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Some enzymatic activities are known to be affected by plant stress. In the present work we studied the effect of different levels of trace elements on some isoenzyme activities of white lupin (Lupinus albus L.). Plants were grown in nutrient solutions with variable concentrations of manganese, boron, zinc, copper, cobalt, molybdenum or iron, and were analysed for acid phosphatases, carboxylesterases and aspartate aminotransferases. The activities of some of the isoenzymes were related to the level of trace elements in the plant. Manganese deficiency resulted in the inhibition of one carboxylesterase isoenzyme. Toxic levels of the trace elements studied lead to the appearance of new zymographic forms or to the inhibition of isoenzymes present in non-stressed plants.
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De Varennes, A., Carvalho, I. (1993). Trace elements and isoenzyme activities in white lupin. In: Fragoso, M.A.C., Van Beusichem, M.L., Houwers, A. (eds) Optimization of Plant Nutrition. Developments in Plant and Soil Sciences, vol 53. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-2496-8_74
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