Summary
Different assay conditions induce changes in the ferric chelate reductase activities of leaf plasma membrane preparations from Fe-deficient and Fe-sufficient sugar beet. With an apoplasttype assay medium the ferric chelate reductase activities did not change significantly when Fe(III)-EDTA was the substrate. However, with ferric citrate as substrate, the effect depended on the citrateto-Fe ratio. When the citrate-to-Fe ratio was 20 ∶ 1, the effects were practically unappreciable. However, with a lower citrate-to-Fe ratio of 5 ∶ 1 the activities were significantly lower with the apoplast-type medium than with the standard assay medium. Our data also indicate that anaerobiosis during the assay facilitates the reduction of ferric malate and Fe(III)-EDTA by plasma membrane preparations. Anaerobiosis increased by approximately 50% the plasma membrane ferric chelate reductase activities when Fe(III)-EDTA was the substrate. With ferric malate anaerobiosis increased activities by 70–90% over the values obtained in aerobic conditions. However, with ferric citrate the increase in activity by anaerobiosis was not significant. We have also tested the effect of riboflavin, flavin adenine dinucleotide, and flavin mononucleotide on the plasma membrane ferric chelate reductase activities. The presence of flavins generally increased activities in plasma membrane preparations from control and Fe-deficient plants. Increases in activity were generally moderate (lower than twofold). These increases occurred with Fe(III)-EDTA and Fe(III)-citrate as substrates.
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Abbreviations
- BPDS:
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bathophenantroline disulfonate
- FC:
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ferric chelate
- FC-R:
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ferric chelate reductase
- PM:
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plasma membrane
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González-Vallejo, E.B., Susín, S., Abadía, A. et al. Changes in sugar beet leaf plasma membrane Fe(III)-chelate reductase activities mediated by Fe-deficiency, assay buffer composition, anaerobiosis and the presence of flavins. Protoplasma 205, 163–168 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01279306
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