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The catalytic and regulatory properties of phosphoenolpyruvate(PEP) carboxylase (PEPC) are modulated remarkably by the increasein the level of bicarbonate in the assay medium. The activityof PEPC increased by two-fold as the concentration of bicarbonatewas raised from 0.05 to 10 mM. During this state, there wasonly marginal effect on Km for PEP, while the affinity of PEPCto Mg2+ increased by >2 fold. In contrast, the sensitivityof PEPC to malate decreased with increasing concentration ofHCO3. Similarly, the stimulation by glucose 6-phosphate(G-6-P) at optimal concentration (10 mM) of HCO3 wasmuch less than that at suboptimal concentration (0.05 mM). K1for malate increased by about 3 fold and Ka for G-6-P risedby fourfold as bicarbonate concentration was rised from 0.05to 10 mM. These results suggest that HCO3 desensitizesPEPC to both malate and G-6-P. Further, these changes were manifestedin both dark- as well as light-forms of the enzyme. Similarresults were obtained with PEPC in leaf extracts or in purifiedform. We therefore propose that bicarbonate-induced changesare independent of phospho-rylation and possibly through a significantchange in the conformation of the enzyme. This is the firstdetailed report indicating marked modulation of regulatory andcatalytic properties of PEPC by bicarbonate, one of its substrate. (Received April 14, 1998; Accepted September 22, 1998) 相似文献
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Freezing of healthy and rust (Puccinia lagenophorae) infectedleaves of Senecio vulgaris was compared calorimetrically bythermal analysis. In fully expanded leaves the threshold freezingtemperature was in the range 6.8 to 8.4 °Cin controls but 3.0 to 5.1 °C in leaves withsporulating rust sori. Comparable values in expanding leaveswere 5.0 to 8.9 °C and 3.9 to 6.7°C for healthy and rusted tissues, respectively. The bulktissue freezing point was between 1.0 and 4.0°C in both fully expanded and expanding healthy leaves,and was increased by infection by between +0.2 and 2.5 °C.Whereas healthy leaves supercooled by 3.15.8 °C,rusted leaves supercooled by only 1.84.9 °C Supercoolingof control leaves was reduced by dusting with aeciospores, particularlywhen leaves were wounded to simulate the rupture of the surfacecaused by sporulation, but wounding alone had no significanteffect. Supercooling of distilled water was also significantlyreduced by aeciospores, suspended at a concentration of 105spores ml1. It is concluded that rust-induced changes in leaf freezing inS. vulgaris grown in controlled environments were due to anincrease in the number of sites for ice nucleation, caused bythe presence of the aeciospores, and increased penetration ofice into internal tissues, resulting from damage to the cuticleand epidermis. Although data for frost resistance obtained inthe growth-room are similar to previous field observations,the role of the above mechanisms under field conditions remainsunproven. Senecio vulgaris (groundsel), Puccinia lagenophorae (rust), low temperature, freezing resistance 相似文献
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When frozen leaves of 24-day-old maize (Zea mays L.) plant werethawed on moist filter paper at 26°C (freeze-thaw treatment)several enzymes, including phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase (PEPC)and ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase (RuBPC), were rapidlyinactivated and degraded. The kinetics of the inactivation anddegradation were pseudo first-order, and the halftimes for inactivationof PEPC and RuBPC were 3.2 and 2.4 min, respectively. The effectof the freeze-thaw treatment on the inactivation and degradationdiffered among various enzymes: the residual activities of RuBPC,PEPC, hydroxypyruvate reductase, Cyt c oxidase, NADP-malic enzymeand a-mannosidase 10 min after the start of the thawing treatmentwere 7, 16, 54, 64, 97 and 98% of the initial respective levels.Thirty min after the starting of thawing treatment, the amountsof total soluble protein, the large subunit of RuBPC, the smallsubunit of RuBPC, the PEPC subunit and the NADP-malic enzymesubunit had fallen to 61, 2, 16, 8, and 66% of the initial respectiveamounts. The effect of freeze-thaw treatment on PEPC was greater in oldleaves than in young leaves. There was a steady increase ofthe rate of degradation of PEPC by freeze-thaw treatment asplants aged from 6 to 24 days. These results are discussed inthe context of protein degradation in plant cells. (Received August 9, 1993; Accepted January 10, 1994) 相似文献
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A comparison of the activity and properties of the enzyme phosphoenolpyruvatecarboxylase (PEPC) was made for plants of Sedum telephium L.grown under low (70 µmol m2 s1) or high(500µmol m2 s1) PPFD and subjected to varyingdegrees of water stress. Under well-watered conditions onlyplants grown under high PPFD accumulated titratable acidityovernight and the extractable activity of PEPC was almost 2-foldhigher in these plants than in plants grown under low PPFD.Increasing drought stress resulted in a substantial increasein the activity of PEPC extracted both during the light anddark periods and a decrease in the sensitivity to inhibitionby malic acid. The magnitude of these changes was determinedby the severity and duration of drought and by light intensity.A comparison of the kinetic properties of PEPC from severelydroughted plants revealed that plants droughted under high PPFDhad a lower Km for PEP than plants under low PPFD. Additionof 2·0 mol m3 malate resulted in an increase inthe Km for PEP, with plants draughted under low PPFD havinga significantly higher Km in the presence of malic acid comparedto those under high PPFD. Response to the activator glc-6-P,which lowered the Km for PEP, also varied between plants grownunder the two light regimes. Under well-watered conditions PEPCextracted from plants under high PPFD was more sensitive toactivation by glc-6-P than those under low PPFD. After the severedrought treatment, however, the Km for PEP in the presence ofglc-6-P was similar for enzyme extracted from plants grown underboth light regimes. Soluble sugars and starch were depletedovernight and were both possible sources of substrate for PEPC.With increasing drought, however, the depletion of starch relativeto soluble sugars increased under both light regimes. The propertiesof PEPC and the characteristics of carbohydrate accumulation/depletionare discussed in relation to the regulation of CAM in S. telephiumgrown under different light and watering regimes. Key words: PEP carboxylase, CAM, carbohydrates, Sedum telephium 相似文献
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This research examined the hypothesis that as cacti evolve tothe leafless condition, the stem epidermis and cortex becomemore leaflike and more compatible with a photosynthetic role.All cacti in the relict genus Pereskia have non-succulent stemsand broad, thin leaves. All members of the derived subfamilyCactoideae are leafless, having an expanded cortexthat is the plant's only photosynthetic tissue. In Pereskia,leaves have a high stomatal density (mean: 50.7 stomata mm2in the lower epidermis, 38.1 mm2 in the upper epidermis),but stems have low stomatal densities (mean: 11.3 mm 2, threeof the species have none). Stems of Cactoideae have a high stomataldensity (mean: 31.1 mm2, all species have stomata). Theouter cortex cells of stems of Cactoideae occur in columns,forming a palisade cortex similar to a leaf palisade parenchyma.In this palisade cortex, the fraction of tissue volume availablefor gas diffusion has a mean volume of 12.9%, which is identicalto that of Pereskia leaf palisade parenchyma. Pereskia stemcortex is much less aerenchymatous (mean: 5.3% of cortex volume).Cactoideae palisade cortex has a high internal surface density(0.0207 cm2 cm2 which is higher than in Pereskia stemcortex (0.0150 cm2 cm3) but not as high as Pereskia leafpalisade parenchyma (0.0396 cm2 cm3). Pereskia stem cortexhas no cortical bundles, but Cactoideae cortexes have extensivenetworks of collateral vascular bundles that resemble leaf veins. Cactaceae, cactus, intercellular space, stomatal density, internal surface/volume, evolution 相似文献
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The Metabolism of Abscisic Acid 总被引:7,自引:2,他引:5
The light-catalysed isomerization of (+)-abscisic acid (ABA)to its trans isomer during isolation from leaves was monitoredby the addition of (±)-[2-14C]ABA to the extraction medium.(+)Trans-abscisic acid (t-ABA) was found to occur naturallyin rose (Rosa arvensis) leaves at 20µg/kg fresh weight;(+)-ABA was present at 594µg/kg. (±)-[2-14D]Trans-abscisicacid was not isomerized enzymically to ABA in tomato shoots. (±)-Abscisic acid was converted by tomato shoots to awater-soluble neutral product, Metabolite B, whichwas identified as abscisyl-ß-D-glucopyranoside. When(±)-[2-14C]trans-abscisic acid in an equimolar mixturewith (±)-[2-14C}ABA was fed to tomato shoots it was convertedto its glucose ester 10 times faster than was ABA. Trans-abscisyl-ß-D-glucopyrano8ide only was formedfrom (±)-[2-14C]t-ABA in experiments lasting up to 30h. Glucosyl abscisate was formed slowly from ABA and the freeacid fraction contained an excess of the unnatural ().ABAas did the ABA released from abscisyl-ß-D-glucopyranosideby alkaline hydrolysis. The (+).ABA appeared to be the solesource of the acidic Metabolite C" previously noted. The concentrations of endogenous (+)-, (+)-[2-14C]-, and ()-[2-14C]ABAremaining as free acid, and also in the hydrolysate of abscisyl-ß-D-glucopyranoside,were measured by the ORD, UV absorption, and scintillation spectrometryof highly purified extracts of ABA from tomato shoots whichhad been supplied with racemic [2-l4C]ABA. 相似文献
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Rubisco Activity: Effects of Drought Stress 总被引:27,自引:3,他引:24
PARRY MARTIN A. J.; ANDRALOJC P. JOHN; KHAN SHAHNAZ; LEA PETER J.; KEYS ALFRED J. 《Annals of botany》2002,89(7):833-839
Ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (Rubisco) activityis modulated in vivo either by reaction with CO2 and Mg2+ tocarbamylate a lysine residue in the catalytic site, or by thebinding of inhibitors within the catalytic site. Binding ofinhibitors blocks either activity or the carbamylation of thelysine residue that is essential for activity. At night, inmany species, 2-carboxyarabinitol-1-phosphate (CA1P) is formedwhich binds tightly to Rubisco, inhibiting catalytic activity.Recent work has shown that tight-binding inhibitors can alsodecrease Rubisco activity in the light and contribute to theregulation of Rubisco activity. Here we determine the influencethat such inhibitors of Rubisco exert on catalytic activityduring drought stress. In tobacco plants, total Rubiscoactivity, i.e. the activity following pre-incubationwith CO2 and Mg2+, was positively correlated with leaf relativewater content. However, total Rubisco activityin extracts from leaves with low water potential increased markedlywhen tightly bound inhibitors were removed, thus increasingthe number of catalytic sites available. This suggests thatin tobacco the decrease of Rubisco activity under drought stressis not primarily the result of changes in activation by CO2and Mg2+ but due rather to the presence of tight-binding inhibitors.The amounts of inhibitor present in leaves of droughted tobaccobased on the decrease in Rubisco activity per mg soluble proteinwere usually much greater than the amounts of the known inhibitors(CA1P and daytime inhibitor) that can be recoveredin acid extracts. Alternative explanations for the differencebetween maximal and total activities are discussed. 相似文献
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Feeding behavior of the brittle star Ophiura ophiura includesorienting posture, orienting movements, arm walking,changing the direction of walking arm coilingand ingestion. All sequential behavior patterns were releasedor enhanced by single low-molecular-weight compounds. Stimuliwhich released walking behavior at high concentrations(104 M) in all the test animals are listed in decreasingorder of sensitivity: sarcosine, glycine, urea, L-valine, L-leucine,L-methionine, L-homocysteine, L-norvaline, L-norleucine, L-threonine,L-serine, S-methyl-L-cysteine, L-proline. Threshold values forsingle amino acids were as much as 100 times different in differentindividuals and ranged from 3 x 109 to 3 x 107M for the most effective stimulus, sarcosine, and from 106to 104 M for proline. Above 105 M, only L-prolineregularly released a second behavior pattern, the arm coilingresponse, which temporarily inhibited the walkingbehavior. Behavioral thresholds for the walkingbehavior for L(+)-lactate and L-alanine were higher than thosefor the orienting movements. Thyoglycolic acid and ß-alaninereleased tube feet walking, which is not part of the feedingbehavior. Structureactivity comparisons were studied at estimated105 M concentrations. Gycline, sarcosine, L-valine, L-norvaline,L-leucine, L-isoleucine, DL-norleucine and DL-homocysteine releasedarm walking behavior in more than 75% of all thetests. With the exceptions of S-methyl-and S-ethyl-cysteine,and glycine methylester, derivatives of amino acids were noteffective behavioral stimuli in Ophiura ophiura. L-Isomers ofvaline and leucine regularly stimulated the walkingbehavior while their D-isomers were effective in some testsand ineffective in others. Acetylcholine iodide, acetyl-ß-methylcholine chloride and choline phosphate chloride regularly releasedwalking behavior at concentrations above 105M. 相似文献
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A Cytochrome P450 Mediated Naringenin 3'-Hydroxylase from Sweet Orange Cell Cultures 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Doostdar Hamed; Shapiro Jeffrey P.; Niedz Randall; Burke M.D.; McCollum T. Gregory; McDonald Roy E.; Mayer Richard T. 《Plant & cell physiology》1995,36(1):69-77
A microsomal flavonoid 3'-hydroxylase (F3'H) catalyzing themetabolism of naringenin to eriodictyol in Citrus sinensis (L.)Osbeck cv. Hamlin cell suspension cultures wasshown to be a cytochrome P450 enzyme. This reaction requiredO2 and NADPH and was inhibited by CO, with partial reversalof CO-inhibition by light at 450 nm. Cytochrome P450 contentranged from 1020 pmol (mg microsomal protein)1.The F3'H reaction was shown to be linear in regard to proteinconcentration between 2.5 and 25 µg of microsomal protein.The optimum pH for the reaction was 7.47.6 and the temperatureoptimum was between 30 and 37°C. The apparent Km and Vmaxfor naringenin were 24 µM±3.2 and 81.4±7.9pmol eriodictyol min1 (mg protein)1, respectively.The microsomal F3'H was also capable of forming dihydroquercetinfrom dihydrokaempferol (40 pmol min1 (mg protein)1)and of quercetin from kaempferol (3.25 pmol min1 (mgprotein1). Cytochrome c and ketoconazole were the bestinhibitors of WH activity followed by piperonyl butoxide anda-naphthoflavone. Light was shown to be an inducer of the F3'Halmost doubling the specific activity and increasing the microsomalcytochrome P450 content by 30% over that of dark grown cells.F3'H activity was also confirmed in microsomal preparationsof young (new flush) leaves from Hamlin treesand flavedo of Hamlin oranges, Marshgrapefruit, and Lisbon lemon. No activity wasobserved in older, hardened leaves and albedo of all the fruittested. Initiation of embryogenesis in the Hamlincell suspension cultures by switching from a sucrose mediumto a glycerol-based medium resulted in the down-regulation ofF3'H.
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The inactivation of nitrate reductase in the leaves and rootsof barley (Hordeum vulgare L. cv. Mazurka) during and afterextracting was investigated. At 0 °C in the absence of casein,25 per cent of total. i.e. maximal in vitro, nitratereductase activity was lost during the 2 min extraction process,followed by a slower loss of activity while the extract wasstored in ice. Activity was maintained by adding a minimum of1 per cent casein to the extraction medium containing 0·1M phosphate (pH 7·5), 1 mM EDTA and 1 mM dithiothreitol.Nitrate reductase was stable for several hours in these extracts,but declined in a first order manner in the absence of dithiothreitol.Casein also prevented the initial loss while making root extracts,but had less effect during storage. Using casein and thiols, nitrate reductase activity in light,(as product of maximal in vitro rates and wt g1) in leaveswas 98 per cent of the total activity in 31-day-old plants grownwith full nutrient in water culture and 60-day-old field-grownplants receiving no fertilizer. Field-grown plants, however,exhibited only 17 per cent of the activity of culture-grownplants. Nitrate reductase in leaves of barley plants grown in waterculture had a diurnal rhythm. During the first 3 h of the lightperiod, activity increased to 1·3 x the darkvalue. This was followed by a temporary decrease and then byanother increase to a maximum of 1·7 x the darkvalue, occurring about 8 h after illumination. Activity thendecreased during the rest of the light period and in darkness. Hordeum vulgare L., barley, nitrate reductase 相似文献
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The effect of the leafless mutation (in whichtendrils replace leaflets and the stipules are reduced to avestigial form) upon foliage area, photosynthetic net CO2 uptakepotential, dry matter production and seed yield in Pisum sativumwas studied by comparing two near-isogenic lines of genotypeafafstst and ++++. The mutation is of potential agronomic valuein that it offers improved lodging resistance, crop drying andharvester throughput. In the conventional phenotype the total foliage area of themain axis attained a plateau (456 cm2) at day 56 from seedlingemergence, whereas corresponding values for the leaflessmutant showed a total area of 208 cm2 at day 68 with no indicationof a plateau. The agronomic consequence of this is discussed.During the vegetative phase of the plant the maximum CO2 uptakepotential in the fully expanded conventional leaf was 8·5mg CO2 leaf1 h1 and in the leaflessmutant this value was 7·0 mg CO2 leaf1 h1.For most leaves of the latter phenotype this valuewas between 30 and 60 per cent less than for their conventionalcounterpart. There was a consistently higher photosyntheticpotential per unit area in tendrils of the leaflessmutant than in leaflets of the conventional phenotype. The respectivemean specific values for the two phenotypes were 53 and 37 mgCO2 dm2 h1. The problem of obtaining a meaningfulsurface area value for tendrils is discussed and the cylindricalnature of tendrils is taken into account. The leafless mutant consistently accumulated 50per cent less dry matter than did conventional plants in theperiod from seedling emergence to anthesis and yield of maturedry seed per plant showed a reduction of 50 per cent both inseed number and total seed weight. The implications for future breeding and selection programmesaimed at haulm reduction are discussed in relation to evaluatingthe ability of the background genotype to produce adequate tendrilsin the presence of afafstst. Triticum aestivum, wheat, callus culture, organogenesis 相似文献
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Quantitative Aspects of Leaf Acid Phosphatase Activity and the Phosphorus Status of Tomato Plants 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
The relation between tomato leaf acid phosphatase activity andleaf tissue P content has been examined, and a study made ofthe effects of leaf development, variation in nitrogen supply,and variation in the growing medium on this relationship. Tomatoplants were grown in sand and given various concentrations ofphosphate. Plants were also grown for an initial period in peatcontaining an adequate level of phosphate, then transferredto peat to which was added 0 or 2.3 kg superphosphate m3and supplied with either 50 of 300 µg N ml1. Expressed on a unit tissue f. wt basis, acid phosphatase activityin the control plants in sand (given 41 µg P mlminus;1)was highest in extracts from the expanding leaves and decreasedwith leaf maturity. However, when given a reduced supply ofphosphate, the enzyme activity in the more mature leaves wasequal to, or greater than, that in the expanding leaves. Thephosphatase activity increased first in the young, fully-expandedleaves and in the mature leaves (with 4.1 µg P ml1),but did not increase in the expanding leaves until the supplywas restricted to 2.1 µg P ml1. On closer examination,the increase in enzyme activity appeared to be associated withthe P level in the leaf tissues, the activity increasing whenthe level fell below about 0.25 per cent (g P per 100 g drywt tissue). The same relation was found with the plants grownin peat, and was independent of the concentration of nitrogensupplied to the plants. The fully expanded leaves showed the best enzyme response whenthe phosphate supply was restricted and the activity reflectedclosely the local levels of tissue P. The assay of the enzymein unpurified leaf extracts is simple and rapid, and could beused in a test to detect P-deficiency in tomato plants. Lycopersicon esculentum L, tomato, acid phosphatase activity, phosphorus status 相似文献
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Patterns of Assimilate Distribution and Source--sink Relationships in the Young Reproductive Tomato Plant (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Patterns of distribution of 14C were determined in 47-day-oldtomato plants (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) 24 h after theapplication of [14C]sucrose to individual source leaves fromleaves 110 (leaf 1 being the first leaf produced abovethe cotyledons). The first inflorescence of these plants wasbetween the buds visible and the firstanthesis stages of development. The predominant sink organs in these plants were the root system,the stem, the developing first inflorescence and the shoot apex(all tissues above node 10). The contribution made by individualsource leaves to the assimilate reaching these organs dependedupon the vertical position of the leaf on the main-stem axisand upon its position with respect to the phyllotactic arrangementof the leaves about this axis. The root system received assimilateprincipally from leaf 5 and higher leaves, and the stem apexfrom the four lowest leaves. The developing first inflorescencereceived assimilates mainly from leaves in the two orthostichiesadjacent to the radial position of the inflorescence on thevertical axis of the plant; these included leaves which weremajor contributors of 14C to the root system (leaves 6 and 8)and to the shoot apex (leaves 1 and 3). This pattern of distributionof assimilate may explain why root-restriction treatments andremoval of young leaves at the shoot apex can reduce the extentof flower bud abortion in the first inflorescence under conditionsof reduced photoassimilate availability. Lycopersicon esculentum Mill, tomato, assimilate distribution, source-sink relationships 相似文献
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The Growth and Carbon Allocation Patterns of White Clover (Trifolium repens L.) Plants of Contrasting Branching Structure 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
The growth, morphology and carbon allocation patterns of F1progeny white clover (Trifolium repens L.) plants selected foreither low (LBF) or high (HBF) frequencyof stolon branching were compared in two controlled-environmentexperiments. Selections from within both a small-leaved (GrasslandsTahora) and a large-leaved (Grasslands Kopu)clover cultivar were compared, and plants were grown under arelatively lenient defoliation treatment (expt 1) or under threelevels of defoliation seventy (expt 2). Carbon allocation patternswere measured by 14CO2 pulse-chase labelling using fully unfoldedleaves on the main (parent) stolon. LBF and HBF displayed consistent differences in the selectedcharacter though, within cultivars, the difference between selectionswas most pronounced for Kopu. The selections developed fundamentallydifferent branching structures resulting from differences inbranching frequency, with total branch weight per plant averaging122 mg for LBF and 399 mg for HBF (mean of both experiments).More C moved from parent stolon leaves to branches in HBF thanin LBF (mean 22.6% vs. 15.1% respectively of the 14C exportedfrom source leaves). More C also moved to stolon tissue in HBF,but, counterbalancing this and the difference in allocationto branches, less moved to developing leaves and roots on theparent stolon itself compared to LBF. However, the total weightof developing leaves and roots per parent stolon was generallygreater in HBF than in LBF, probably reflecting greater C importby these sinks from the higher number of branches present perplant in the former selection. HBF plants were consistentlylarger at harvest than LBF plants. There were no defoliationtreatment x selection interactions in C allocation patternsin expt 2. The implications of the results for plant performancein grazed pastures are discussed. Branching, carbon translocation, defoliation, growth, morphology, Trifolium repens, white clover 相似文献
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Young plants of Banksia hookeriana were grown in acid-washedsand with adequate phosphate and water supply, and a proportionwere inoculated with Phytophthora cinnamomi. There were no majordifferences in growth between uninoculated and infected plants,but there was a large increase in uptake of 32P with increasingroot disease. In healthy plants 32P uptake was greatest in youngleaf tissue, but in diseased plants labelled phosphate was directedmore towards older leaves where the activity was almost twicethat of young leaves. Enhanced uptake with disease was ascribed to possible blockageof the message or signal of phosphatetranslocation from shoot to root, such that the diseased rootincorrectly treated the shoot as P deficient and increased Puptake. Key words: Banksia hookeriana, Proteaceae, 32P uptake, Phytophthora cinnamomi 相似文献
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Indol-3yl-acetic acid (IAA) applied to sterns of Phaseolus vulgarisseedlings, decapitated above primary leaves, enhanced the mobilizationof 14C-metabolites to the treated stumps and this effect wasapparent within 36 h of applying the hormone. More than90 per cent of the total 14C-activity transported to the stumpswas detected in the alcohol-soluble extracts. In all treatments,less than 5 per cent of the 14C-photosynthate exported fromthe primary leaves was translocated upwards. Accumulation of14C-activity was also increased when the IAA was applied laterallyto intact internodes. This effect was obtained when 14C wassupplied either above or below the point of hormone application.By selective heat girdling, it was shown that the auxin affected14C transport when either the root sink was removedor transpiratory flow of water through the treated internodewas maintained. Decapitated stems treated with plain lanolinfor 3 d were found to retain their responsiveness to auxin interms of enhanced metabolite transport. Heat-girdling experimentsand estimates of 14C transport velocity suggested that mostof the 14C movement was restricted to the phloem of treatedstumps. Similar effects of IAA on a transport in excised stemsegments of Phaseolus vulgaris were observed. 相似文献
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Lolium temulentum plants were grown at 20 °C, under an 8-hdaylength, in a controlled-environment chamber, and the kineticsof leaf expansion were observed by measuring the movement ofan optical grid attached to the fourth leaf. The leaf emerged2324 d after sowing and was fully expanded 910d later. Extension rate was maximal between the second and fifthdays after emergence and declined markedly thereafter. Duringthe rapid growth phase the rate of elongation exhibited a distinctdiurnal rhythm, fluctuating between 1.9 to 2.3 mm h1in the light period, and 1.3 to 1.7 mm h1 in the dark.A circadian oscillation with a period of about 27 h was observedin leaves elongating in continuous darkness. When plants weretransferred to 5 °C soon after emergence of the fourth leafthere was an immediate reduction in rate of growth to about22 per cent of the rate at 20 °C: the Q10 for the mean elongationrate in the range 205 °C was 3.7. When plants weretransferred from 20 to 2 °C at fourth leaf emergence, meanextension rate declined to less than 5 per cent, correspondingto a Q10 in the range 52 °C of more than 300. Furthermore,growth at 2 °C was confined almost entirely to the darkphase of the photoperiod cycle. The responsive tissue was shownto be a small area of expanding leafless than 1.5 cm above theshoot apex and the possible mechanisms underlying low temperatureeffects in this region are discussed. Lolium temulentum L., leaf growth, auxanometer, low temperature, diurnal rhythm 相似文献
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Guard cell protoplasts (GCP) were prepared from leaves of Commelinacommunis L. and phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase (PEPc) activityrecorded after injection of the protoplasts directly into theassay medium. The GCP were lysed immediately by the presenceof Triton X-100 and a lowered osmotic concentration in the assaycuvette enabling PEPc activity to be measured with nascentenzyme. There was no light activation of the enzyme with KmPEP (about 3.7 mol m3) and Vmax being similar in light-ordark-treated protoplasts. Illumination of the GCP in the presenceof CO2-free air and KCI, a treatment which is known to swellGCP, did not change the kinetics. PEPc activity at saturating PEP was very sensitive to malateinhibition, 20 mmol m3 (the I50 value) inhibiting activityby about 50%. Inhibition was similar in light- or dark-treatedprotoplasts. Malate inhibition was, however, much less (I50= 500 mmol m3) if the enzyme source was a protoplastextract kept in the absence of glycerol. Inclusion of 20% glycerolin the extraction medium maintained the enzyme in the malate-sensitiveform as occurred in the in vivo assays. The high apparent KmPEP and the high sensitivity to malate inhibition of GCP PEPcare features unlike those observed with PEPc from leaf tissuesof C4 and CAM plants and from GCP extracts. PEPc activity increased slightly in the presence of KCI in theassay medium up to about 10 mol m3 and thereafter activityslowly declined as KCI concentrations increased further. Key words: Guard cell protoplasts, phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase 相似文献
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Effect of Inorganic Phosphate on the Biosynthesis of Purine and Pyrimidine Nucleotides in Suspension-Cultured Cells of Catharanthus roseus 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
The levels of purine and pyrimidine nucleotides in suspensioncultures of Catharanthus roseus were determined 24 h after stationary-phasecells were transferred to fresh complete (+Pi)or phosphate-deficient (Pi) Murashige-Skoogmedium. The levels of ATP, GTP, UTP and CTP were from approx.3 to 5-fold greater in the cells grown in +Pimedium than in the cells grown in Pi medium.The levels of almost all other nucleotides were slightly higherin the cells in +Pi medium. The rates of de novoand salvage biosynthesis of purine and pyrimidine nucleotideswere estimated from the rates of incorporation of radioactivityfrom [14C]formate, [214C]glycine, NaH14CO3, [614C]orotate,[814C]adenine, [814C]adenosine, [214C]uraciland [214C]uridine. The results indicated that the activityof both the de novo and the salvage pathway was higher in thecells in +Pi medium than in the cells in Pimedium. The rate of degradation estimated from the rate of releaseof 14CO2 from labelled purines and pyrimidines indicated thatdegradation of uridine was significantly reduced in the cellsin +Pi medium, but no significant difference wasfound in the degradation of adenine, adenosine and uracil. Thepossible role of Pi in the control of the biosynthesis of nucleotidesand in the degradation of uridine is discussed. Catharanthus roseus, Madagascar periwinkle, suspension culture, inorganic phosphate, nucleotides, purines, pyrimidines, biosynthesis, degradation 相似文献
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KARGIOLAKI HARIKLIA; OSBORNE DAPHNE J.; THOMPSON FRANK B. 《Journal of experimental botany》1991,42(9):1189-1198
Differences in premature leaf abscission and in visible steminjury in genetic lines of poplar followed continuous fumigationswith air pollutant levels of SO2 (90100 nl l1)and O3 (7080 nl l1) either separately or together.The clones used were: Populus deltoides var. missiouriensisMarsh., P. nigra cv. italicd L., and the hybridsP. nigra cv. italica xP. deltoides (He-X/3) andP. nigra cv.italica x P. nigra cv. Serres(He-K/7). While most leaf abscission occurred within 20 d fromthe start of fumigation, stem lesions (intumescences), appearedonly after 72 d. Their anatomical characteristics include theformation of lysigenous aerenchyma in the lower parts of theintumescence, the sloughing of superficial cells from the injuredarea, and the development of crystalline formations on the surfaceof the lesions. P. deltoides exhibited the least morphologicalresponse to the gases. Ethylene released from fumigated leaves was determined at thesame gas concentration of SO2 (100 nl l1), O3 (75 nll1) and their mixture. Leaves of P. deltoides consistentlyshowed the lowest ethylene production after the gas treatments.P. italica production was higher but was littlealtered by the treatments. The two hybrids He-X/3 and He-K/7showed the greatest increases in ethylene evolution with time.With He-K/7 exposed to the gas mixture the production of ethylenedecreased after the initial sharp rise during days 12,and reflected the considerable leaf damage observed after day3. The results suggest that sensitivity to air pollution, (as shownby leaf abscission and the formation of stem intumescences)can be correlated with the level of pollutant-induced ethyleneevolution from leaves. Initially high levels could induce abscission,whilst prolonged production could be responsible for intumescenceinitiation. The discussion proposes a series of events fromSO2 and/or O3 entry into the leaf and the physiological reasonsfor the clonal differences. Key words: Sulphur dioxide, ozone, ethylene, poplar, leaf abscission, stem lesions 相似文献