Differential response of carbon and nitrogen metabolism to fluoride application in fruiting structures of chickpea [Cicer arietinum]

• Autorzy: Asthir B , Basra A.S. , Batta S.K.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The effect of sodium fluoride (10 and 50 mol·m⁻³) on the activities of sucrose metabolizing enzymes, transaminases and glutamine synthetase in relation to the transformation of free sugars to starch and protein in the fruiting structures (pod wall, seed coat, cotyledons) of chickpea was studied by culturing detached reproductive shoots in a liquid medium. Addition of fluoride to the culture medium drastically reduced starch content of the cotyledons and caused a marked build-up of total free sugars comprised mainly of reducing sugars in the pod wall and seed coat, and sucrose in the cotyledons. Concomitantly, the activity of soluble invertase was stimulated in the pod wall but reduced in the cotyledons. However, soluble protein content of both the pod wall and the cotyledons increased in conjunction with an increase in the activities of glutamate-oxaloacetate transaminase, glutamate-pyruvate transaminase and glutamine synthetase. Disruption of starch biosynthesis under the influence of fluoride and the resulting accumulation of free sugars possibly resulted in their favoured utilization in nitrogen metabolism. Labelling studies with [U-¹⁴C]-sucrose showed that the ¹⁴C incorporation into total free sugars was enhanced by fluoride in the pod wall but reduced in the seed coat and cotyledons, possibly due to an inhibitory effect on their translocation to the developing seeds.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

fruiting structure; metabolism; nitrogen; pod; starch; Cicer arietinum; carbon; chick-pea; sugar; fluoride; enzyme activity; protein

• Wydawca: -
• Czasopismo: Acta Physiologiae Plantarum
• Rocznik: 1999
• Tom: 21
• Numer: 1
• Opis fizyczny: p.67-73

Twórcy

autor

Asthir B

• Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana-141 004, India

autor

Basra A.S.

autor

Batta S.K.

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