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Proline accumulation in coleoptiles of wheat seedlings or in excised coleoptile segments incubated under shaking for a 24 h period was studied. There was no increase of proline content of coleoptiles after incubation of the seedlings in 5 mM citric acid (a relatively strong and slowly penetrating organic acid) in a pH range from 4.5 to 7.0 and only a slight increase of proline content after incubation in phosphate buffer at pH 7.0 to 7.5 duo to the higher osmotic concentration of phosphate buffer in this pH range. Quite different results were obtained with seedlings incubated in 10 mM acetic acid, a weak and easily penetrating organic acid. With increasing proton concentrations, proline accumulation increased. Application of 400 mM mannitol or higher concentrations of IAA (more than 10−5M) additionally increased proline accumulation in the presence of 10 mM acetic acid in the pH range from 6.0 to 7.5 in which acetic acid alone was loss effective. It is suggested that a decrease of cytosolic pH causes stress—induced proline accumulation.
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Abbreviations
- ABA:
-
abscisic acid
- FC:
-
fusicoccin
- IAA:
-
indol-3-ylacetic acid
- pHc :
-
cytosolic pH
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Göring, H., Plescher, P. Proline accumulation induced by weak acids and IAA in coleoptiles of wheat seedlings. Biol Plant 28, 401–406 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02885041
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