Modulation by gibberellic acid and adenosine-3′,5′-cyclic monophosphate of starch hydrolysing activity of cowpea seedlings |
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Authors: | Harish C. Kapoor Romesh C. Sachar |
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Affiliation: | Division of Biochemistry, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi-110012, India |
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Abstract: | In cowpea seedlings starch hydrolysing activity increases 35–50 fold on germination for 4 days. This increase in enzyme activity was inhibited by the in vivo addition of 1% glucose but this inhibition was completely overcome by the addition of gibberellic acid (GA3) (10?5 M) and adenosine-3′,5′-cyclic monophosphate (cAMP) (10?5 M). At 5% glucose, GA3 and cAMP were only partially effective. Structural analogues of cAMP failed to relieve the inhibitory effect of glucose. The inhibition by glucose is not direct but RNA and protein synthesis may be involved. Glucose appears to reduce the internal pool of cAMP which causes inhibition of RNA synthesis and decrease in starch hydrolysing activity. Exogenous application of cAMP may replenish the endogenous pool of cyclic nucleotide and thus overcome inhibition of RNA synthesis and enzyme activity. |
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Keywords: | Leguminosae cowpea starch hydrolysis gibberellic acid adenosine-3′,5′-cyclic monophosphate glucose inhibition. |
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