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The isoenzymes of NAD-specific glutamic dehydrogenase (GDH) of Pisum sativum, separated by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, constitute two patterns, each of which covers seven individual isoenzymes. One pattern (GDH-I) is found in the cotyledons and young shoots. The second one (GDH-II) occurs together with at least some GDH-I isoenzymes in pea roots. In the shoots of older pea plants GDH-II isoenzymes become visible in addition to the GDH-I pattern.
Section of the cotyledons (but not of the roots) of young pea seedlings causes the formation of the complete GDH-II isoenzyme pattern in the shoots within a few hours. It has been verified that the cotyledons specifically suppress the formation of the GDH-II pattern in the young shoot. In older plants which no longer depend on the cotyledons this effect is maintained somewhat less obviously by the root system.
In experiments with isolated shoot segments or shoot tips it has been shown that NH +4 reinforces the formation of the GDH-II whereas glucose shows the opposite effect.
The formation of the GDH-II isoenzymes in the presence of NH +4 is accompanied by an increase of the specific activity of GDH. Simultaneously the ratio of aminating activity (anabolic reaction) to deaminating activity (catabolic reaction) changes in favor of the anabolic reaction.
The results support the supposition that the GDH-I and GDH-II isoenzyme patterns correspond to different molecular forms of one enzyme, the GDH-II representing a form with predominantly anabolic function and the GDH-I a form which has merely metabolic or catabolic function.
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Hartmann, T. Endogen und exogen ausgelöste Änderung des Isoenzymspektrums der NAD-spezifischen Glutamatdehydrogenase im Sproß von Pisum sativum . Planta 111, 129–136 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00386273
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