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The abilities of suspension cultures and intact roots of soybean (Glycine max L. cv. Hawkeye) to reduce ferric chelate were compared. Ferric chelate was supplied as ferric hydroxyethylethylenediaminetriacetic acid (FeHEDTA) and reduction was measured spectrophotometrically using bathophenan-throlinedisulfonic acid (BPDS) as the ferrous scavenger. Ferric chelate reduction by cell suspension cultures showed typical saturation kinetics; however, no difference was observed between cells that had been continuously grown with Fe (+Fe) and those that had been grown for four days without added Fe (−Fe). Values for Km and Vmax, determined from a Lineweaver-Burk plot, were 57 μM and nmoles mg-1 dry weight for the +Fe cells and 50 μM and 22 nmoles mg-1 dry weight for the -Fe cells, respectively. Ferric chelate reduction by Fe-deficient roots also exhibited saturation kinetics, while roots grown with adequate Fe did not reduce ferric chelate. The Km and Vmax values for Fe-deficient roots were 45 μM and 20 nmoles mg-1 dry weight, respectively, and did not differ from values obtained for cells in culture. This study offers strong evidence that the mechanism responsible for the reduction of ferric chelate is the same for cultured cells and roots and that the process is controlled at the cellular level. We propose that suspension cultures can be used as an alternative to intact roots in the study of ferric chelate reduction.
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Cornett, J.D., Johnson, G.V. Ferric chelate reduction by suspension culture cells and roots of soybean: A kinetic comparison. Plant Soil 130, 75–80 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00011858
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