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Khalofah A, Bamatov I, Zargar M. Interaction of melatonin and H 2S mitigates NaCl toxicity summer savory (Satureja hortensis L.) through Modulation of biosynthesis of secondary metabolites and physio-biochemical attributes. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2024; 31:47757-47770. [PMID: 39007975 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-024-34356-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2024] [Accepted: 07/07/2024] [Indexed: 07/16/2024]
Abstract
As versatile signaling molecules, melatonin (ML) and hydrogen sulfide (H2S) are well-known for their roles in response to abiotic stresses. However, their cross-talk to the regulation of biochemical defence responses and secondary metabolite synthesis during salinity has received less attention. Here, the role of ML-H2S interplay in inducing defensive responses and the biosynthesis of essential oil compounds in summer savoury plants under NaCl treatment was investigated. NaCl treatment, by increasing Na accumulation, disrupting nitrogen metabolism, and inducing oxidative stress, lowered photosynthetic pigments and savoury growth. NaCl treatment also resulted in a decrease in γ-terpinene (10.3%), α-terpinene (21.9%), and p-cymene (15.3%), while an increase in carvacrol (9.1%) was observed over the control. ML and ML + H2S increased the activity of antioxidant enzymes and the level of total phenols and flavonoids, resulting in decreased levels of hydrogen peroxide and superoxide anion and alleviation of oxidative damage under salinity. ML and ML + H2S increased K uptake and restored K/Na homeostasis, thus protecting the photosynthetic apparatus against NaCl-induced toxicity. ML and ML + H2S treatments also improved nitrate/ammonium homeostasis and stimulated nitrogen metabolism, leading to improved summer savoury adaptation to NaCl stress. ML and ML + H2S changed the composition of essential oils, leading to an increase in the monoterpene hydrocarbons and oxygenated monoterpenes in plants stressed with NaCl. However, the addition of an H2S scavenger, hypotaurine, inhibited the protective effects of the ML and ML + H2S treatments under NaCl stress, which could confirm the function of H2S as a signaling molecule in the downstream defence pathway induced by ML.
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- Ahlam Khalofah
- Biology Department, Faculty of Science, King Khalid University, P.O.Box 9004, Abha, 61413, Saudi Arabia
- Research Center for Advanced Materials Science (RCAMS), King Khalid University, P.O. Box 9004, Abha, 61413, Saudi Arabia
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- All-Russian Research Institute of Reclaimed Lands. V. V. Dokuchaev Soil Science Institute, Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Agrobiotechnology, Institute of Agriculture, RUDN University, Moscow, 117198, Russia.
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Khan MN, Siddiqui MH, Alhussaen KM, El-Alosey AR, AlOmrani MAM, Kalaji HM. Titanium dioxide nanoparticles require K + and hydrogen sulfide to regulate nitrogen and carbohydrate metabolism during adaptive response to drought and nickel stress in cucumber. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2023; 334:122008. [PMID: 37356795 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2023.122008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2022] [Revised: 04/21/2023] [Accepted: 06/08/2023] [Indexed: 06/27/2023]
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Crop plants face severe yield losses worldwide owing to their exposure to multiple abiotic stresses. The study described here, was conducted to comprehend the response of cucumber seedlings to drought (induced by 15% w/v polyethylene glycol 8000; PEG) and nickel (Ni) stress in presence or absence of titanium dioxide nanoparticle (nTiO2). In addition, it was also investigated how nitrogen (N) and carbohydrate metabolism, as well as the defense system, are affected by endogenous potassium (K+) and hydrogen sulfide (H2S). Cucumber seedlings were subjected to Ni stress and drought, which led to oxidative stress and triggered the defense system. Under the stress, N and carbohydrate metabolism were differentially affected. Supplementation of the stressed seedlings with nTiO2 (15 mg L-1) enhanced the activity of antioxidant enzymes, ascorbate-glutathione (AsA-GSH) system and elevated N and carbohydrates metabolism. Application of nTiO2 also enhanced the accumulation of phytochelatins and activity of the enzymes of glyoxalase system that provided additional protection against the metal and toxic methylglyoxal. Osmotic stress brought on by PEG and Ni, was countered by the increase of proline and carbohydrates levels, which helped the seedlings keep their optimal level of hydration. Application nTiO2 improved the biosynthesis of H2S and K+ retention through regulating Cys biosynthesis and H+-ATPase activity, respectively. Observed outcomes lead to the conclusion that nTiO2 maintains redox homeostasis, and normal functioning of N and carbohydrates metabolism that resulted in the protection of cucumber seedlings against drought and Ni stress. Use of 20 mM tetraethylammonium chloride (K+- channel blocker), 500 μM sodium orthovanadate (PM H+-ATPase inhibitor), and 1 mM hypotaurine (H2S scavenger) demonstrate that endogenous K+ and H2S were crucial for the nTiO2-induced modulation of plants' adaptive responses to the imposed stress.
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- M Nasir Khan
- Department of Biology, College of Haql, University of Tabuk, Tabuk, 71491, Saudi Arabia.
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- Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Biology, College of Haql, University of Tabuk, Tabuk, 71491, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Biology, College of Haql, University of Tabuk, Tabuk, 71491, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Plant Physiology, Institute of Biology, Warsaw University of Life Sciences SGGW, 159 Nowoursynowska 159, 02-776, Warsaw, Poland
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Khan MN, Siddiqui MH, Mukherjee S, AlSolami MA, Alhussaen KM, AlZuaibr FM, Siddiqui ZH, Al-Amri AA, Alsubaie QD. Melatonin involves hydrogen sulfide in the regulation of H +-ATPase activity, nitrogen metabolism, and ascorbate-glutathione system under chromium toxicity. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2023; 323:121173. [PMID: 36740162 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2023.121173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2022] [Revised: 01/18/2023] [Accepted: 01/28/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Contamination of soils with chromium (Cr) jeopardized agriculture production globally. The current study was planned with the aim to better comprehend how melatonin (Mel) and hydrogen sulfide (H2S) regulate antioxidant defense system, potassium (K) homeostasis, and nitrogen (N) metabolism in tomato seedlings under Cr toxicity. The data reveal that application of 30 μM Mel to the seedlings treated with 25 μM Cr has a positive effect on H2S metabolism that resulted in a considerable increase in H2S. Exogenous Mel improved phytochelatins content and H+-ATPase activity with an associated increase in K content as well. Use of tetraethylammonium chloride (K+-channel blocker) and sodium orthovanadate (H+-ATPase inhibitor) showed that Mel maintained K homeostasis through regulating H+-ATPase activity under Cr toxicity. Supplementation of the stressed seedlings with Mel substantially scavenged excess reactive oxygen species (ROS) that maintained ROS homeostasis. Reduced electrolyte leakage and lipid peroxidation were additional signs of Mel's ROS scavenging effects. In addition, Mel also maintained normal functioning of nitrogen (N) metabolism and ascorbate-glutathione (AsA-GSH) system. Improved level of N fulfilled its requirement for various enzymes that have induced resilience during Cr stress. Additionally, the AsA-GSH cycle's proper operation maintained redox equilibrium, which is necessary for the biological system to function normally. Conversely, 1 mM hypotaurine (H2S scavenger) abolished the Mel-effect and again Cr-induced impairment on the above-mentioned parameters was observed even in presence of Mel. Therefore, based on the observed findings, we concluded that Mel needs endogenous H2S to alleviate Cr-induced impairments in tomato seedlings.
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- M Nasir Khan
- Department of Biology, College of Haql, University of Tabuk, Tabuk, 71491, Saudi Arabia.
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- Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, 11451 Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Botany, Jangipur College, University of Kalyani, Jangipur, India
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- Department of Biology, College of Haql, University of Tabuk, Tabuk, 71491, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Biology, College of Haql, University of Tabuk, Tabuk, 71491, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Tabuk, Tabuk, 71491, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Tabuk, Tabuk, 71491, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, 11451 Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, 11451 Saudi Arabia
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Ali F, Siddiqui ZS, Ansari HH, Zafar U, Wajid D, Abbasi MW, Rao Y. Halophilic soil microbial strains improve the moisture stress tolerance in oilseed crop by sustaining Photosystem II functionality. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2023; 196:10-22. [PMID: 36682214 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2023.01.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2022] [Revised: 01/11/2023] [Accepted: 01/17/2023] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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The sunflower (Helianthus annus L.) is a vital oilseed crop exposed to drought globally. A vast proportion of research is devoted to the naturally occurring microbes and their interaction with plants to alleviate stress consequences. Halophilic bacterial strains, i.e., Bacillus cereus KUB-15 (accession number NR 074540.1), KUB-27 (accession number NR 074540.1), and Bacillus licheniformis strain AAB9 (accession number MW362506), were isolated. Later, isolated strains were used for sunflower through inoculation. Plants were allowed to grow, and thirty-days-old plants were exposed to fixed moisture stress (40-45%). The functionality of photosystem II, light-harvesting ability, and physiological tolerance of cultivars were examined. Bacterial strains B. licheniformis sustained substantial electron flow in between photosystem II (PS II) and photosystem I (PS 1) that not only favored the passable photosynthetic performance but also enhanced antioxidant enzyme activity under stress condition. Compared to other halophilic strains, Bacillus licheniformis did manage reasonable relative water content (RWC), chlorophyll content index (CCI) and biomass production under stress condition. In comparison to both sunflower cultivars, bacterial inoculation was greatly restored growth and photosynthetic performance in Agsun-5264 than S-278 under moisture stress environment. Hence, it is suggested that that bacterial strain and plants cultivar compatibility are essential aspect for sustainable agriculture production.
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- Fiza Ali
- Stress Physiology and Phenomic Center, Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi, 75270, Pakistan
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- Stress Physiology and Phenomic Center, Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi, 75270, Pakistan.
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- Stress Physiology and Phenomic Center, Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi, 75270, Pakistan
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Karachi, Karachi, 75270, Pakistan
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- Stress Physiology and Phenomic Center, Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi, 75270, Pakistan
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- M.A.H. Qadri Biological Research Center, University of Karachi, Karachi, 75270, Pakistan
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- Stress Physiology and Phenomic Center, Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi, 75270, Pakistan
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Ali F, Wei X, Siddiqui ZS, Chen J, Ansari HH, Wajid D, Shams ZI, Abbasi MW, Zafar U. Scrutinizes the Sustainable Role of Halophilic Microbial Strains on Oxygen-Evolving Complex, Specific Energy Fluxes, Energy Flow and Nitrogen Assimilation of Sunflower Cultivars in a Suboptimal Environment. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 13:913825. [PMID: 35923873 PMCID: PMC9340225 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.913825] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2022] [Accepted: 06/24/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Environmental extremes such as hypersaline conditions are significant threats to agricultural productivity. The sustainable use of halophilic microbial strains was evaluated in plant in a salt stress environment. Oxygen-evolving complex (OEC), energy compartmentalization, harvesting efficiencies (LHE), specific energy fluxes (SEF), and nitrogen assimilation of oilseed crops (Sunflower cultivars) in a suboptimal environment was examined. Plants were grown in a plastic pot (15 ×18 cm2) containing sterilized (autoclaved at 120°C for 1 h) soil. Twenty-five ml suspension (107 CFU/ml) each of Bacillus cereus strain KUB-15 and KUB-27 (accession number NR 074540.1) and Bacillus licheniformis strain AAB9 (accession number MW362506), were applied via drenching method. Month-old plants were subjected to salt stress via gradual increment method. The energy compartmentalization of microbial inoculated plants exposed to salt stress revealed higher photosystem II (PSII) activity at the donor side, lesser photo-inhibition, and increased performance of oxygen-evolving complex compared to control. High potassium (K+) and low sodium (Na+) ions in treated leaves with the activated barricade of the antioxidant system stimulated by Bacillus strains favored enhanced photochemical efficiency, smooth electron transport, and lesser energy dissipation in the stressed plants. Moreover, the results reveal the increased activity of nitrite reductase (NiR) and nitrate reductase (NR) by microbial inoculation that elevated the nitrogen availability in the salt-stressed plant. The current research concludes that the application of bio-inoculants that reside in the hyper-saline environment offers substantial potential to enhance salt tolerance in sunflowers by modulating their water uptake, chlorophyll, nitrogen metabolism, and better photochemical yield.
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- Fiza Ali
- Department of Botany, Stress Physiology Phenomics Centre, University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan
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- Institute of Oceanography, Minjiang University, Fuzhou, China
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- Department of Botany, Stress Physiology Phenomics Centre, University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan
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- Environmental Horticulture Department and Mid-florida Research and Education Center, IFAS, University of Florida, Apopka, FL, United States
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- Department of Botany, Stress Physiology Phenomics Centre, University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan
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- Department of Botany, Stress Physiology Phenomics Centre, University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan
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- Institute of Environmental Studies, University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan
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Eprintsev AT, Fedorin DN, Anokhina GB, Igamberdiev AU. Effects of light, anoxia and salinity on the expression of dihydroxyacid dehydratase in maize. JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2021; 265:153507. [PMID: 34478919 DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2021.153507] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2021] [Revised: 08/24/2021] [Accepted: 08/24/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Dihydroxyacid dehydratase (EC 4.2.1.9) participates in metabolism of branched chain amino acids, in CoA biosynthesis and in the conversion of hydroxycitric acid that accumulates in several plants. In maize (Zea mays L.), this enzyme is encoded by the two genes (Dhad1 and Dhad2), having different patterns of their expression during germination. We have demonstrated the inhibition of Dhad1 expression by light and the opposite effect of light on Dhad2. These effects were phytochrome-dependent and involved methylation/demethylation of promoters. Incubation of maize plants in a nitrogen atmosphere resulted in Dhad1 activation peaking at 12 h, which coincided with the decrease in promoter methylation. The gene Dhad2 was activated only during the first 6 h of anoxia, with no correlation with the level of promoter methylation. Salt stress (150 mM NaCl) caused the activation of expression of Dhad2 while the expression of Dhad1 was inhibited in the first hour and then after 12 h incubation with NaCl. We conclude that the expression of two genes encoding dihydroxyacid dehydratase reveals the opposite or different patterns of regulation by light, anoxia and salinity. The mechanisms underlying these modifications involve promoter methylation and result in corresponding changes in the enzymatic activity of the conversion of hydroxycitrate to 2-oxoglutarate.
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- Alexander T Eprintsev
- Department of Biochemistry and Cell Physiology, Voronezh State University, 394018, Voronezh, Russia.
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cell Physiology, Voronezh State University, 394018, Voronezh, Russia.
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cell Physiology, Voronezh State University, 394018, Voronezh, Russia.
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- Department of Biology, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, NL, A1B 3X9, Canada.
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Saiz-Fernández I, De Diego N, Brzobohatý B, Muñoz-Rueda A, Lacuesta M. The imbalance between C and N metabolism during high nitrate supply inhibits photosynthesis and overall growth in maize (Zea mays L.). PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2017; 120:213-222. [PMID: 29059604 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2017.10.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2017] [Revised: 10/05/2017] [Accepted: 10/09/2017] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Nitrogen (N) is an important regulator of photosynthetic carbon (C) flow in plants, and an adequate balance between N and C metabolism is needed for correct plant development. However, an excessive N supply can alter this balance and cause changes in specific organic compounds associated with primary and secondary metabolism, including plant growth regulators. In previous work, we observed that high nitrate supply (15 mM) to maize plants led to a decrease in leaf expansion and overall biomass production, when compared with low nitrate supply (5 mM). Thus, the aim of this work is to study how overdoses of nitrate can affect photosynthesis and plant development. The results show that high nitrate doses greatly increased amino acid production, which led to a decrease in the concentration of 2-oxoglutarate, the main source of C skeletons for N assimilation. The concentration of 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid (and possibly its product, ethylene) also rose in high nitrate plants, leading to a decrease in leaf expansion, reducing the demand for photoassimilates by the growing tissues and causing the accumulation of sugars in source leaves. This accumulation of sugars, together with the decrease in 2-oxoglutarate levels and the reduction in chlorophyll concentration, decreased plant photosynthetic rates. This work provides new insights into how high nitrate concentration alters the balance between C and N metabolism, reducing photosynthetic rates and disrupting whole plant development. These findings are particularly relevant since negative effects of nitrate in contexts other than root growth have rarely been studied.
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- Iñigo Saiz-Fernández
- Department of Plant Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, E-01006, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain; Laboratory of Plant Molecular Biology, Institute of Biophysics AS CR, CEITEC - Central European Institute of Technology, Phytophthora Research Centre, Faculty of Agronomy, Mendel University in Brno, Zemědělská 1, CZ-613 00, Brno, Czech Republic.
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- Department of Plant Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, E-01006, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain; Department of Chemical Biology and Genetics, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, Šlechtitelů 27, CZ-783 71, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Laboratory of Plant Molecular Biology, Institute of Biophysics AS CR, CEITEC - Central European Institute of Technology, Phytophthora Research Centre, Faculty of Agronomy, Mendel University in Brno, Zemědělská 1, CZ-613 00, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Plant Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, E-48080, Leioa, Spain
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- Department of Plant Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, E-01006, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
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Li Z, Yuan S, Jia H, Gao F, Zhou M, Yuan N, Wu P, Hu Q, Sun D, Luo H. Ectopic expression of a cyanobacterial flavodoxin in creeping bentgrass impacts plant development and confers broad abiotic stress tolerance. PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL 2017; 15:433-446. [PMID: 27638479 PMCID: PMC5362689 DOI: 10.1111/pbi.12638] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2016] [Revised: 09/10/2016] [Accepted: 09/13/2016] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Flavodoxin (Fld) plays a pivotal role in photosynthetic microorganisms as an alternative electron carrier flavoprotein under adverse environmental conditions. Cyanobacterial Fld has been demonstrated to be able to substitute ferredoxin of higher plants in most electron transfer processes under stressful conditions. We have explored the potential of Fld for use in improving plant stress response in creeping bentgrass (Agrostis stolonifera L.). Overexpression of Fld altered plant growth and development. Most significantly, transgenic plants exhibited drastically enhanced performance under oxidative, drought and heat stress as well as nitrogen (N) starvation, which was associated with higher water retention and cell membrane integrity than wild-type controls, modified expression of heat-shock protein genes, production of more reduced thioredoxin, elevated N accumulation and total chlorophyll content as well as up-regulated expression of nitrite reductase and N transporter genes. Further analysis revealed that the expression of other stress-related genes was also impacted in Fld-expressing transgenics. Our data establish a key role of Fld in modulating plant growth and development and plant response to multiple sources of adverse environmental conditions in crop species. This demonstrates the feasibility of manipulating Fld in crop species for genetic engineering of plant stress tolerance.
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- Zhigang Li
- College of Plant Science and TechnologyHuazhong Agricultural UniversityWuhanHubeiChina
- Department of Genetics and BiochemistryClemson UniversityClemsonSCUSA
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- Department of Genetics and BiochemistryClemson UniversityClemsonSCUSA
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- Department of Genetics and BiochemistryClemson UniversityClemsonSCUSA
- The Applied Plant Genomics Laboratory of Crop Genomics and Bioinformatics Centreand National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm EnhancementNanjing Agricultural UniversityNanjingJiangsuChina
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- Department of Genetics and BiochemistryClemson UniversityClemsonSCUSA
- Crop Research InstituteSichuan Academy of Agricultural SciencesChengduSichuanChina
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- Department of Genetics and BiochemistryClemson UniversityClemsonSCUSA
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- Department of Genetics and BiochemistryClemson UniversityClemsonSCUSA
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- Department of Genetics and BiochemistryClemson UniversityClemsonSCUSA
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- Department of Genetics and BiochemistryClemson UniversityClemsonSCUSA
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- College of Plant Science and TechnologyHuazhong Agricultural UniversityWuhanHubeiChina
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- Department of Genetics and BiochemistryClemson UniversityClemsonSCUSA
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Singh M, Singh VP, Prasad SM. Responses of photosynthesis, nitrogen and proline metabolism to salinity stress in Solanum lycopersicum under different levels of nitrogen supplementation. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2016; 109:72-83. [PMID: 27639963 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2016.08.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2016] [Revised: 08/29/2016] [Accepted: 08/29/2016] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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In the present study, effect of different levels of nitrogen (N0, deprived; N25, sub-optimum; N75, optimum and N150, supra-optimum) in Solanum lycopersicum L. seedlings under NaCl (NaCl1, 0.3 g kg-1 sand and NaCl2, 0.5 g kg-1sand) stress was investigated. Biomass accumulation, pigments, K+ concentration, nitrate and nitrite contents were declined by NaCl in dose dependent manner. As compared to control (N75 without NaCl), fresh weight declined by 4% and 11%, and dry weight by 7 and 13% when seedlings were grown under N75+NaCl1 and N75+NaCl2 combinations, respectively. Furthermore, fluorescence parameters (JIP-test): the size and number of active reaction centres of photosynthetic apparatus (Fv/F0), efficiency of water splitting complex (F0/Fv), quantum yield of primary photochemistry (φP0 or Phi_P0), yield of electron transport per trapped excitation (Ψ0 or Psi_0), the quantum yield of electron transport (φE0), and performance index of PS II (PIABS) and parameters related to energy fluxes per reaction centre (ABS/RC, TR0/RC, ET0/RC and DI0/RC) were also affected by NaCl. However, toxic effect of NaCl on photosystem II photochemistry was ameliorated by N. The lower dose (NaCl1) of NaCl exerts damaging effect on oxidation side of PS II, while higher dose (NaCl2) damages PS II reaction centre and its reduction side. Moreover, control seedlings (N75 without NaCl) when exposed to NaCl1 and NaCl2 exhibited a significant enhancement in respiration rate by 6 and 16%, Na+ accumulation by 111 and 169% in shoot, and 141 and 223% in root and ammonium contents by 19 and 34% respectively. Nitrate and ammonium assimilating enzymes such as nitrate reductase (NR), nitrite reductase (NiR), glutamine synthetase (GS) and glutamate synthase (GOGAT) were adversely affected by NaCl stress while glutamate dehydrogenase (GDH) showed reverse trend. N addition caused further enhancement in free proline, and activity of Δ1-pyrroline-5-carboxylate synthetase (P5CS), while activity of proline dehydrogenase (ProDH) decreased. The results indicate that different levels of N significantly modulated NaCl-induced damaging effects in tomato seedlings. Furthermore, the results suggest that after N addition Na+, nitrite, nitrate, ammonium contents, nitrogen metabolic enzymes, proline content, and activity of P5CS are favourably regulated, which might be associated with mitigation of NaCl stress and effect was more pronounced with supra-optimum level of N (N150).
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- Madhulika Singh
- Ranjan Plant Physiology and Biochemistry Laboratory, Department of Botany, University of Allahabad, Allahabad, 211002, India.
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- Ranjan Plant Physiology and Biochemistry Laboratory, Department of Botany, University of Allahabad, Allahabad, 211002, India.
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- Ranjan Plant Physiology and Biochemistry Laboratory, Department of Botany, University of Allahabad, Allahabad, 211002, India.
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Zaghdoud C, Carvajal M, Ferchichi A, Del Carmen Martínez-Ballesta M. Water balance and N-metabolism in broccoli (Brassica oleracea L. var. Italica) plants depending on nitrogen source under salt stress and elevated CO2. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2016; 571:763-71. [PMID: 27450252 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.07.048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2016] [Revised: 07/06/2016] [Accepted: 07/06/2016] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Elevated [CO2] and salinity in the soils are considered part of the effects of future environmental conditions in arid and semi-arid areas. While it is known that soil salinization decreases plant growth, an increased atmospheric [CO2] may ameliorate the negative effects of salt stress. However, there is a lack of information about the form in which inorganic nitrogen source may influence plant performance under both conditions. Single factor responses and the interactive effects of two [CO2] (380 and 800ppm), three different NO3(-)/NH4(+) ratios in the nutrient solution (100/0, 50/50 and 0/100, with a total N concentration of 3.5mM) and two NaCl concentrations (0 and 80mM) on growth, leaf gas exchange parameters in relation to root hydraulic conductance and N-assimilating enzymes of broccoli (Brassica oleracea L. var. Italica) plants were determined. The results showed that a reduced NO3(-) or co-provision of NO3(-) and NH4(+) could be an optimal source of inorganic N for broccoli plants. In addition, elevated [CO2] ameliorated the effect of salt exposure on the plant growth through an enhanced rate of photosynthesis, even at low N-concentration. However, NO3(-) or NO3(-)/NH4(+) co-provision display differential plant response to salt stress regarding water balance, which was associated to N metabolism. The results may contribute to our understanding of N-fertilization modes under increasing atmospheric [CO2] to cope with salt stress, where variations in N nutrition significantly influenced plant response.
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- Chokri Zaghdoud
- Laboratoire Aridoculture et Cultures Oasiennes, Institut des Régions Arides, Route de Djerba Km 22.5, Médenine 4119, Tunisia
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- Department of Plant Nutrition, Centro de Edafología y Biología Aplicada del Segura (CEBAS-CSIC), Campus de Espinardo, Edificio 25, E-Murcia, 30100, Spain
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- Laboratoire Aridoculture et Cultures Oasiennes, Institut des Régions Arides, Route de Djerba Km 22.5, Médenine 4119, Tunisia
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- Department of Plant Nutrition, Centro de Edafología y Biología Aplicada del Segura (CEBAS-CSIC), Campus de Espinardo, Edificio 25, E-Murcia, 30100, Spain.
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Biochemical composition and antioxidant activities of Arthrospira (Spirulina) platensis in response to gamma irradiation. Food Chem 2016; 214:550-555. [PMID: 27507509 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2016.07.109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2016] [Revised: 07/12/2016] [Accepted: 07/19/2016] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Arthrospira (Spirulina) platensis is a blue-green alga, rich with bioactive components and nutrients. To evaluate effect of gamma irradiation, A. platensis was exposed to different doses of 0.0, 0.5, 1.0, 1.5, 2.0 and 2.5kGy. The data showed that the phenolic and proline contents significantly increased with the increase of gamma irradiation doses up to 2.0kGy, above which a reduction was observed. The soluble proteins and malondialdehyde (MDA) contents were stimulated by all tested irradiation doses. Furthermore, the vitamins (A, K and B group) and mineral contents (N, P, Na, K, Ca, Mg and Fe) were stimulated by the irradiation doses compared with the control. The activities of some N-assimilating and antioxidant enzymes were significantly increased with the irradiation doses up to 2.0kGy. This study suggests the possible use of gamma irradiation as a stimulatory agent to raise the nutritive value and antioxidant activity of A. platensis.
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Esen M, Ozturk Urek R. Ammonium nitrate and iron nutrition effects on some nitrogen assimilation enzymes and metabolites in Spirulina platensis. Biotechnol Appl Biochem 2014; 62:275-86. [PMID: 25425155 DOI: 10.1002/bab.1268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2014] [Accepted: 06/26/2014] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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The effect of various concentrations of ammonium nitrate (5-60 mM), an economical nitrogen source, on the growth, nitrate-ammonium uptake rates, production of some pigments and metabolites, and some nitrogen assimilation enzymes such as nitrate reductase (NR), nitrite reductase (NiR), glutamine synthetase (GS), and glutamate synthase (GOGAT) in Spirulina platensis (Gamont) Geitler was investigated. Ten millimolars of ammonium nitrate stimulated the growth, production of pigments and the other metabolites, and enzyme activities, whereas 30 and 60 mM ammonium nitrate caused inhibition. In the presence of 10 mM ammonium nitrate, different concentrations of iron were tried in the growth media of S. platensis. After achieving the best growth, levels of metabolite and pigment production, and enzyme activities in the presence of 10 mM ammonium nitrate as a nitrogen source, different iron concentrations (10-100 µM) were tried in the growth medium of S. platensis. The highest growth, pigment and metabolite levels, and enzyme activities were determined in the medium containing 50 µM iron and 10 mM ammonium nitrate. In this optimum condition, the highest dry biomass level, chlorophyll a, and pyruvate contents were obtained as 55.42 ± 3.8 mg mL(-1) , 93.114 ± 7.9 µg g(-1) , and 212.5 ± 18.7 µg g(-1) , respectively. The highest NR, NiR, GS, and GOGAT activities were 67.16 ± 5.1, 777.92 ± 52, 0.141 ± 0.01, and 44.45 ± 3.6, respectively. Additionally, 10 mM ammonium nitrate is an economical and efficient nitrogen source for nitrogen assimilation of S. platensis, and 50 µM iron is optimum for the growth of S. platensis.
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- Merve Esen
- Chemistry Department, The Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences, Dokuz Eylül University, Buca-Izmir, Turkey
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YANG XY, WANG XF, WEI M, YANG FJ, SHI QH. Changes of Nitrate Reductase Activity in Cucumber Seedlings in Response to Nitrate Stress. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/s1671-2927(09)60086-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Nagajyoti PC, Dinakar N, Suresh S, Udaykiran Y, Suresh C, Prasad TNVKV, Damodharam T. Biomass Industrial Effluent Effect on Carbohydrates, Aminoacids, Nitrite and Nitrite Enzyme Activities of Arachis hypogaea L. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/s1671-2927(09)60028-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Nasraoui-Hajaji A, Ghorbel MH, Gouia H. Effects of nitrate concentration on growth and nitrogen metabolism of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentumMill.) under cadmic stress. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008. [DOI: 10.1080/12538078.2008.10516135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Dinakar N, Nagajyothi PC, Suresh S, Udaykiran Y, Damodharam T. Phytotoxicity of cadmium on protein, proline and antioxidant enzyme activities in growing Arachis hypogaea L. seedlings. J Environ Sci (China) 2008; 20:199-206. [PMID: 18574962 DOI: 10.1016/s1001-0742(08)60032-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Phytotoxicity of cadmium on growing Arachis hypogaea L. seedlings was studied. Seeds were exposed to 25, 50, and 100 micromol/L CdCl2 concentrations, for a period of 10, 15, 20 and 25 d. The extent of damage to chlorophyll, protein, proline, nitrate and nitrite reductase, antioxidant enzyme activity in leaves and roots were evaluated after 10 d of cadmium stress. The higher concentration of cadmium (100 micromol/L) resulted (leaves and roots) total chlorophyll 91.01%, protein 79.51%, 83.61%, nitrate reductase 79.39%, 80.72% and nitrite reductase 77.07%, 75.88% activity decreased with increase in cadmium concentrations and exposure periods. Cadmium caused significant changes in the activity of antioxidative enzymes. Contrastingly Cd treated plant tissues showed an increase in proline 159.87%, 239.6%, gluthion reductase (GR) 337.72%, 306.14%, superoxide disumutase (SOD) 688.56%, 381.72%, ascorbate peroxidase (APX) 226.47%, 252.14%, peroxidase (POD) 72.19%, 60.29% and catalase (CAT) 228.96%, 214.74% as compared to control. Cadmium stress caused a significant increase in the rate of SOD activity in leaves and roots of plant species. Results show the crop A. hypogaea is highly sensitive even at very low cadmium concentrations.
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- N Dinakar
- Department of Environmental Sciences, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh-517 502, India
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Mino Y, Shirakawa M, Harada Y, Kuroda K. Comparison of the Nucleotide Sequences of Ferredoxin-cDNAs among some Datura Plants. Biol Pharm Bull 2004; 27:2038-41. [PMID: 15577229 DOI: 10.1248/bpb.27.2038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The nucleotide sequences of partial ferredoxin (Fd)-cDNAs (corresponding to the amino acid sequence of 22-87 in the total 97 amino acids of ferredoxin) were determined for Datura arborea, D. stramonium, D. metel, and related Datura plants. Non-synonymous substitutions were noted at 4 positions and a synonymous substitution was seen at position 82 (Gln [CAA] (arborea) vs. Gln [CAG] (stramonium and metel)). The nucleotide sequence of Fd-cDNA may provide more detailed information regarding the relative taxonomic positions of plants than the amino acid sequence. However, Datura plants in the same section (metel, fastuosa, and innoxia) and of different varieties (stramonium var. stramonium and stramonium var. tatula) showed identical Fd-cDNA nucleotide sequences. This result suggests that there are very close relationships among the plants in each group.
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- Yoshiki Mino
- Department of Environmental Analysis, Osaka University of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka, Japan.
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Chaffei C, Gouia H, Masclaux C, Ghorbel MH. [Reversibility of the effects of cadmium on the growth and nitrogen metabolism in the tomato(Lycopersicon esculentum)]. C R Biol 2003; 326:401-12. [PMID: 12892045 DOI: 10.1016/s1631-0691(03)00119-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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In order to better understand the effects of heavy metals on the growth of plants, we decided to perform recovering experiments by following both chemical and physiological parameters in cadmium pre-stressed tomato seedlings after cadmium had been removed from the nutrient solution. The work shows that cadmium suppression results in resumption of growth activity. The biomass of leaves and stems rose steadily. The increase in root biomass exceeded those of leaves and stems. At the same time, nitrate content was increased to reach the level obtained with unstressed controls. In all the organs studied, the activities of the enzymes involved in the anabolic nitrogen primary assimilation pathways (nitrate reductase (NR), nitrite reductase (NiR) and glutamine synthetase (GS) soared after that cadmium had been removed. While NAD(+)-dependent glutamate dehydrogenase (GDH-NAD+) activity also rose progressively during the recovering time, the cognate NADH-dependent glutamate dehydrogenase (GDH-NADH) activity decreased. This result allows us to propose that the ammonia produced by the stress-induced protein catabolism is detoxified and re-assimilated by the GDH-NADH isoenzyme. On the basis of these results, we will discuss the ability of the plant to dilute the effects of pollutants during the recovering period. An important outcome of this work is that a transient contamination of the culture medium by pollutants is not necessarily followed by a significant depreciation in product yield or quality.
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- Chiraz Chaffei
- Laboratoire de physiologie végétale, Unité de recherche Nutrition et métabolisme azotés et protéines de stress, Département des sciences biologiques, Université de Tunis El Manar, 1060 Tunis, Tunisie.
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Reinold D, Höfner W, Köhler W. Auswirkungen von Cu, Cd und Atrazin auf den Stoffwechsel der einzelligen GrünalgeScenedesmus subspicatus. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1994. [DOI: 10.1002/jpln.19941570214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Bowsher CG, Hucklesby DP, Emes MJ. Nitrite reduction and carbohydrate metabolism in plastids purified from roots of Pisum sativum L. PLANTA 1989; 177:359-66. [PMID: 24212429 DOI: 10.1007/bf00403594] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/1988] [Accepted: 11/23/1988] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Intact preparations of plastids from pea (Pisum sativum L.) roots have been used to investigate the metabolism of glucose-6-phosphate and reduction of inorganic nitrite within these organelles. The ability of hexose-phosphates to support nitrite reduction was dependent on the integrity of the preparation and was barely measurable in broken organelles. In intact plastids, nitrite was reduced most effectively in the presence of glucose-6-phosphate (Glc6P), fructose-6-phosphate and ribose-5-phosphate and to a lesser extent glucose-1-phosphate. The Km (Glc6P) of plastid-located Glc6P dehydrogenase (EC 1.1.1.49) and Glc6P-dependent nitrite reduction were virtually identical (0.68 and 0.66 mM respectively) and a similar relationship was observed between fructose-6-phosphate, hexose-phosphate isomerase (EC 5.3.1.9) and nitrite reduction. The pattern of release of CO2 from different carbon atoms of Glc6P supplied to root plastids, indicates the operation of both glycolysis and the oxidative pentose-phosphate pathway with some recycling in the latter. During nitrite reduction the evolution of CO2 from carbon atom 1 of Glc6P was stimulated but not from carbon atoms 2, 3, 4, or 6. The importance of these results with regard to the regulation of the pathways of carbohydrate oxidation and nitrogen assimilation within root plastids is discussed.
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- C G Bowsher
- Plant Science and Cytogenetics, Williamson Building, Department of Cell and Structural Biology, University of Manchester, M13 9PL, Manchester, UK
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de la Haba P, Agüera E, Maldonado JM. Development of nitrogen-assimilating enzymes in sunflower cotyledons during germination as affected by the exogenous nitrogen source. PLANTA 1988; 173:52-57. [PMID: 24226179 DOI: 10.1007/bf00394487] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/1987] [Accepted: 03/23/1987] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Activities of nitrate reductase (NR; EC 1.6.6.1), nitrite reductase (NiR; EC 1.7.7.1), glutamine synthetase (GS; EC 6.3.1.2) and glutamate dehydrogenase (GDH; EC 1.4.1.3) were measured in cotyledons of sunflower (Helianthus annuus L. cv Peredovic) seedlings during germination and early growth under various external nitrogen sources. The presence of NO 3 (-) in the medium promoted a gradual increase in the levels of NR and NiR activities during the first 7 d of germination. Neither NR nor NiR activities were increased in a nitrogen-free medium or in media with either NH 4 (+) or urea as nitrogen sources. Moreover, the presence of NH 4 (+) did not abolish the NO 3 (-) -dependent appearance of NR and NiR activities. The increase of NR activity was impaired both by cycloheximide and chloramphenicol, which indicates that both cytoplasmic 80S and plastidic 70S ribosomes are involved in the synthesis of the NR molecule. By contrast, the appearance of NiR activity was only inhibited by cycloheximide, indicating that NiR seems to be exclusively synthesized on the cytoplasmic 80S ribosomes. Glutamine-synthetase activity was also strongly increased by external NO 3 (-) but not by NH 4 (+) or urea. The appearance of GS activity was more efficiently suppressed by cycloheximide than chloramphenicol. This indicates that GS is mostly synthesized in the cytoplasm. The cotyledons of the dry seed contain high levels of GDH activity which decline during germination independently of the presence or absence of a nitrogen source. Cycloheximide, but not chloramphenicol, greatly prevented the decrease of GDH activity.
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- P de la Haba
- Departamento de Fisiologia Vegetal, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Córdoba, Avda. San Alberto Magno, E-14004, Córdoba, Spain
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Reith ME, Laudenbach DE, Straus NA. Isolation and nucleotide sequence analysis of the ferredoxin I gene from the cyanobacterium Anacystis nidulans R2. J Bacteriol 1986; 168:1319-24. [PMID: 3096975 PMCID: PMC213640 DOI: 10.1128/jb.168.3.1319-1324.1986] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Two mixed oligonucleotide probes derived from conserved regions of the Synechocystis sp. strain PCC 6714 ferredoxin amino acid sequence were utilized to isolate an Anacystis nidulans R2 clone containing the ferredoxin I gene. Nucleotide sequence analysis revealed a 297-base-pair (bp) open reading frame with a deduced amino acid sequence having high homology to other cyanobacterial ferredoxins. Assuming proteolytic cleavage of the initial methionine residue, the molecular weight of the mature A. nidulans R2 ferredoxin was 10,370. The initial methionine residue was preceded by a probable ribosome-binding site sequence, AGGA. Northern hybridization analysis with the cloned ferredoxin gene indicated an RNA transcript of approximately 450 bp. S1 nuclease mapping localized the transcription start site to a position 64 bases upstream from the initial methionine residue. The nucleotide sequence 14 to 8 bp preceding the transcription start site resembled a typical Escherichia coli promoter, but the sequence in the -35 region did not. Southern hybridization detected only a single copy of the ferredoxin sequence in the A. nidulans R2 genome.
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Emes MJ, England S. Purification of plastids from higher-plant roots. PLANTA 1986; 168:161-6. [PMID: 24232017 DOI: 10.1007/bf00402959] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/1985] [Accepted: 02/27/1986] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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A procedure is described for the purification of plastids from the roots of Pisum sativum L. The preparations obtained are appreciably free of contamination by other particles as judged by the distribution of organelle-specific marker enzymes and by electron microscopy. Latency of glutamate synthase (EC 2.6.1.53) within these preparations indicates that the plastids obtained are 90-95% intact, whilst the resistance of this enzyme, and glucose-6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase (EC 1.1.1.43) to tryptic digestion in unlysed organelles indicates that they are at least 70-85% intact and may be suitable for studies of metabolite transport.
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- M J Emes
- Department of Botany, University of Manchester, M13 9PL, Manchester, UK
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Murillo E, Sánchez de Jiménez E. Glutamate synthase in greening callus of Bouvardia ternifolia Schlecht. PLANTA 1985; 163:448-452. [PMID: 24249443 DOI: 10.1007/bf00392701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/1983] [Accepted: 07/03/1984] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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The distribution of the two glutamate-synthase (GOGAT) activities known to exist in higher plants (NADH dependent, EC 2.6.1.53; and ferredoxin dependent, EC 1.4.7.1) was studied in non-chlorophyllous and chlorophyllous cultured tissue as well as in young leaves of Bouvardia ternifolia. The NADH-GOGAT was present in all three tissues. Using a sucrose gradient we found it in both the soluble and the plastid fraction of non-chlorophyllous and chlorophyllous tissue, but exclusively in the chloroplast fraction of the leaves. Ferredoxin-GOGAT was found only in green tissues and was confined to the chloroplasts. Ferredoxin-GOGAT activity increased in parallel with the chlorophyll content of the callus during the greening process in Murashige-Skoog medium (nitrate and ammonium as the nitrogen sources), while NADH-GOGAT was not affected by the greening process in this medium. Furthermore, both activities were differentially affected by either nitrate or ammonium as the sole nitrogen source in the medium during this process. It is suggested that each GOGAT activity is a different entity or is differently regulated.
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- E Murillo
- Departmento de Bioquímica Vegetal, Facultad de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 04510, México, D.F., México
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Srivastava RC, Bose B, Mukerji D, Mathur SN, Srivastava HS. Measurement of nitrite reductase in leaf tissue of Vigna mungo : A new method. PLANTA 1979; 147:196-198. [PMID: 24311031 DOI: 10.1007/bf00388737] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/1979] [Accepted: 09/28/1979] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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The enzyme nitrite reductase (EC 1.6.6.4) is generally assayed in terms of disappearance of nitrite from the assay medium. We describe a technique which allowed estimation of the enzyme level in leaf tissues of Vigna mungo (L). Hepper in terms of the release of the product (NH3) of the enzyme reaction. The technique is offered as an alternative, possibly more convenient method for assay of nitrite reductase in plant tissue in vivo.
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- R C Srivastava
- Department of Botany, University of Gorakhpur, 273001, Gorakhpur, India
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Wahnbaeck-Spencer R, Mills WR, Henke RR, Burdge EL, Wilson KG. Intracellular localization of beta-aspartate kinase in spinach (Spinacea oleracea). FEBS Lett 1979; 104:303-8. [PMID: 225209 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(79)80839-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Emes MJ, Fowler MW. The intracellular location of the enzymes of nitrate assimilation in the apices of seedling pea roots. PLANTA 1979; 144:249-253. [PMID: 24407255 DOI: 10.1007/bf00388766] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/1978] [Accepted: 08/18/1978] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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The intracellular distribution of the enzymes of nitrate and ammonia assimilation in apical cells of pea (Pisum sativum L.) roots is described. Nitrate reductase (EC 1.6.6.2) was found to have no organelle association, and is considered to be located in the cytosol or possibly loosely bound to the outside of an organelle. Nitrite reductase and glutamate synthase (EC 2.6.1.53) are plastid located, as is glutamine synthetase (EC 6.3.1.2) although this enzyme also has activity in the cytosol. Glutamate dehydrogenase (EC 1.4.1.3) was found only in the mitochondrion.
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- M J Emes
- Department of Biochemistry, The University, S10 2TN, Sheffield, UK
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Saraste M, Kuronen T. Interaction of Pseudomonas cytochrome cd1 with the cytoplasmic membrane. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1978; 513:117-31. [PMID: 102345 DOI: 10.1016/0005-2736(78)90117-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Labelling with ferritin-conjugated antibody shows that Pseudomonas cytochrome cd1 is associated with the inner surface of the cytoplasmic membrane. Cytochrome cd1 is however, enriched to the soluble fraction obtained after destruction of Pseudomonas spheroplasts. Comparison of the respiratory nitrite reductase activities, due to this cytochrome, between different cellular fractions and the purified enzyme shows that while the kinetic pattern and the temperature dependence of the activity remain almost the same the molecular activity is enhanced when the enzyme is released from cells. A new assay of respiratory nitrite reductase was developed in this study. The method is based on determination of the stoichiometrical proton consumption accompanying nitrite reduction.
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Böhme H. Quantitative determination of ferredoxin, ferredoxin-NADP+ reductase and plastocyanin in spinach chloroplasts. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1978; 83:137-41. [PMID: 627205 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1978.tb12077.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Ferredoxin, ferredoxin-NADP+ reductase and plastocyanin extracted from spinach chloroplasts were determined by quantitative immunoelectrophoresis in an antiserum-containing gel. The advantage of the method is its high sensitivity and specificity so that crude extracts can be directly analysed. It requires, however, purified electron carriers and the corresponding monospecific antibodies. The ratios of ferredoxin to reductase to plastocyanin approximated 5:3:4, respectively, per cytochrome f or P700 in spinach chloroplasts.
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Vega JM, Garrett RH. Siroheme: a prosthetic group of the Neurospora crassa assimilatory nitrite reductase. J Biol Chem 1975. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(19)40804-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Tortolero M, Vila R, Paneque A. Ferredoxin-dependent nitrate reductase from Azotobacter chroococcum. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1975. [DOI: 10.1016/0304-4211(75)90025-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Guerrero M, Manzano C, Losada M. Nitrite photoreduction by a cell-free preparation of anacystis nidulans. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1974. [DOI: 10.1016/0304-4211(74)90098-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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