Abstract
The effect of growth in saline medium on the activity of two ATP utilizing enzymes was studied. Hexokinase in carrot (Daucus carota L.) cells grown in suspension culture either in the absence or presence of 150 ml NaCl, and tonoplast H+-ATPase in tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L. cv. Wisconsin 38) cells grown in suspension culture either in the absence of presence of 428 mM NaCl. There was no difference in the pH profiles, NaCl sensitivity and kinetic parameters towards glucose of hexokinase activities from carrot cells grown in the presence or the absence of NaCl, but the activity from cells grown in the presence of NaCl was more resistant to inhibition by N-ethylmaleimide and to inactivation by heat. Two separate apparent Km values toward ATP were delineated in the extract from cells grown in presence of NaCl while extracts from cells grown in the absence of NaCl had only one apparent Km value. The tonoplast H+-ATPase from NaCl grown tobacco cells showed changed kinetic compared to this activity from cells grown in the absence of NaCl. These data may indicate that growth in NaCl results in the appearance of isozymic activity that enhances the ability of plant cells to utilize metabolic energy more efficiently.
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Abbreviations
- 2,4-D - 2,4:
-
dichlorophenoxyacetic acid
- ADH:
-
alcohol dehydrogenase
- BTP:
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bis tris propane
- DCCD:
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N,N-dicyclohexyl-carbodiimide
- LDH:
-
lactate dehydrogenase
- Mes:
-
2-[morpholino]ethane sulfonic add
- NEM:
-
N-ethylmaleimide
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Reuveni, M. Utilization of metabolic energy under saline conditions: changes in properties of ATP dependent enzymes in plant cells grown under saline conditions. Biol Plant 34, 181–191 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02925865
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