Enzymes of Ammonia Assimilation, Photosynthesis, and Respiration in Alfalfa Leaves of Different Ages |
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Authors: | R. Ghisi M. Ferretti N. La Rocca A. Masi C. Passera |
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Affiliation: | (1) Dipartimento di Biotecnologie Agrarie, Università di Padova, Agripolis, Strada Romea 16, I-35020 Legnaro (PD), Italy;(2) Dipartimento di Agrobiologia e Agrochimica, Università di Viterbo, Via S. Camillo de Lellis, I - 01100 Viterbo, Italy |
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Abstract: | The activities of enzymes involved in ammonia metabolism ferredoxin-dependent glutamate synthase (Fd-GOGAT), glutamine synthetase (GS) and glutamate dehydrogenase (GDH), the rates of photosynthetic oxygen evolution, dark respiration, and the activity of RuBP carboxylase (RuBPC) were determined in alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) leaves taken from the apex (apical leaves), from the second to the fourth internode (mature leaves) and from the bottom of the canopy (basal leaves). Photosynthetic rate and the activities of RuBPC, GS and Fd-GOGAT showed their maximum in the mature leaves. The respiration rate together with amino acid and ammonium contents decreased with leaf age, whereas the opposite was true for GDH activity. Basal leaves still maintained substantial levels of chlorophylls, GS and Fd-GOGAT activities and oxygen evolution rate, thus suggesting that photosynthesis has some role in the reassimilation of the nitrogen liberated during protein degradation. This revised version was published online in June 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. |
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Keywords: | glutamate dehydrogenase glutamate synthase glutamine synthetase leaf development Medicago sativa nitrogen metabolism RuBP carboxylase |
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