| Abstract: | When the 7-d old barley ( Hordeum vulgare L. ) seedlings were treated with different concentrations of NaC1 for 3 d, the levels of the noncovalemly conjugated polyamines (PAs) in the plasma membrane and tonoplast vesicles and the covalently conjugated PAs in the membrane proteins were promoted by NaC1 of low concentrations and suppressed by NaC1 of high concentrations. Among the noncovalenfly conjugated PAs in the vesicles, spennidine (Spd) level was the most abundant, while putrescine (Put) content was predominant among the covalenfly conjugated PAs, accounted for 40%– 70%, 35% – 60%, respectively. In addition, the TLC (thin-layer chromatography) profiles of the benzoylated PAs presented an unknown polyamine with Rf = 0.92 (X0.92), which conjugated covalently and noncovalently in root tonoplast and its content changed as well as Spd with NaC1 treatment. The total PA contents in the roots were higher than that in the leaves, and the types and contents of covalenfly and noncovalently conjugated PAs in the tonoplast were higher than those in the plasma membrane. The results showed that the above two PAs associated with the membrane might be essential in salt adaption of cells and the maintenance of membrane function. |
