School of Bioloogical Sciences, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Plant Physiol. 1969 Nov;44(11):1650-5. doi: 10.1104/pp.44.11.1650.
Nitrate reduotase is induced by nitrate in excised embryos and germinating intact seedlings of rice (Oryza sativa L.). The enzyme is induced 24 hr after imbibition. The rate of enzyme formation increases with the age of seedlings. There is a lag period of 30 to 40 min between the addition of substrate and the formation of nitrate reductase. Formation of the enzyme is promoted by the presence of ammonium. Chloramphenicol, actinomycin D and cycloheximide effectively inhibit the formation of nitrate reductase.Rice seedlings can assimilate nitrate from the beginning of germination. However, the utilization of nitrate is completely suppressed by the presence of ammonium. As soon as ammonium is depleted from the medium, nitrate utilization is resumed. Ammonium inhibits the first step of nitrate reduction, i.e., NO(-) (3) --> NO(-) (2), but does not inhibit the assimilation of nitrite. This provides an example of feedback inhibition in higher plants.
硝酸还原酶可被硝酸盐诱导,在离体胚胎和萌发完整水稻幼苗(Oryza sativa L.)中均有表达。该酶在吸胀后 24 小时被诱导产生。酶的形成速度随幼苗年龄的增加而增加。在添加底物和形成硝酸还原酶之间存在 30 至 40 分钟的滞后期。铵的存在促进了酶的形成。氯霉素、放线菌素 D 和环己酰亚胺能有效抑制硝酸还原酶的形成。水稻幼苗在萌发开始时就能同化硝酸盐。然而,铵的存在完全抑制了硝酸盐的利用。一旦培养基中的铵耗尽,硝酸盐的利用就会恢复。铵抑制硝酸还原的第一步,即 NO(-) (3) --> NO(-) (2),但不抑制亚硝酸盐的同化。这为高等植物中的反馈抑制提供了一个例子。