Regulation of sucrose efflux from soybean leaf discs |
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Authors: | Secor J |
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Institution: | Dow Chemical USA, Walnut Creek, California 94598-0902. |
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Abstract: | Net sucrose efflux from discs of fully expanded leaves of soybean (Glycine max L.] Merr.) plants was studied to characterize sucrose efflux into the apoplast. Net sucrose efflux had a Q10 of 2.3, was linear for at least 3.5 hours, and was selective for sucrose over glucose. Sulfhydryl group inhibitors reduced sucrose efflux by up to 80%. There was a biphasic promotion of sucrose efflux by KCl with an apparent saturable component up to about 20 millimolar, above which the effect was linear. Sucrose efflux was promoted by NaCl as a linear function of concentration. Monovalent cation ionophores did not affect sucrose efflux, regardless of external KCl concentration. Light in the absence of added HCO3-increased sucrose efflux by about 20%. Sucrose efflux was promoted by increasing pH from 4 to about 8, above which no additional effect was observed. When leaf discs were bathed at pH 6.0, the protonophore carbonyl cyanide m-chlorophenylhydrazone (CCCP) increased sucrose efflux by about 25%. CCCP in the presence of valinomycin had the same effect as CCCP alone. Inhibition of plasmalemma ATPase activity with N,N′-dicyclohexylcarbodiimide, diethylstilbestrol, or orthovanadate increased sucrose efflux. These data indicate that sucrose efflux from soybean leaf discs is not a result of simple leakage but is a regulated process. |
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