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1.
Heat stability studies at the α-glycerophosphate dehydrogenase locus in populations of Drosophila melanogaster 总被引:4,自引:0,他引:4
Glenn C. Bewley 《Biochemical genetics》1978,16(7-8):769-775
The level of hidden variation in populations of Drosophila melanogaster at the Gpdh
+ locus was determined by thermal stability studies of the protein. The results indicate a lack of variation using these methods both in and between the two common electrophoretic variants. It is suggested that -GPDH is conserved in primary structure, which may be related to its critical role in flight muscle metabolism.This investigation was supported by NIH Research Grants No. GM-11546 and GM-23617. Paper No. 5262 of the Journal Series of the North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station, Raleigh, North Carolina 27607. 相似文献
2.
The basis for the differentiation of l-glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (-GPDH) into larval and adult isozymes in Drosophila melanogaster was investigated by the correlation of a lack of appearance of each isozyme during development within Drosophila bearing -GPDH null alleles and by the study of a putative conversion factor. Conversion studies indicate the presence of a heat-labile RNase-resistant conversion factor present in crude larval extracts with the ability to convert GPDH-1 to GPDH-2 and GPDH-3 but not vice versa. In addition, null mutations at the Gpdh locus obliterate all isozymatic species of -GPDH in all developmental stages. These observations suggest that all -GPDH isozymes are the product of a single structural gene and that the multiple forms of this enzyme arise during successive developmental stages through an epigenetic modification of the primary Gpdh
+ polypeptide. Finally, observations are reported which bear on the functional divergence of the -glycerophosphate cycle in the adult and larval stage of development.This investigation was supported in part by NIH Research Grant No. GM-15691 and Genetics Training Grant No. 2 TI GM-685 at the University of North Carolina and by NIH Research Grant No. GM-11546 at North Carolina State University.Paper No. 5054 of the Journal Series of the North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station, Raleigh, North Carolina. 相似文献
3.
Summary When roots of five day-old maize seedlings were exposed to15N-nitrate, a constant (25–29%) proportion of the reduced15N derived from the entering15N-nitrate accumulated as insoluble15N nitrogen. Constancy was established by two hours and lasted through 12 hours at ambient15N-nitrate concentrations of 0.05 mM to 20.0 mM. Even when little15N nitrate had been reduced (<2 moles), there was a linear relationship between accumulation of insoluble15N (but not accumulation or translocation of soluble reduced15N) and total reduced15N. It is proposed that protein synthesis from the entering nitrate occurs in close association with nitrate reduction.Paper No. 9764 of the Journal Series of the North Carolina Agricultural Research Service, Raleigh, NC, 27695-7619, USA. This research was supported by Grant No. PCM-8118661 from the National Science Foundation.Use of trade names in this publication does not imply endorsement by the North Carolina Agricultural Research Service of the product's name or criticisms of similar ones not mentioned. 相似文献
4.
Summary Laboratory prescreening ofRhizobium trifolii for acid tolerance, based upon the ability of rhizobia to grow in acid media (pH 4.2) containing Al (15 M), was successful for the selection of strains capable of survival in acid soil.Both sterile and non-sterile soils of varying acidity were inoculated with several strains ofR. trifolii.Acid tolerant strains generally had significantly higher populations at every sample period than an acid sensitive strain. Amelioration of soil acidity by liming improved persistence of all strains. Soil sterilization by autoclaving adversely affected survival of all strains at each soil acidity level.Paper Number 8766 of the Journal Series, North Carolina Agricultural Research Service, Raleigh, NC 27650, USA. 相似文献
5.
Barley seedlings (Hordeum vulgare L. cv. Boone) were grown at 20°C with a 16h/8h light/dark cycle of either high (H) intensity (550 mole m-2 s-1) or low (L) intensity (55 mole m-2 s-1) white light. Plants were transferred from high to low (H L) or low to high (L H) light intensity at various times from 4 to 8 d after leaf emergence from the soil. Primary leaves were harvested at the beginning of the photoperiod and a 3 cm apical segment removed for analysis. H control plants had greater chlorophyll (Chl) per leaf area and higher Chl a/b ratios than L controls. Analysis of Chl-protein complexes revealed that H and L plants had the same percentage of total Chl (62–65%) associated with Photosystem II (PS II), but that the organization of Chl within PS II was different. H plants contained lower levels of light-harvesting complex (LHC-II) and higher levels of the PS II complex CPa compared with L plants. Leaf Chl content and Chl organization within PS II were sensitive to changes in light intensity. In H L plants, leaf Chl content decreased, Chl a/b ratio decreased, and a redistribution of Chl from CPa to LHC-II occurred during acclimation to low light. Acclimation of L H plants to high light involved an increase in leaf Chl content, an increase in Chl a/b ratio, and a decrease in LHC-II. In contrast, the level of photosystem I related Chl-protein complexes (CP1 + CP1a) was similar in all light treatments. The light acclimation process occurred slowly over a period of 6 to 8 d in H L and L H plants.Abbreviations DMF
dimethylformamide
- H
control plants grown under high light intensity
- H L
plants transferred from high to low light intensity
- L
control plants grown under low light intensity
- L H
plants transferred from low to high light intensity
Cooperative investigations of the United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, and the North Carolina Agricultural Research Service, Raleigh, NC. Paper No. 11989 of the Journal Series of the North Carolina Agricultural Research Service, Raleigh, NC 27695-7643, USA. 相似文献
6.
Acclimation of barley to changes in light intensity: photosynthetic electron transport activity and components 总被引:9,自引:0,他引:9
Barley seedlings (Hordeum vulgare L. Boone) were grown at 20°C with 16 h/8 h light/dark cycle of either high (H) intensity (500 mole m-2 s-1) or low (L) intensity (55 mole m-2 s-1) white light. Plants were transferred from high to low (H L) and low to high (L H) light intensity at various times from 4 to 8 d after leaf emergence from the soil. Primary leaves were harvested at the beginning of the photoperiod. Thylakoid membranes were isolated from 3 cm apical segments and assayed for photosynthetic electron transport, Photosystem II (PS II) atrazine-binding sites (QB), cytochrome f(Cytf) and the P-700 reaction center of Photosystem I (PS I). Whole chain, PS I and PS II electron transport activities were higher in H than in L controls. QB and Cytf were elevated in H plants compared with L plants. The acclimation of H L plants to low light occurred slowly over a period of 7 days and resulted in decreased whole chain and PS II electron transport with variable effects on PS I activity. The decrease in electron transport of H L plants was associated with a decrease in both QB and Cytf. In L H plants, acclimation to high light occurred slowly over a period of 7 days with increased whole chain, PS I and PS II activities. The increase in L H electron transport was associated with increased levels of QB and Cytf. In contrast to the light intensity effects on QB levels, the P-700 content was similar in both control and transferred plants. Therefore, PS II/PS I ratios were dependent on light environment.Abbreviations Asc
ascorbate
- BQ
2,5-dimethyl-p-benzoquinone
- DBMIB
2,5-dibromo-3-methyl-6-isopropyl-p-benzoquinone
- DCIP
2,6-dichlorophenolindophenol
- H
control plants grown under high light intensity
- H L
plants transferred from high to low light intensity
- L
low control plants grown under low light intensity
- L H
plants transferred from low to high light intensity
- MV
methyl viologen
- P-700
photoreaction center of Photosystem I
- QB
atrazine binding site
- TMPD
N,N,N,N-tetramethyl-p-phenylenediamine
Cooperative investigations of the United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, and the North Carolina Agricultural Research Service, Raleigh, NC. Paper No. 11990 of the Journal Series of the North Carolina Agricultural Research Service, Raleigh, NC 27695-7643, USA. 相似文献
7.
Two forms of sucrose-phosphate synthase (EC 2.4.1.14) were resolved from leaves of three species, maize (Zea mays L. cv. Pioneer 3184), soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr., cv. Ransom) and spinach (Spinacia oleracea L. cv. Resistoflay) by hydroxyapatite Ultrogel chromatography, using a 75-mM (designated peak 1) and 250-mM (peak 2) K-phosphate discontinuous-gradient elution. Rechromatography of the two forms showed that they were not readily interconvertible. The distribution of activity between the two forms differed among species and changed during purification of the enzyme. Recovery of peak-1 activity was specifically lowered when maize leaf extracts were prepared in the absence of magnesium, indicating that the two forms may differ in stability. In addition, the forms of the enzyme from maize differed in the extent of glucose-6-phosphate activation. These results provide evidence for the existence of multiple forms of sucrose-phosphate synthase in leaves of different species and that the forms differ in regulatory properties.Abbreviations Fru6P
fructose 6-phosphate
- Glc6P
glucose 6-phosphate
- HAU
hydroxyapatite Ultrogel
- Pi
inorganic phosphate
- SPS
sucrose-phosphate synthase
- UDP
uridine 5-diphosphate
- UDPG
uridinediphosphate glucose
Cooperative investigations of the United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, and the North Carolina Agricultural Research Service, Raleigh. Paper No. 10511 of the Journal Series of the North Carolina Agricultural Research Service, Raleigh. Supported in part by USDA Competitive Research Grant No. 85-CRCR-1-1568 相似文献
8.
We compared responses of maize, tomato, and bean plants to water stress. Maize reached a severe water deficit (leaf water potential –1.90 MPa) in a longer period of time as compared with tomato and bean plants. Maize stomatal conductance (g
s) decreased at mild water deficit. g
s of tomato and bean decreased gradually and did not reach values as low as in maize. The protein content was maintained in maize and decreased at low water potential (w); in tomato it fluctuated and also decreased at low w; in bean it gradually decreased. Ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase activity remained high at mild and moderate stress in maize and tomato plants; in bean it remained high only at mild stress. 相似文献
9.
The limited proteolytic pattern of transducin,G
t
, and its purified subunits with chymotrypsin were analyzed and the cleavage sites on the
t
subunit were identified. The
t
subunit in the GTPS bound form was cleaved into a major 38 kD fragment, whereas
t
-GDP was progressively digested into 38, 23, 21, and 15 kD fragments. The
t
subunit was not very sensitive to proteolytic digestion with chymotrypsin. The
t
subunit was not cleaved and only a small portion of
t
was digested into several fragments. In order to determine which proteolytic fragment of
t
still contained the carboxyl terminal region, chymotrypsinization was carried out usingG
t
previously32P-labeled at Cys347 by petrussis toxin-catalyzed ADP-ribosylation. The32P-label was mainly associated with the
t
subunit and a 15 kD fragment. The 23 and 21 kD fragments were not32P-labeled. Analysis of amino terminal sequences of 38, 21, and 15 kD proteolytic bands allowed the identification of the major cleavage sites. Chymotrypsin had two cleavage sites in the amino terminal region of
t
, at Leu15 and Leu19. Chymotrypsin removed 15–19 amino acid residues from the amino terminus of
t
, generating two peptides (38 kD) which comigrates in gel electrophoresis. Chymotrypsin also cleaved at Trp207 in a conformation-dependent manner. Trp207 of
t
-GTPS was resistant to proteolysis but
t
-GDP and the 38 kD fragments of
t
-GDP produced the 23 and 21 kD fragments, respectively, and a 15 kD fragment containing the carboxyl terminus. This proves that the environment of Trp207 changes when GTP or GTPS is bound, leading to its inaccessibility to chymotrypsin. 相似文献
10.
Ralph Scheuermann Klaus Biehler Thomas Stuhlfauth Heinrich P. Fock 《Photosynthesis research》1991,27(3):189-197
Gas exchange and fluorescence measurements of attached leaves of water stressed bean, sunflower and maize plants were carried out at two light intensities (250 mol quanta m-2s-1 and 850 mol quanta m-2s-1). Besides the restriction of transpiration and CO2 uptake, the dissipation of excess light energy was clearly reflected in the light and dark reactions of photosynthesis under stress conditions. Bean and maize plants preferentially use non-photochemical quenching for light energy dissipation. In sunflower plants, excess light energy gave rise to photochemical quenching. Autoradiography of leaves after photosynthesis in 14CO2 demonstrated the occurrence of leaf patchiness in sunflower and maize but not in bean. The contribution of CO2 recycling within the leaves to energy dissipation was investigated by studies in 2.5% oxygen to suppress photorespiration. The participation of different energy dissipating mechanisms to quanta comsumption on agriculturally relevant species is discussed.Abbreviations Fo
minimal fluorescence
- Fm
maximal fluorescence
- Fp
peak fluorescence
- g
leaf conductance
- PN
net CO2 uptake
- qN
coefficient of non-photochemical quenching
- qP
coefficient of photochemical quenching 相似文献
11.
Summary The plasma membrane of higher plants contains more than one kind ofb-type cytochromes. One of these has a high redox potential and can be fully reduced by ascorbate. This component, the cytochromeb
561 (cytb
561), has its characteristic -band absorbance close to 561 nm wavelength at room temperature. Cytb
561 was first isolated from etiolated bean hook plasma membranes by two consecutive anion exchange chromatography steps. During the first step performed at pH 8, cytb
561 did not bind to the anion exchange column, but otherb-type cytochromes did. In the second step performed at pH 9.9, cytb
561 was bound to the column and was eluted from the column at an ionic strength of about 100 mM KCl. However, when the same protocol was applied to the solubilized plasma membrane proteins fromArabidopsis thaliana leaves and maize roots, the ascorbate-reducible cytb
561 bound already to the first anion exchange column at pH 8 and was eluted also at an ionic strength of about 100 mM KCl. Otherb-type cytochromes than the ascorbate-reducible cytb
561 from the plasma membranes of Arabidopsis leaves and maize roots showed similar Chromatographic characteristics to that of bean hypocotyls. These results demonstrate particular differences in the Chromatographic behavior of cytb
561 from different sources.Abbreviations cyt
b
561 cytochromeb
561
- PM
plasma membrane
- PAGE
polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis 相似文献
12.
Abscisic acid (ABA) levels and metabolism were investigated in relation to shoot growth in cocoa (Theobroma cacao L.). ABA levels were high (14 nmoles/g fwt) in young flush leaves during shoot growth but gradually declined during the subsequent dormant period. ABA levels were low (1–2 nmoles/g fwt) in mature leaves when the terminal bud re-initiated growth. ABA-glucose ester (ABA-glu) levels were low (3–4 nmoles/g fwt) in the flush leaves during shoot growth and dormancy, however, ABA-glu levels increased more than 7-fold in these same leaves during the next flush cycle. ABA-glu levels then dropped significantly during the dormant period. Radiolabeled-ABA was metabolized to three products in cocoa leaves: ABA-glu, phaseic acid and dihydrophaseic acid. Catabolism of radiolabeled ABA was significantly greater in mature leaves during the dormant period when endogenous levels of ABA were high as compared to the period of active shoot growth when endogenous levels of ABA in mature leaves were low. 相似文献
13.
Howard D. Rees Robert W. Bonsall Dr. Richard P. Michael 《Cell and tissue research》1988,254(1):139-146
Summary Target cells for testosterone, dihydrotestosterone, and estradiol in the pituitary gland and genital tract of the male primate were localized by thaw-mount autoradiography, and high performance liquid chromatography was used to identify the metabolites of these steroids in cell nuclei. Castrated rhesus monkeys were injected with 3H-testosterone, 3H-dihydrotestosterone, or 3H-estradiol and killed 60 min later. In the anterior pituitary gland, fewer cells were labeled and less radioactivity was taken up by cell nuclei following the administration of either 3H-testosterone (4% of pars distalis cells and 5 dpm/g DNA) or 3H-dihydrotestosterone (5% of cells and 13 dpm/g DNA) than following the administration of 3H-estradiol (43% of cells and 214 dpm/g DNA). Most of the radioactivity in nuclei was in the form of the unmetabolized parent compound (78–94%). In prostate, seminal vesicles, and penis, 3H-dihydrotestosterone was the predominant form of nuclear radioactivity following both 3H-testosterone (67–90%) and 3H-dihydrostestosterone (94–97%) administration, and both androgens labeled epithelial and smooth muscle cells. In contrast, 3H-estradiol was taken up in unchanged form, by cell nuclei of the genital tract and it labeled connective tissue fibroblasts, but not epithelial cells. Thus, the distributions of target cells for androgens and estrogens were clearly different in all these tissues, and the uptake of testosterone resembled that of its androgenic rather than that of its estrogenic metabolite. 相似文献
14.
M I Khan M Joginadha Swamy M V Krishna Sastry S Umadevi Sajjan S R Patanjali Prasad Rao G V Swarnalatha P Banerjee A Surolia 《Glycoconjugate journal》1988,5(1):75-84
Fluorescence and stopped-flow spectrophotometric studies on three plant lectins fromPsophocarpus tetragonolobus (winged bean),Glycine max (soybean) andArtocarpus integrifolia (jack fruit) have been studied usingN-dansylgalactosamine as a fluorescent ligand. The best monosaccharide for the winged bean agglutinin I (WBA I) and soybean (SBA) is Me-GalNAc and for jack fruit agglutinin (JFA) is Me-Gal. Examination of the percentage enhancement and association constants (1.51×106, 6.56×106 and 4.17×105 M–1 for SBA, WBA I and JFA, respectively) suggests that the combining regions of the lectins SBA and WBA I are apolar whereas that of JFA is polar. Thermodynamic parameters obtained for the binding of several monosaccharides to these lectins are enthalpically favourable. The binding of monosaccharides to these lectins suggests that the-OH groups at C-1, C-2, C-4 and C-6 in thed-galactose configuration are important loci for interaction with these lectins. An important finding is that the JFA binds specifically to Galß1-3GaINAc with much higher affinity than the other disaccharides which are structurally and topographically similar.The results of stopped-flow spectrometry on the binding ofN-dansylgalactosamine to these lectins are consistent with a bimolecular single step mechanism. The association rate constants (2.4×105, 1.3×104, and 11.7×105 M–1 sec–1 for SBA, WBA I and JFA, respectively) obtained are several orders of magnitude slower than the ones expected for diffusion controlled reactions. The dissociation rate constants (0.2, 3.2×10–2, 83.3 sec–1 for SBA, WBA I and JFA, respectively) obtained for the dissociation ofN-dansylgalactosamine from its lectin complex are slowest for SBA and WBA I when compared with any other lectin-ligand dissociation process.Abbreviations SBA
Soybean agglutinin
- WBA I
Winged bean agglutinin (Basic)
- JFA
Jack fruit agglutinin
- PNA
Peanut agglutinin
- Con A
Concanavalin A
- Dansyl (Dns)
5-dimethylaminonaphthalene-I-sulphonyl
- 2GaINDns
N-dansylgalactosamine
- dGal
2-deoxygalactose
-
l-Ara
l-arabinose
-
d-Fuc
d-fucose
-
l-Rha
l-rhamnose
-
N-acetyllactosamine
Galß4GlcNAc
- melibiose
Gal6Glc 相似文献
15.
Targeted mapping and linkage analysis of morphological isozyme,and RAPD markers in peach 总被引:25,自引:0,他引:25
J. X. Chaparro D. J. Werner D. O'Malley R. R. Sederoff 《TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik》1994,87(7):805-815
Nine different F2 families of peach [Prunus persica (L.) Batsch] were analyzed for linkage relationships between 14 morphological and two isozyme loci. Linkage was detected between weeping (We) and white flower (W), 33 cM; double flower (Dl) and pillar (Br), 10 cM; and flesh color (Y) and malate dehydrogenase (Mdh1), 26 cM. A leaf variant phenotypically distinct from the previously reported wavy-leaf (Wa) mutant in peach was found in progeny of Davie II. The new willow-leaf character (designated Wa2) was closely linked (0.4 cM) to a new dwarf phenotype (designated Dw3). Two families derived from the pollen-fertile cultivar White Glory segregated for pollen sterility, but segregation did not follow a 31 ratio. Evidence is presented suggesting that White Glory possesses a pollen-sterility gene (designated Ps2) that is non-allelic to the previously reported pollen-sterility gene (Ps) in peach. Ps2 was linked to both weeping (We-Ps2, 15.5 cM) and white flower (Ps2-W, 25.3 cM). A genomic map of peach containing 83 RAPD, one isozyme, and four morphological markers was generated using an F2 family obtained by selfing an NC174RL x Pillar F1. A total of 83 RAPD markers were assigned to 15 linkage groups. Various RAPD markers were linked to morphological traits. Bulked segregant analysis was used to identify RAPD markers flanking the red-leaf (Gr) and Mdh1 loci in the NC174RL x Pillar and Marsun x White Glory F2 families, respectively. Three markers flanking Mdh1 and ten markers flanking Gr were identified. The combination of RAPD markers and bulked segregant analysis provides an efficient method of identifying markers flanking traits of interest. Markers linked to traits that can only be scored late in development are potentially useful for marker-aided selection in trees. Alternatives for obtaining additional map order information for repulsion-phase markers in large F2 populations are proposed.This work was supported in part by the McKnight Foundation, North Carolina Biotechnology Center, North Carolina State University Forest Biotechnology Research Consortium, and the North Carolina Agricultural Research Service, Raleigh, North Carolina 相似文献
16.
Johannssen Walther Schütte Horst Mayer Hubert Mayer Frank 《Archives of microbiology》1984,140(2-3):265-270
Electron microscopy of negatively stained isolated restriction enzyme EcoRI revealed particle projections with triangular or square outlines, indicating that the enzyme, in its tetrameric state, is tetrahedron-like. The two dimers making up the tetramer appear to be arranged in two planes orthogonal to each other. Complexes formed by EcoRI with the plasmids pBR322 or pGW10 were investigated by electron microscopic spreading techniques. In the presence of Mg2+, EcoRI was bound to the DNA molecules to form pearl necklace-like aggregates. The number of bound EcoRI particles was much higher as the sum of EcoRI-and 5..AATT..3 sites (with exceptions, the 5..AATT..3 sites may function as one type of EcoRI* sites) along the DNAs, indicating unspecific binding. In the absence of Mg2+, EcoRI was bound to the DNA only at the recognition site for EcoRI and the sites where the tetranucleotide sequence 5..AATT..3 was present. A direct correlation of the local concentrations of the bases A and T within the flanking sequences of the binding sites with the frequency of EcoRI to the DNA was observed. Dimers and tetramers of the enzyme was found to bind to the DNA. Tetramers occasionally exhibited two binding sites for DNA as indicated by the observation of DNA loops originating at the sites of bound tetrameric EcoRI particles.Abbreviations BAC
Benzyldimethylalkylammoniumchloride
- bp
base pairs
- Kb
kilobases
- SDS
sodium dodecylsulfate
Enzymes (EC 3.1.23.13)
Restrictionendonuclease EcoRI
- (EC 3.1.23.21)
Restrictionendonuclease HindIII
- (EC 3.1.23.37)
Restrictionendonuclease SalGI
Dedicated Professor H. G. Schlegel on occasion of this 60th birthday 相似文献
17.
Simultaneous influx of ammonium and potassium into maize roots: kinetics and interactions 总被引:4,自引:0,他引:4
The interaction between ammonium and potassium during influx was examined in roots of dark-grown decapitated corn seedlings (Zea mays L., cv. Pioneer 3369A). Influx was measured during a 10-min exposure to either (15NH4)2SO4 ranging from 10 to 200 M NH
4
+
with and without 200 M K(86Rb)Cl or to K(86Rb)Cl ranging from 10 to 200 M K+ with and without 200 M NH
4
+
as (15NH4)2SO4. The simple Michaelis-Menten model described the data well only for potassium influx in the presence of ambient ammonium. For the other three instances, the data were improved by assuming that a second influx mechanism became operative as the low-concentration phase approached saturation. Two distinct mechanisms are thus indicated for both ammonium and potassium influx within the range of 10 to 200 M.The influx mechanism operating at low concentrations showed greater affinity for potassium than for ammonium, even though the capacity for ammonium transport was twice as large as that for potassium. It is suggested that this phase involved a common transport system for the two ions and that localized low acidity next to the internal surface, following H+ extrusion, favored ammonium deprotonation and dissociation from the transport system-ammonium complex. Parallel decreases in V
max and increases in Km of the low-concentration saturable phase occurred for ammonium influx when ambient potassium was present and for potassium influx when ambient ammonium was present. The data support a mixed-type inhibition in each case. Simultaneous measurement of potassium and ammonium influx showed that they were highly negatively correlated at the lower concentrations, indicating that the extent to which influx of the inhibited ion was restricted was associated with influx of the inhibitor ion. Presence of ambient ammonium eliminated the second phase of potassium influx. In contrast, the presence of ambient potassium decreased the concentration at which the second phase of ammonium influx was initiated but did not restrict the rate.Paper no. 11131 of the Journal Series of the North Carolina Agricultural Research ServiceThe use of trade names in this publication does not imply endorsement by the North Carolina Agricultural Research Service of the products named, nor criticism of similar ones not mentioned 相似文献
18.
Photoassimilating mature leaves of Cucumis melo exported carbon at a rate of 1.7 mg C·dm-2·h-1. Radiolabeling with 14C showed that stachyose and raffinose are the main carbohydrates translocated. Autoradiograms indicated that sieve elements of the abaxial phloem of minor veins are the sole conduits for carbon export from mature leaves and carbon import into immature leaflets. Sieve elements of the abaxial phloem are associated with intermediary cells which are intimately connected with the surrounding mesophyll cells by numerous plasmodesmata. Photoassimilate, labeled with 14C, was released into the leaf apoplast and could be trapped in a buffer solution circulating over the abraded adaxial epidermis. Carbon efflux was 1% of the carbon-export rate. A comparable distribution of 14C among the sugars, amino acids and organic acids, recovered from the free space and from leaf extracts, was recorded. The composition of released 14C-labeled carbohydrates in the free space resembled the pattern of photoassimilate, but differed clearly from the translocate. Release of organic compounds into the leaf apoplast was stimulated by chelating agents like Na-ATP, ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid and ethylene glycol-bis(-aminoethyl ether)-N,N,N,N-tetraacetic acid; a correlation between carbon efflux into the apoplast and carbon export from the leaf was not detected. It is suggested that the release of organic compounds into the leaf apoplast of Cucumis melo is the consequence of a general leakage from mesophyll and vascular parenchyma cells. A selective release of transport oligosaccharides was not observed. The experimental results presented here do not preclude a symplastic transfer of assimilates in mature leaves.Abbreviations EDTA
ethylenediaminetetraacetate
- EGTA
ethylene glycol-bis(-aminoethyl ether)-N,N,N,N-tetraacetate
- PCMBS
p-chloromercuribenzenesulfonic acid 相似文献
19.
Roots of intact bean plants were supplied with [14C]adenine by pulse-chase experiments. The rate of incorporation of radioactivity into tRNA and oligonucleotides of roots as well as the content of radioactive labeled cytokinin nucleotides in these RNA fractions were determined. On the average, 1/70 of the radioactivity incorporated into tRNA was localized in N6(2isopentenyl)adenosine. The half life of tRNA was estimated to be 65–70 h. Shortly after the pulse period, oligonucleotides contained zeatin riboside at a ratio of 1:800, on the basis of radioactivity. The half life of these oligonucleotides was determined to be about 8 h. The main free radioactive cytokinin of roots and leaves was zeatin. Comparing the rate of degradation of 14C-labeled tRNA and the oligonucleotides of roots and the rate of appearance of radioactive cytokinins in roots and leaves, we found strong indications for their dependency. The results contradict the hypothesis of de novo synthesis of cytokinins in roots of intact bean plants.Abbreviations AMP
adenosine monophosphate
- IPA
N6(2isopentenyl)adenosine
- IPAde
N6(2isopentenyl)adenosine
- Z
zeatin
- ZR
zeatinriboside
- TLC
thin-layer chromatography
- HPLC
high performance liquid chromatography
Part of the doctoral thesis, Bonn 1980 相似文献
20.
The pathway of ethylene biosynthesis was examined in two lower plants, the semi-aquatic ferns Regnellidium diphyllum Lindm. and Marsilea quadrifolia L. As a positive control for the ethylene-biosynthetic pathway of higher plants, leaves of Arabidopsis thaliana (L.) Heynh. were included in each experiment. Ethylene production by Regnellidium and Marsilea was not increased by treatment of leaflets with 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid (ACC), the precursor of ethylene in higher plants. Similarly, ethylene production was not inhibited by application of aminoethoxyvinylglycine and -aminoisobutyric acid, inhibitors of the ethylene biosynthetic enzymes ACC synthase and ACC oxidase, respectively. However, ACC was present in both ferns, as was ACC synthase. Compared to leaves of Arabidopsis, leaflets of Regnellidium and Marsilea incorporated little [14C]ACC and [14C]methionine into [14C]ethylene. From these data, it appears that the formation of ethylene in both ferns occurs mainly, if not only, via an ACC-independent route, even though the capacity to synthesize ACC is present in these lower plants.Abbreviations ACC
1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid
- AdoMet
S-adenosyl-l-methionine
- AIB
-aminoisobutyric acid
- AVG
aminoethoxyvinylglycine
This research was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy through grant No. DE-FG02-91ER20021 and, in part, by a fellowship of the National Engineering and Research Council of Canada to Jacqueline Chernys. 相似文献