Accumulation of putrescine and related amino acids in potassium deficient Sesamum |
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Authors: | O.J. Crocomo L.C. Basso |
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Affiliation: | Plant Biochemistry Sector, Division of Plant Sciences, Center for Nuclear Energy in Agriculture (CENA), 13400 Piracicaba, SP, Brasil |
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Abstract: | Sesamum indicum was grown in complete or potassium deficient nutrient solution and amino acids, amines, nitrogen and potassium were determined weekly in the leaves. The incorporation of l-arginine-[U-14C] into protein was also followed. The interconversions of the amino acids of the ordithine-urea cycle, and their contribution to the formation of amines, were studied in cell-free extracts and intact leaves using labelled amino acids. As the level of potassium in the leaves decreased, the levels of the amino acids ornithine, citrulline and arginine, and of the amines putrescine, N-carbamylputrescine and agmatine increased. Potassium deficiency also reduced the rate of protein synthesis. Putrescine appears to be formed preferentially from citrulline with N-carbamylputrescine as intermediate. |
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Keywords: | Pedaliaceae sesame biochemical pathway potassium nutrition amine formation putrescine agmatine citrulline arginine. |
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