for the incandescent lamps.) All the seedlings from 67° and 80% of those from 64° stopped extension growth and set terminal buds within 28 days of the change of regime. The seedlings from 61° and further south continued growing, as did control seedlings from 67° grown as above but with incandescent light at 20 µmol m−2 s−1 replacing cool white illumination. To distinguish between a clinal and ecotypic pattern of variation, the interval between 64° and 59° was investigated by growing populations originating from that area in the same regimes as before. After 28 days in the cool white day‐extension regime, the percentage budset was 86 for the population from 64°, 0 for the population from 59° and 25–50 for the intermediate populations; i.e. the populations showed a clinal variation in requirement for far‐red light according to latitude. Thus northern populations of Picea abies appear to behave as 'light‐dominant' plants for the photoperiodic control of extension growth and budset, whereas the more southern populations behave as 'dark‐dominant' plants. 相似文献
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José M. Quintero José M. Fournier José Ramos Manuel Benlloch 《Physiologia plantarum》1998,102(2):279-284
Twenty‐day‐old sunflower plants ( Helianthus annuus L. cv. Sun‐Gro 380) grown in nutrient solutions with different KCl levels were used to study the effects of K+ status of the root and of abcisic acid (ABA) on the exudation rate (Jv ), the hydraulic conductivity of the root (Lp ), the fluxes of exuded K+ and Na+ (JK and JNa ), and the gradient of osmotic pressure between the xylem and the external medium. Jv and Lp increased in direct proportion to the K+ starvation of the root. Also addition of ABA (4 µ M ) at the onset of exudation in the external medium made Jv and Lp rise, and this effect also increased with the degree of K+ starvation. Similarly, K+ starvation and ABA promoted both the flux of exuded Na+ and the accumulation of Na+ in the root. We suggest that ABA acts as a regulating signal for the radial transport of water across the root, and that potassium may be an effector of this mechanism. 相似文献
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The effect of temperature and acclimation period on repeat swimming performance in cutthroat trout 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
Hatchery cutthroat trout Oncorhynchus clarki clarki were used to examine the effects of 48 h and 3 week temperature acclimation periods on critical swimming speed ( U crit ). The U crit was determined for fish at acclimation temperatures of 7, 14 and 18° C using two consecutive ramp‐ U crit tests in mobile Brett‐type swim tunnels. An additional group was tested at the stock's ambient rearing temperature of 10° C. The length of the temperature acclimation period had no significant effect on either the first or the second U crit ( U crit‐1 and U crit‐2 , respectively) or on the recovery ratio (the quotient of U crit‐2 U crit‐1 −1 ). As anticipated, there was a significant positive relationship between U crit‐1 and temperature ( P < 0·01) for both acclimation periods, and an increasing, though non‐significant, trend between U crit‐2 and temperature ( P = 0·10). Acclimation temperature had no significant effect ( P = 0·71) on the recovery ratio. These results indicate that a 48 h acclimation to experimental temperatures within the range of −3 to +8° C of the acclimation temperature may be sufficient in studies of swimming performance with this species. This ability to acclimate rapidly is probably adaptive for cutthroat trout and other species that occupy thermally variable environments. 相似文献
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León A. Bravo Gustavo E. Zúñiga Miren Alberdi Luis J. Corcuera 《Physiologia plantarum》1998,103(1):17-23
The role of ABA in freezing resistance in nonacclimated and cold‐acclimated barley ( Hordeum vulgare L.) was studied. Eleven nonacclimated cultivars differed in their LT50 , ranging from −10.8 to −4.8°C. Sugars, free proline, soluble proteins and ABA were analyzed in nonacclimated cultivars and during cold acclimation of one cultivar. There was an inverse correlation between LT50 and both ABA and sucrose contents. Exogenous ABA caused a decrease in the freezing point of leaf tissue in the cultivar with the lowest level of endogenous ABA, but not in the cultivar with the highest level, suggesting that ABA in the latter may be near the optimum endogenous level to induce freezing tolerance. Plants of cv. Aramir treated with ABA or allowed to acclimate to cold temperature increased their soluble sugar content to a similar level. The LT50 of leaves of cold‐acclimated cv. Aramir decreased from −5.8 to −11.4°C, with biphasic kinetics, accumulating proline and soluble sugars with similar kinetics. The biphasic profile observed during cold acclimation could be a direct consequence of cryoprotectant accumulation kinetics. ABA and soluble protein accumulation showed a single step profile, associated mainly with the second phase of the LT50 decrease. Thus, a significant increase in endogenous ABA is part of the response of barley to low temperature and may be required as a signal for the second phase of cold acclimation. Endogenous ABA contents in the nonacclimated state may determine constitutive freezing tolerance. 相似文献
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CO2 , light and temperature influence senescence and protein degradation in wheat leaf segments 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Effects of environmental conditions influencing photosynthesis and photorespiration on senescence and net protein degradation were investigated in segments from the first leaf of young wheat ( Triticum aestivum L. cv. Arina) plants. The segments were floated on H2 O at 25, 30 or 35°C in continuous light (PAR: 50 or 150 µmol m−2 s−1 ) in ambient air and in CO2 ‐depleted air. Stromal enzymes, including phosphoglycolate phosphatase, glutamine synthetase, ferredoxin‐dependent glutamate synthase, phosphoribulokinase, and the peroxisomal enzyme, glycolate oxidase, were detected by SDS‐PAGE followed by immunoblotting with specific antibodies. In general, the net degradation of proteins and chlorophylls was delayed in CO2 ‐depleted air. However, little effect of CO2 on protein degradation was observed at 25°C under the lower level of irradiance. The senescence retardation by the removal of CO2 was most pronounced at 30°C and at the higher irradiance. The stromal enzymes declined in a coordinated manner. Immunoreactive fragments from the degraded polypeptides were in most cases not detectable. However, an insolubilized fragment of glycolate oxidase accumulated in vivo, especially at 25°C in the presence of CO2 . Detection of this fragment was minimal after incubation at 30°C and completely absent on blots from segments kept at 35°C. In CO2 ‐depleted air, the fragment was only weakly detectable after incubation at 25°C. The results from these investigations indicate that environmental conditions that influence photosynthesis may interfere with senescence and protein catabolism in wheat leaves. 相似文献
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Hiroshi Ueda Hidemi Misawa Nobuyuki Fukushima †Toshiaki Katada ‡Michio Ui §Masamichi Satoh 《Journal of neurochemistry》1996,66(2):845-851
Abstract: The κ-opioid receptor agonists including U-50,488H and dynorphin A (1–17) in ranges of 0.1–100 n M inhibited the hydrolysis of GTP to GDP (Pi release) inherent in GTP-binding proteins (G proteins) in guinea pig cerebellar membranes. U-50,488H inhibited only high-affinity GTPase activity, not low-affinity activity. The action of this agonist was found to be biphasic, and there was no inhibition at concentrations >1 µ M . The inhibition was abolished by pretreatment with preactivated pertussis toxin (PTX) at concentrations >1 µg/ml but not with preactivated cholera toxin (30 µg/ml). Similar blockade of κ-receptor-mediated inhibition was also observed when membranes were pretreated with a low concentration (8 µ M ) of N -ethylmaleimide (NEM) at low temperature (4°C), which alkylates the cysteine residue to be ADP-ribosylated by PTX; but this treatment caused no significant change in κ-agonist binding. When purified Gi1 , but not Go , was reconstituted into membranes pretreated with NEM, the κ-receptor-mediated inhibition was recovered. These findings suggest that a subtype of κ-opioid receptor is coupled to inhibition of intrinsic activity of Gi1 . 相似文献
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The transfer of potato ( Solanum tuberosum ) tubers from 10 to 1°C was associated with an initial decline in the rate of CO2 output followed by a rapid increase reaching, within some 12 days, a peak which was about 3‐fold higher than at 10°C. Thereafter the rate of CO2 evolution declined gradually for the duration of the experiment. The specific rate of mitochondrial O2 uptake decreased initially, followed by a rise to a level similar to that of mitochondria prepared from tubers stored at 10°C. Low temperature decreased by 30% the capacity of the cytochrome pathway while it sharply increased the capacity of the alternative pathway. Sucrose was the first sugar to accumulate at 1°C, followed after a delay of 6‐7 days by glucose and fructose. Low temperature induced within 4‐5 days a rise in amylase activity which increased by 10‐fold after 30 days. The increase was reflected in only two out of four existing isoforms. In addition a novel isoform of amylase was detected later in storage. The induction and the accumulation of invertase mRNA and extractable activity followed the increase in sucrose but preceded that of hexoses. The activity of starch phosphorylase isoforms was not affected by temperature. There was a 3‐fold increase in chlorogenic acid at 1°C. Hypoxia strongly inhibited the accumulation of sugars and chlorogenic acid, the increase in the amylase activity, and the appearance of the novel isoform. Low O2 totally suppressed the induction of invertase mRNA and increased the capacity of the alternative oxidase. It did not, however, prevent the decrease in cytochrome capacity; neither did it affect the activity of starch phosphorylase isoforms. 相似文献
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The distribution of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase (PEPCase, EC 4.1.1.31) in different leaf‐cell‐types and tissues of Vicia faba L. cv. 3‐fach Weiße was studied. The highest specific PEPCase activity was found in guard cell protoplasts (16.3 µmol mg−1 protein h−1 ) whereas for epidermal and mesophyll protoplasts remarkably lower specific activities were found (1.6 and 1.0 µmol mg−1 protein h−1 , respectively). On chlorophyll and protoplast basis, a similar distribution of enzyme activity was observed. Compared with epidermal extracts, the specific PEPCase activity of mesophyll tissue was 17‐fold lower. Immunological studies with polyclonal antibodies to PEPCase indicated 3 immunoreactive proteins in epidermal tissue and guard cell protoplasts with molecular masses of 107 000, 110 000, and 112 000. Only the Mr 107 000 protein was found in extracts of mesophyll and epidermis protoplasts. Western immunoblots after native electrophoresis of epidermal and mesophyll proteins showed a significant difference in PEPCase mobility. It is assumed, that the immunostained proteins of Mr 110 000 and 112 000 represent isoforms or subunits of the PEPCase and that they are involved in stomatal movements. 相似文献
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Elevated CO2 appears to be a significant factor in global warming, which will likely lead to drought conditions in many areas. Few studies have considered the interactive effects of higher CO2 , temperature and drought on plant growth and physiology. We grew canola ( Brassica napus cv. 45H72) plants under lower (22/18°C) and higher (28/24°C) temperature regimes in controlled-environment chambers at ambient (370 μmol mol−1 ) and elevated (740 μmol mol−1 ) CO2 levels. One half of the plants were watered to field capacity and the other half at wilting point. In three separate experiments, we determined growth, various physiological parameters and content of abscisic acid (ABA), indole-3-acetic acid and ethylene. Drought-stressed plants grown under higher temperature at ambient CO2 had decreased stem height and diameter, leaf number and area, dry matter, leaf area ratio, shoot/root weight ratio, net CO2 assimilation and chlorophyll fluorescence. However, these plants had increased specific leaf weight, leaf weight ratio and chlorophyll concentration. Elevated CO2 generally had the opposite effect, and partially reversed the inhibitory effects of higher temperature and drought on leaf dry weight accumulation. This study showed that higher temperature and drought inhibit many processes but elevated CO2 partially mitigate some adverse effects. As expected, drought stress increased ABA but higher temperature inhibited the ability of plants to produce ABA in response to drought. 相似文献
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Although Al‐induced iron chlorosis has been observed in many plants, the mechanisms responsible for this phenomenon are yet to be understood. We investigated the effect of Al on iron acquisition in a Strategy II plant, wheat ( Triticum aestivum L.) using both Al‐tolerant (Atlas 66) and ‐sensitive (Scout 66) cultivars. When iron was supplied as insoluble iron, ferric hydroxide, in the culture solution, both cultivars without Al treatment grew normally, while those with 100 µ M AlCl3 developed chlorosis of the young leaves after 3 days of the treatment. A 21‐h treatment with 100 µ M AlCl3 in 0.5 m M CaCl2 solution (pH 4.5) decreased the amount of 2'‐deoxymugineic acid (DMA) secreted by Fe‐deficient Atlas 66 and Scout 66 plants by 85 and 90%, respectively. The amount of DMA secreted decreased with increasing external Al concentrations. Al treatment during the biosynthesis process caused the inhibition of that of DMA within 3 h. The secretion process was also found to be inhibited by Al, resulting in the biosynthesized DMA remaining in the roots. These results demonstrate the inhibition by Al of both biosynthesis and secretion of DMA attributed to Al‐induced iron chlorosis. 相似文献
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Iker Aranjuelo Pilar Pérez Libia Hernández Juan José Irigoyen Gloria Zita Rafael Martínez-Carrasco Manuel Sánchez-Díaz 《Physiologia plantarum》2005,123(3):348-358
Plants grown in an environment of elevated CO2 and temperature often show reduced CO2 assimilation capacity, providing evidence of photosynthetic downregulation. The aim of this study was to analyse the downregulation of photosynthesis in elevated CO2 (700 µmol mol−1 ) in nodulated alfalfa plants grown at different temperatures (ambient and ambient + 4°C) and water availability regimes in temperature gradient tunnels. When the measurements were taken in growth conditions, a combination of elevated CO2 and temperature enhanced the photosynthetic rate; however, when they were carried out at the same CO2 concentration (350 and 700 µmol mol−1 ), elevated CO2 induced photosynthetic downregulation, regardless of temperature and drought. Intercellular CO2 concentration measurements revealed that photosynthetic acclimation could not be accounted for by stomatal limitations. Downregulation of plants grown in elevated CO2 was a consequence of decreased carboxylation efficiency as a result of reduced rubisco activity and protein content; in plants grown at ambient temperature, downregulation was also induced by decreased quantum efficiency. The decrease in rubisco activity was associated with carbohydrate accumulation and depleted nitrogen availability. The root nodules were not sufficiently effective to balance the source–sink relation in elevated CO2 treatments and to provide the required nitrogen to counteract photosynthetic acclimation. 相似文献
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Peter von Ballmoos Markus Ammann Alfred Egger Marianne Suter Christian Brunold 《Physiologia plantarum》1998,102(4):596-604
The induction of activity of the enzyme nitrate reductase (NR, EC 1.6.6.1, 1.6.6.2) in needles of Norway spruce ( Picea abies [L.] Karst.) by nitrogen dioxide (NO2 ) was studied under laboratory and field conditions. In fumigation chambers an increase in nitrate reductase activity (NRA) was detected 4 h after the start of the NO2 treatment. During the first 2 days with 100 µg NO2 m−3 , NRA reached a constant level and did not change during the following 4 days. At the same level of NO2 , NRA was lower in needles from trees grown on NPK‐fertilized soil than on non‐fertilized soil. After the transfer of spruce trees from fertilized soil to NPK‐rich nutrient solution, NRA was transiently increased. This effect was assigned to root injuries causing nitrate transport to the shoot and subsequent induction of NRA. Neither trees on fertilized soil nor trees transferred to NPK‐poor nutrient solution had increased NRA unless NO2 was provided. The NO2 gradient in the vicinity of a highway was used to test the long‐term effect of elevated levels of NO2 on needle NRA of potted and field‐grown spruce trees. Compared with less polluted sites, permanently increased NRAs were detected when NO2 concentrations were above 20 µg m−3 . Controls of field measurements some 10 years after the introduction of catalytic converters in cars showed no significant change neither in NO2 levels nor in the decreasing NRA of spruce needles with the distance from the highway. 相似文献
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Processes contributing to photoprotection of grapevine leaves illuminated at low temperature 总被引:3,自引:0,他引:3
Photoinactivation of photosystem II (PSII) and energy dissipation at low leaf temperatures were investigated in leaves of glasshouse-grown grapevine ( Vitis vinifera L. cv. Riesling). At low temperatures (< 15°C), photosynthetic rates of CO2 assimilation were reduced. However, despite a significant increase in the amount of light excessive to that required by photosynthesis, grapevine leaves maintained high intrinsic quantum efficiencies of PSII ( F v / F m ) and were highly resistant to photoinactivation compared to other species. Non-photochemical energy dissipation involving xanthophylls and fast D1 repair were the main protective processes reducing the 'gross' rate of photoinactivation and the 'net' rate of photoinactivation, respectively. We developed an improved method of energy dissipation analysis that revealed up to 75% of absorbed light is dissipated thermally via pH- and xanthophyll-mediated non-photochemical quenching at low temperatures (5–15°C) and moderate (800 µmol quanta m−2 s−1 ) light. Up to 20% of the energy flux contributing to electron transport was dissipated via photorespiration when taking into account temperature-dependent mesophyll conductance; however, this flux used in photorespiration was only a relatively small amount of the total absorbed light energy. Photoreduction of O2 at photosystem I (PSI) and subsequent superoxide detoxification (water-water cycle) was more sensitive to inhibition by low temperature than photorespiration. Therefore the water-water cycle represents a negligibly small energy sink below 15°C, irrespective of mesophyll conductance. 相似文献
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When root temperature dropped below 25°C, there was a sharp drop in the root pressure ( P r ) and hydraulic conductivity of excised roots ( Lp r ) of young cucumber ( Cucumis sativus L.) seedlings as measured with the root pressure probe. A detailed analysis of root hydraulics provided evidence for a larger reduction in the osmotic component of Lp r (77%) in comparison with the hydrostatic component (34%) in response to the exposure of the root system to 13°C. The activity of the plasma membrane H+ -ATPase (EC 3.6.1.35) was reduced from 30 to 16 µmol Pi mg−1 protein h−1 upon exposure to 8°C for 1 day. Ultrastructural observations showed no evidence of loosening of the microstructure of endodermal cell walls in low temperature (LT)-treated roots. It is concluded that the rapid drop in the P r in response to LT is largely caused by a reduction in the activity of the plasma membrane H+ -ATPase rather than by loosening of the endodermal wall which would cause substantial solute losses. On the other hand, water permeability of root cell membrane at LT was related to changes in the activity (open/closed state) of water channels. 相似文献
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Six chitinases (EC 3.2.1.14) were purified from salicylate‐treated leek ( Allium porrum L.). They all strongly bind to chitin and can roughly be divided into two groups. One group has blocked N‐termini, is completely inhibited by 1 m M AgNO3 , has a relatively narrow pH optimum, a temperature optimum of 40°C and cannot degrade the tetramer of chitin. The other group has unblocked N‐termini showing homology to the chitin‐binding lectin WGA and is therefore considered as class I chitinases. This group is only moderately inhibited by 1 m M AgNO3 (30%), has a relatively broad pH optimum, has a higher temperature optimum (50 to 60°C) and can degrade the tetramer of chitin to dimers. Furthermore, all isoforms have molecular masses around 34 kDa as estimated by SDS‐PAGE. They have isoelectric points ranging from 4 to 8 and no detectable lysozyme activity. Two isoforms investigated in more detail differ in their antifungal potential. 相似文献
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R. Kamiski† E. Kamler† M. KorwinKossakowski† L. Myszkowski† J. Wolnicki† 《Journal of fish biology》2006,68(4):1077-1090
Embryos and yolk‐feeding larvae of lake minnow Eupallasella percnurus were reared at 13, 16, 19, 22 and 25° C with no access to external food. Time from egg activation to first embryonic movements, hatching, filling of swimbladder and final yolk resorption increased with decreasing temperature. At 13° C, c . 40% of larvae were unable to fill their swimbladder. The predicted lower temperature at which development and growth ceased (biological zero, t 0 ) was the same for both processes, c . 7·5–10·5° C. There was no ontogenetic shift in the t 0 value. Temperature coefficients for development ( Q 10dev. ) ranged from 2 to 3 at 19–25° C, but were higher in hatched larvae at lower temperatures. Eggs of E. percnurus had a combination of small size, high hydration and low caloric value of fresh matter. Dry mass of larval tissue on yolk, percentage of dry matter in wet matter, and specific growth rate were maximized at 22 and 25° C. At 19–25° C, energy and matter contained in the initial eggs were converted to body tissue most efficiently. Temperatures from 22 to 25° C are considered optimal for E. percnurus embryos and yolk‐feeding larvae and are recommended for their indoor rearing. 相似文献
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Effect of elevated CO2 on carbon partitioning and exudate release from Plantago lanceolata seedlings 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Plantago lanceolata L. seedlings were grown in sand microcosm units over a 43‐day experimental period under two CO2 regimes (800 or 400 µmol mol−1 ) to investigate the effect of elevated atmospheric CO2 concentration on carbon partitioning and exudate release. Total organic carbon (TOC) content of the collected exudate material was measured throughout the experimental period. After 42 days growth the seedlings were labelled with [14 C]‐CO2 and the fate of the label within the plant and its release by the roots monitored. Elevated CO2 significantly (P ≤ 0.001) enhanced shoot, root and total dry matter production although the R:S ratio was unaltered, suggesting no alteration in gross carbon partitioning. The cumulative release of TOC (in mg C) over 0‐42 days was unaltered by CO2 treatment however, when expressed as a percentage of net assimilated C, ambient‐grown plants released a significantly (P≤ 0.001) higher percentage from their roots compared to elevated CO2 ‐grown plants (i.e. 8 vs 3%). The distribution of 14 C‐label was markedly altered by CO2 treatment with significantly (P≤ 0.001) greater per cent label partitioned to the roots under elevated CO2 . This indicates increased partitioning of recent assimilate below‐ground under elevated CO2 treatment although there was no significant difference in the percentage of 14 C‐label released by the roots. Comparison of plant C budgets based on 14 C‐pulse‐chase methodology and TOC measurements is discussed. 相似文献
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The effects of acute temperature change on the cost of bluegill Lepomis macrochirus swimming were quantified. At 14° C, maximum labriform swimming speed ( U lab,max ) was reduced relative to that at the acclimation temperature of 22° C, but total cost of transport ( T TC ) remained unchanged. At 30° C, U lab,max was the same as at 22° C, but T TC was 66% greater. 相似文献
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ACC oxidase from Carica papaya: Isolation and characterization 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Most of the studies done on 1‐aminocyclopropane 1‐carboxylic acid (ACC) oxidase were done in vivo. It is only recently that in vitro studies have been carried out successfully on the enzyme. Here we report on in vitro studies of the enzyme that was isolated from Carica papaya . The enzyme had a Km of 37 µ M and was inhibited by n ‐propyl gallate (0.240 m M ), sodium dithionite (0.022 m M ), sodium metabisulphite (0.021 m M ) and cobalt sulphate (0.100 m M ). The activity of the enzyme increased with ripening, the enzyme was somewhat labile and activity was lost after 4 days at 14°C; activity was prolonged when the crude homogenate was kept at −15°C. Isolation and purification were achieved with ammonium sulphate precipitation followed by gel‐filtration (Sephadex G 100‐120) and ion‐exchange chromatography (DEAE‐Sephadex). Gel electrophoresis of the purified enzyme gave a single band which corresponded to a molecular mass of 27.5 kDa. The amino acid content of the enzyme showed a relatively high percentage of valine (10.4%). Enzyme activity was enhanced when dithiothreitol (3 m M ) and bicarbonate ion (30 m M ) were added to the assay medium. The production of ethylene from Carica papaya did not require pretreatment of the fruit with ethylene. 相似文献