Sugiharto B, Suzuki I, Burnell J N, Sugiyama T
Department of Agricultural Chemistry, School of Agriculture, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-01, Japan.
Plant Physiol. 1992 Dec;100(4):2066-70. doi: 10.1104/pp.100.4.2066.
We have used detached leaves to study the N-dependent control of expression of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase (PEPC) and carbonic anhydrase (CA) genes in maize (Zea mays L. cv Golden Cross Bantam T51). Following supplementation with an N-source and zeatin, PEPC and CA mRNA levels increased in leaves detached from N-deficient maize plants. Addition of methionine sulfoximine (MSX), a specific inhibitor of glutamine synthetase, inhibited the nitrate-dependent increase of PEPC and CA mRNA but did not affect the glutamine-dependent increase of PEPC and CA mRNA levels. Glutamine levels in detached maize leaves treated with various N sources in the presence or absence of MSX correlated with the levels of PEPC and CA mRNA. We conclude that glutamine is the most likely effector for controlling the N-dependent expression of PEPC and CA in maize plants.
我们利用离体叶片研究了氮素对玉米(Zea mays L. cv Golden Cross Bantam T51)中磷酸烯醇式丙酮酸羧化酶(PEPC)和碳酸酐酶(CA)基因表达的调控。在给缺氮玉米植株的离体叶片补充氮源和玉米素后,PEPC和CA的mRNA水平升高。添加谷氨酰胺合成酶的特异性抑制剂甲硫氨酸亚砜亚胺(MSX),可抑制硝酸盐依赖的PEPC和CA mRNA的增加,但不影响谷氨酰胺依赖的PEPC和CA mRNA水平的增加。在有或无MSX的情况下,用不同氮源处理的离体玉米叶片中的谷氨酰胺水平与PEPC和CA mRNA水平相关。我们得出结论,谷氨酰胺最有可能是控制玉米植株中PEPC和CA氮素依赖表达的效应物。