Abstract
Flooding evoked a differential response in the activities of enzymes of fermentation pathway in leaves and roots of flood sensitive (S-308) and flood-tolerant (SSG-59-3) cultivars of sorghum. Activities of alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH), lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) and alanine aminotransferase (AlaAT) enhanced in roots of SSG-59-3 during 72 h of flooding. In contrast, a transient increase in the activities was discerned in roots of S-308 up to 24 h flooding followed by a decline in activities of these enzymes. In leaves of SSG-59-3, the activities of ADH and LDH increased to about three fold during flooding stress as compared to that in the non-flooded control plants. Though elevation in activities of these enzymes was observed in leaves of S-308 up to 48 h of flooding, the magnitude of enhancement was much lower than that in SSG-59-3. Alanine aminotranferase activity depressed in leaves of both the cultivars but the level of decline was more pronounced in sensitive cultivar S-308 as compare to tolerant SSG-59-3. The amount of alcohol, lactic acid and alanine were higher in both roots and leaves of SSG-59-3 than that in S-308 during flooding stress. It is thus apparent that roots and leaves of flood tolerant variety tends to attain greater capacity to perform reactions of various fermentation pathways to sustain production of ATP under flooded conditions.
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Abbreviations
- ADH:
-
alcohol dehydrogenase
- AlaAT:
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alanine aminotransferase
- GPT:
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glutamate pyruvate transferase
- LDH:
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lactate dehydrogenase
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Jain, V., Singla, N.K., Jain, S. et al. Activities of enzymes of fermentation pathways in the leaves and roots of contrasting cultivars of sorghum (Sorghum Bicolor L.) during flooding. Physiol Mol Biol Plants 16, 241–247 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12298-010-0025-7
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