A Novel Isourazole Herbicide, Fluthiacet-Methyl, is a Potent Inhibitor of Protoporphyrinogen Oxidase after Isomerization by Glutathione S-Transferase |
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Authors: | Shimizu, Tsutomu Hashimoto, Naoya Nakayama, Ishizue Nakao, Tohru Mizutani, Hiroyuki Unai, Tadaaki Yamaguchi, Mikio Abe, Hiroshi |
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Affiliation: | 1Life Science Research Institute, Kumiai Chemical Industry Co., Ltd. Kikugawa-cho, Ogasa-gun, Shizuoka, 439 Japan 2K-I Chemical Research Institute Co., Ltd. Fukude-cho, Iwata-gun, Shizuoka, 437-12 Japan |
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Abstract: | A novel isourazole herbicide, fluthiacet-methyl (methyl [[2-chloro-4-fluoro-5-[(5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-3-oxo-lH,3H-[l,3,4]thiadiazolo[3,4-a]pyridazin-l-ylidene)amino]phenyrjthio]acetate;experimental code name, KIH-9201) promoted the leakage of electrolytesfrom cotyledons of velvetleaf (Abtilon theophtasti Medic) andcotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) plants that are sensitive tothis compound. It induced the accumulation of protoporphyrinIX in cotyledons of cotton and inhibited Chl biosynthesis incotyledons of velvetleaf and cotton at low concentrations (I50values, 1012 nM). Fluthiacet-methyl was converted toits urazole by glutathione S-transferase that had been partiallypurified from velvetleaf. The urazole inhibited protoporphyrinogenoxidase (Protox, EC 1.3.3.4[EC]) from some plants, including velvetleaf,at low concentrations (I50 values, 5.111 nM), whereasfluthiacet-methyl was not as potent. The effects in vivo (electrolyteleakage and inhibition of Chi biosynthesis) of fluthiacet-methylwere correlated with the inhibition of Protox activity by theurazole and not with the action of fluthiacet-methyl itself.From these results, it is concluded that fluthiacet-methyl inhibitsProtox activity after conversion to the corresponding urazoleby glutathione S-transferase. It is in this way that fluthiacet-methylexerts its effect as a light-dependent peroxidizing herbicide. (Received November 1, 1994; Accepted March 6, 1995) |
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