A hypothesis is presented that the availability of water for export of nitrogenous products from legume nodules is a major factor limiting the efficiency of symbiotic nitrogen fixation. Water for export of solutes in the xylem probably depends largely on the import of water and reduced carbon in the phloeum, and one function of respiration may be to dispose of reduced carbon in order to increase the supply of water. A second hypothesis presented is that control of gas diffusion in soybean nodules is largely restricted to the cortex nearby the vascular bundles, thus making possible the linkage of solute balances in xylem and phloem with resistance to diffusion. These concepts are used in a re-examination of literature on manipulations of nodules and nodulated plants such as lowering of light levels, water stress, defoliation, stem girdling, and alteration of oxygen supply. The concept of translocation as a major factor limiting efficiency of symbiotic fixation is consistent with the failure of superior rhizobial isolates to improve N input significantly, and this limitation could also prevent exploitation of superior bacterial symbionts in the future 相似文献
Trypsin-releasable glycosaminoglycans from the luminal surface of intact pig aorta were measured following metabolic labelling with35S]sulphate. Chondroitin sulphate was found to be present at a surface density equal to that already established for heparan sulphate (5×1011 chains per cm2). This result was confirmed by X-ray microanalysis of the luminal sulphur content before and after treatment with specific glycosaminoglycan-degrading enzymes. This result implies that approximately half of the luminal surface is occupied by sulphated glycosaminoglycans. 相似文献
Rhizobium japonicum bacteroids were isolated anaerobically from soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr] nodules. The bacteroids, which were capable of acetylene reduction and respiration, were used to study the uptake of metabolites by a method which permits correction for nonspecific adsorption of metabolites and estimation of total cell volume. These determinations permit active uptake to be assessed from metabolite accumulation against a concentration gradient. Succinate, malate, alpha-ketoglutarate, and glutamate were absorbed via an active mechanism. Plots of 1/V versus 1/[S] for succinate and malate indicated the presence of two uptake components: a saturable and presumably active or carrier-mediated component and a nonsaturable and presumably passive component. The uptake of glucose, malonate, D-pinitol, myo-inositol, and glucose 6-phosphate was slow and not active. 相似文献
The roles of the serum bactericidal system, inflammatory cells, and sex in resisting gonococcal infection were studied in a murine model of gonococcal bacteremia. The role of serum killing in defense was investigated with complement component 5 deficient (C5-deficient) (B1O.D2/OSN) and normal (B1O.D2/NSN) mice. No significant differences were found between LD50's with either murine serum-sensitive or serum-resistant gonococci in those two mouse strains. However, in vitro experiments revealed a heat-stable factor in mouse serum which killed gonococci. Thus it appeared that the C5-deficient mouse is not a good model for the study of the role of C-mediated killing in resistance to gonococcal infection. Mice with Chediak-Higashi disease were used to study the role of phagocytes and natural killer cells. The difference in LD50's between affected mice (C57B1/6J beige J) and controls (C57B1/6J) was significant. The CBA/N mice, which have a B-cell maturation defect, were no more resistant to infection than control mice, which was taken as further evidence that B cells were less important than other leucocytes in innate immunity to gonococcal infection. Finally, male mice were significantly more resistant than female mice to gonococcal bacteremia. Thus, in this study the two most important determinants of resistance to gonococcal infection were inflammatory cells and sex. 相似文献
The metabolism of translocated photosynthate by soybean (Glycine max L. Merr.) nodules was investigated by 14CO2-labeling studies and analysis of nodule enzymes. Plants were exposed to 14CO2 for 30 minutes, followed by 12CO2 for up to 5 hours. The largest amount of radioactivity in nodules was recovered in neutral sugars at all sampling times. The organic acid fraction of the cytosol was labeled rapidly. Although cyclitols and malonate were found in high concentrations in the nodules, they accumulated less than 10% of the radioactivity in the neutral and acidic fractions, respectively. Phosphate esters were found to contain very low levels of total label, which prohibited analysis of the radioactivity in individual compounds. The whole nodule-labeling patterns suggested the utilization of photosynthate for the generation of organic acids (principally malate) and amino acids (principally glutamate).
The radioactivity in bacteroids as a percentage of total nodule label increased slightly with time, while the percentage in the cytosol fraction declined. The labeling patterns for the cytosol were essentially the same as whole nodule-labeling patterns, and they suggest a degradation of carbohydrates for the production of organic acids and amino acids. When it was found that most of the radioactivity in bacteroids was in sugars, the enzymes of glucose metabolism were surveyed. Bacteroids from nodules formed by Rhizobium japonicum strain 110 or strain 138 lacked activity for phosphofructokinase and NADP-dependent 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase, key enzymes of glycolysis and the oxidative pentose-phosphate pathways. Enzymes of the glycolytic and pentose phosphate pathways were found in the cytosol fraction.
In three experiments, bacteroids contained about 10 to 30% of the total radioactivity in nodules 2 to 5 hours after pulse-labeling of plants, and 60 to 65% of the radioactivity in bacteroids was in the neutral sugar fraction at all sampling times. This strongly suggests some absorption and metabolism of sugars by bacteroids in spite of the lack of key enzymes. Bacteroids did possess enzymes for the formation of hexose phosphates from glucose or fructose. Radioactivity in α,α-trehalose in bacteroids increased until, after 5 hours, trehalose was a major labeled compound in bacteroids. Thus, trehalose synthesis may be a major fate of sugars entering bacteroids.
A simple and safe procedure has been described for the preparation of short-chain aliphatic hydroxamic acids in quantities as large as 1 mole and as small as 0.01 mole. The procedure is equally suitable for the preparation of isotopically labeled hydroxamates, as has been demonstrated in the case of 1-14C-acetohydroxamic acid and 3H-acetohydroxamic acid. Some physical and chemical characteristics, including infrared spectra of formo-, aceto-, propiono-, and isobutyro-hydroxamic acids prepared by this method have been described. 相似文献
Certain strains of Bradyrhizobium japonicum form a previously unknown polysaccharide in the root nodules of soybean plants (Glycine max (L.) Merr.). The polysaccharide accumulates inside of the symbiosome membrane—the plant-derived membrane enclosing the bacteroids. In older nodules (60 days after planting), the polysaccharide occupies most of the symbiosome volume and symbiosomes become enlarged so that there is little host cytoplasm in infected cells. The two different groups of B. japonicum which produce different types of polysaccharide in culture produce polysaccharides of similar composition in nodules. Polysaccharide formed by group I strains (e.g., USDA 5 and USDA 123) is composed of rhamnose, galactose, and 2-O-methylglucuronic acid, while polysaccharide formed by group II strains (e.g., USDA 31 and USDA 39) is composed of rhamnose and 4-O-methylglucuronic acid. That the polysaccharide is a bacterial product is indicated by its composition plus the fact that polysaccharide formation is independent of host genotype but is dependent on the bacterial genotype. Polysaccharide formation in nodules is common among strains in serogroups 123, 127, 129, and 31, with 27 of 39 strains (69%) testing positive. Polysaccharide formation in nodules is uncommon among other B. japonicum serogroups, with only 1 strain in 18 (6%) testing positive. 相似文献
We have broadly defined the DNA regions regulating esterase6 activity in
several life stages and tissue types of D. melanogaster using P-
element-mediated transformation of constructs that contain the esterase6
coding region and deletions or substitutions in 5' or 3' flanking DNA.
Hemolymph is a conserved ancestral site of EST6 activity in Drosophila and
the primary sequences regulating its activity lie between -171 and -25 bp
relative to the translation initiation site: deletion of these sequences
decrease activity approximately 20-fold. Hemolymph activity is also
modulated by four other DNA regions, three of which lie 5' and one of which
lies 3' of the coding region. Of these, two have positive and two have
negative effects, each of approximately twofold. Esterase6 activity is
present also in two male reproductive tract tissues; the ejaculatory bulb,
which is another ancestral activity site, and the ejaculatory duct, which
is a recently acquired site within the melanogaster species subgroup.
Activities in these tissues are at least in part independently regulated:
activity in the ejaculatory bulb is conferred by sequences between -273 and
-172 bp (threefold decrease when deleted), while activity in the
ejaculatory duct is conferred by more distal sequences between -844 and
-614 bp (fourfold decrease when deleted). The reproductive tract activity
is further modulated by two additional DNA regions, one in 5' DNA (-613 to
-284 bp; threefold decrease when deleted) and the other in 3' DNA (+1860 to
+2731 bp; threefold decrease when deleted) that probably overlaps the
adjacent esteraseP gene. Collating these data with previous studies
suggests that expression of EST6 in the ancestral sites is mainly regulated
by conserved proximal sequences while more variable distal sequences
regulate expression in the acquired ejaculatory duct site.
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Esterase 6 (Est-6/EST6) is polymorphic in both Drosophila melanogaster and
D. simulans for two common allozyme forms, as well as for several other
less common variants. Parallel latitudinal clines in the frequencies of the
common EST6-F and EST6-S allozymes in these species have previously been
interpreted in terms of a shared amino acid polymorphism that distinguishes
the two variants and is subject to selection. Here we compare the sequences
of four D. simulans Est-6 isolates and show that overall estimates of
nucleotide heterozygosity in both coding and 5' flanking regions are more
than threefold higher than those obtained previously for this gene in D.
melanogaster. Nevertheless, the ratio of replacement to exon silent-site
polymorphism in D. simulans is less than the ratio of replacement to silent
divergence between D. simulans and D. melanogaster, which could be the
result of increased efficiency of selection against replacement
polymorphisms in D. simulans or to divergent selection between the two
species. We also find that the amino acid polymorphisms separating EST6- F
and EST6-S in D. simulans are not the same as those that separate these
allozymes in D. melanogaster, implying that the shared clines do not
reflect shared molecular targets for selection. All comparisons within and
between the two species reveal a remarkable paucity of variation in a
stretch of nearly 400 bp immediately 5' of the gene, indicative of strong
selective constraint to retain essential aspects of Est-6 promoter
function.
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Nodulated soybean plants (Glycine max [L.] Merr) were grown in sand culture. Carbohydrate composition of nodules, roots, and leaf blades was determined and related to the effects of nitrate in nutrient solution on nodule growth and on nitrogenase activity of nodules. 相似文献