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Aspartokinase (EC 2.7.2.4), homoserine-dehydrogenase (EC 1.1.1.3) and dihydrodipicolinic-acid-synthase (EC 4.2.1.52) activities were examined in extracts from 1-year-old and 11-year-old cell suspension cultures and whole roots of garden carrot (Daucus carota L.). Aspartokinase activity from suspension cultures was inhibited 85% by 10 mM L-lysine and 15% by 10mM L-threonine. In contrast, aspartokinase activity from whole roots was inhibited 45% by 10 mM lysine and 55% by 10 mM threonine. This difference may be based upon alterations in the ratios of the two forms (lysine-and threonine-sensitive) of aspartokinase, since the activity is consistently inhibited 100% by lysine+threonine. Only one form each of homoserine dehydrogenase and of dihydrodipicolinic acid synthase was found in extracts from cell suspension cultures and whole roots. The regulatory properties of either enzyme were identical from the two sources. In both the direction of homoserine formation and aspartic-β-semialdehyde formation, homoserine dehydrogenase activities were inhibited by 10mM threonine and 10 mM L-cysteine in the presence of NADH or NADPH. KCl increased homoserine dehydrogenase activity to 185% of control values and increased the inhibitory effect of threonine. Dihydrodipicolinic acid synthase activities from both sources were inhibited over 80% by 0.5 mM lysine. Aspartokinase was less sensitive to inhibition by low concentrations of lysine and threonine than were dihydrodipicolinic acid synthase and homoserine dehydrogenase to inhibition by the respective inhibitors.
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Matthews, B.F., Widholm, J.M. Regulation of lysine and threonine synthesis in carrot cell suspension cultures and whole carrot roots. Planta 141, 315–321 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00388350
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