Proton/Pyruvate Cotransport into Mesophyll Chloroplasts of C4 Plants |
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Authors: | Aoki, Naohiro Ohnishi, Jun-ichi Kanai, Ryuzi |
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Affiliation: | Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Saitama University Urawa, 338 Japan |
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Abstract: | Light-enhanced active pyruvate uptake into mesophyll chloroplastsof C4 plants was reported to be mimicked by either of the twotypes of cation jump: H+-jump in maize and phylogenically relatedspecies (H+-type) and Na+-jump in all the other C4 species tested(Na+-type) [Aoki, N., Ohnishi, J. and Kanai, R. (1992) PlantCell Physiol. 33: 805]. In this study, medium and stromal pH was monitored in the suspensionof C4 mesophyll chloroplasts. Medium alkalization lasting for5 to 10 seconds after pyruvate addition was detected by a pHelectrode and observed only in the light and only in mesophyllchloroplasts from H+-type species, Zea mays L. and Coix lacryma-jobiL., but not in those from Na+-type species Panicum miliaceumL., Setaria italica (L.) Beauv. and Panicum maximum Jacq. Theinitial rate of H+ consumption showed good correlation with[14C]pyruvate uptake measured by silicone oil filtering centrifugation,both being inhibited by N-ethylmaleimide and 7-chloro-4-nitrobenzo-2-oxa-l,3-diazole to the same degree. The ratio of the rate of H+ uptaketo that of pyruvate uptake was always about 1. Pyruvate-inducedacidification of the stroma was observed in maize mesophyllchloroplasts. These results show one to one cotransport of H+and pyruvate anion into mesophyll chloroplasts of H+-type C4species in the light. (Received January 5, 1994; Accepted May 6, 1994) |
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