The Effect of Sucrose Supply on the Energization of Amino Acid Uptake by Cotyledons of Euphorbia lathyris L |
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Authors: | KOOPS ANDRIES J; GROENEVELD HENRI W |
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Institution: | Department of Plant Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Utrecht Lange Nieuwstraat 106, 3512 PN Utrecht, The Netherlands |
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Abstract: | The cotyledons of Euphorbia lathyris L. take up sucrose andamino acids from the endosperm. The interaction between theuptake of sucrose and that of amino acids by cotyledons of intactseedlings was investigated. Sucrose (100 mol m3) reducedvaline uptake to 75% of the control rate; the active uptakecomponent of valine uptake was reduced from 45 to 25 % of thetotal uptake rate. In a reverse experiment, 100 mol m3valine inhibited sucrose uptake by 25%. At 500 mol m3sucrose, valine uptake was completely restored to the controlrate, whereas high valine concentrations failed to restore sucroseuptake. The stimulation of valine uptake by sucrose is linkedto the role of sucrose as a primary respiratory substrate. Whenthe cotyledons were bathed in sucrose concentrations rangingfrom 0 to 100 mol m3 (these concentrations are non-saturatingwith respect to sucrose uptake), a constant 1.8% of the sucrosetaken up was respired. The Km of the concentration-dependentsucrose oxidation (44±6 mol m3) agreed reasonablywell with that for sucrose uptake (29±6 mol m3).When the external sucrose concentration was increased from 100to 600 mol m3, the sucrose uptake increased by 30% again,while sucrose oxidation was increased by 300%. This increasewas not due to an increased engagement of the alternative (cyanide-resistant)pathway for respiration. Alternative pathway, Euphorbia lathyris L., fermentation, seedling, sucrose uptake, valine uptake |
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