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Activities of tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle enzymes in seedlings of barnyard grass (Echinochloa phyllopogon (Stapf.) Koss) and rice (Oryza sativa L.) germinated under aerobic and anaerobic conditions were investigated. In E. phyllopogon, development of TCA-cycle enzyme activities during 10 d of anoxia generally paralleled those in air, although at lower rates. After 5 d, E. phyllopogon seedlings germinating under N2 exhibited 50–80% of the activity of seedlings grown in air, except for 2-oxoglutarate dehydrogenase (EC 1.2.4.2) and fumarate reductase (EC 1.3.1.6) which exhibited only 25–35% of aerobic activity. In anaerobically germinated rice, development of TCA-cycle enzyme activities also paralleled those in air except for aconitase (EC 4.2.1.3), isocitrate dehydrogenase (EC 1.1.1.41), and 2-oxoglutarate dehydrogenase. Those enzymes did not increase in activity under anoxia. Development of maximum enzyme activities generally occurred more rapidly and persisted longer in E. phyllopogon compared to rice. The data indicate that mitochondria of E. phyllopogon function better during anaerobiosis than those of rice and this factor may contribute to the successful “biochemical strategy” of this weed in rice paddies throughout the world.
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- TCA:
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tricarboxylic acid
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This work was supported by U.S. Department of Agriculture Competitive Research grant No. 87-CRCR1-2595 and a Herman Frasch Foundation grant in Agricultural Chemistry to R.A.K.
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Fox, T.C., Kennedy, R.A. Mitochondrial enzymes in aerobically and anaerobically germinated seedlings of Echinochloa and rice. Planta 184, 510–514 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00197900
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