STUDIES ON THE LIGHT MODULATION OF NITRATE REDUCTASE AND SUCROSE PHOSPHAT E SYNTHAS E ACTIVITIES IN WHEAT AND MAIZE LEAVES
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1998
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MPKV, UNIVERSITY LIBRARY RAHURI
Abstract
Nitrate reductasdc*EC 1.6.6.1) activity in the leaves of various crop plants
declined slowly but gradually when the ligruVgrown seedlings were shifted to
darkness. A minor temporary increase in the in vivo NR activity at the time of
sudden darkening could probably be attributed to elimination of photosystem-I
dependent nitrite reduction. The in vivo NR activity even on infiltration of the
leaves with Mg2+ ions decreased slowly. The activity of the extracted enzyme also
did not show any drastic reduction in presence of Mg2' ions upto 30 min of darkness
and on transfer to light again a slow and gradual increase in the in vitro NR activity
was noticed. The nitrate (NO.-T) content in the leaves of wheat and maize plants
increased gradually on darkening, where as the nitrite (N02~) content decreased.
Comparison of the rates of disappearance of N02" under light and dark aerobic
conditions revealed that the reduction of accumulated nitrite in the dark was slow
and commenced only after a time lag of 15 min. Infiltration and incubation of leaves
with 2,4*DNP, an uncoupler of oxidative phosphorylation5showed a concentration
dependent increase in N02" content under dark aerobic condition probably due to
inhibition of nitrite reductase which requires ATP or suggesting activation
(dephosphorylation) of NR itself. Under dark aerobic conditions nitrite is not
expected to accumulate, however, exposure of leaf segments to CO:C>2 ratio of 10
caused significant nitrite accumulation even under dark aerobic conditions and prior
infiltration of the leaves with SHAM further enhanced nitrite accumulation
suggested that the competition for reducing equivalents from NADH between NR
and O2 is a factor governing the regulation. Stimulation of nitrite accumulation in
the leaves by EDTA under dark aerobic incubation in presence ofj(pNP
and reversal of stimulatory effect by excess Ca2+ support the involvement of
exogenous NADH-dehydrogenase located on the outer surface of the inner
mitochondrial membrane in regulating the supply of reductants. The effect of light
/dark transition on sucrose-phosphate synthase (SPS) activity was determined. The
activity was drastically reduced both under non-selective (Vmax) and selective (V|jm)
assay conditions on transfer to darkness. Comparatively more sensitivity of SPS
under selective assay condition indicatesthat the enzyme activity is modulated by
covalent modification (phosphorylation) during light / dark transition.
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