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Impact of Enhanced Copper Levels and Sulfate Deprivation on the Uptake and Metabolism of Sulfate in Chinese Cabbage (Brassica pekinensis)

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Sulfur Metabolism in Plants

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Exposure of Chinese cabbage (Brassica pekinensis) to an enhanced Cu2+ level (4 μM) resulted in a reduced plant biomass production and an increased shoot to root ratio at both sulfate-sufficient and sulfate-deprived conditions. However, sulfate deprivation had a more rapid negative effect on plant biomass production than an enhanced Cu2+ level, The expression and activity of the sulfate transporters and the expression of APS reductase in Chinese cabbage were rapidly up-regulated (already after 1 or 2 days) upon exposure to 4 μM Cu2+, sulfate deprivation and their combination. Though the impact of sulfate deprivation on the expression and activity of the sulfate transporters was hardly further affected by Cu2+.

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M. Shahbaz received a Ph.D. grant from the HEC-NUFFIC program by the Government of Pakistan.

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  1. Institute of Agricultural Sciences, University of the Punjab, Lahore, 54590, Pakistan

    Muhammad Shahbaz

  2. Laboratory of Plant Physiology, University of Groningen, 11103, 9700 CC, Groningen, The Netherlands

    C. Elisabeth E. Stuiver, Freek S. Posthumus & Luit J. De Kok

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    Luit J. De Kok

  2. CSIRO Plant Industry, --, Canberra, 2601, Aust Capital Terr, Australia

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  3. , Dept. of Forest and Ecosystem Science, University of Melbourne, Water Street, Creswick, 3363, Australia

    Michael Tausz

  4. , Plant Science Department, Rothamsted Research, --, Harpenden, AL5 2JQ, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

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  5. fuer Molekulare Pflanzenphysiologie, Department of Molecular Physiology, Max-Planck-Institut, Am Muehlenberg 1, Golm, 14476, Germany

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Shahbaz, M., Stuiver, C.E.E., Posthumus, F.S., De Kok, L.J. (2012). Impact of Enhanced Copper Levels and Sulfate Deprivation on the Uptake and Metabolism of Sulfate in Chinese Cabbage (Brassica pekinensis). In: De Kok, L., et al. Sulfur Metabolism in Plants. Proceedings of the International Plant Sulfur Workshop, vol 1. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4450-9_23

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