Induction and Turnover of Nitrate Reductase in Zea mays (Influence of NO3-).
AUTOR(ES)
Li, X. Z.
RESUMO
Zea mays (cv W64A x W182E) was used to investigate the induction and turnover of nitrate reductase (NR). In our system, 5 or 10 mM KNO3 gave the best growth over a 6-d growing period. With these NO3- levels, NR reached steady-state levels after 24 h. For the turnover experiments, the seedlings were transferred to a NO3--free medium after a 24-h induction. Shoot NR was less sensitive to the removal of NO3- than root NR, which declined almost as soon as NO3- was removed when the seedlings were induced with 5 or 10 mM NO3-. With 1 mM NO3-, however, removal of NO3- from medium resulted in declines in both NR activity and NO3- in shoot and root. Although there was a delay in the degradation of NR protein relative to the loss of NR activity, this protein was not reactivated when NO3- was resupplied. These results indicate that NO3- regulates NR by influencing the de novo synthesis of the NR protein and not by a reversible activation-inactivation of that protein.
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