Rathnam C K
Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08903.
Plant Physiol. 1978 Aug;62(2):220-3. doi: 10.1104/pp.62.2.220.
Isolated spinach (Spinacia oleracea L. var. Bloomsdale) leaf protoplasts reduced nitrate at rates of 9 micromoles per milligram chlorophyll per hour in light with a 3- to 4-fold stimulation in the presence of HCO(3) (-). A similar stimulation of nitrate reduction in the absence of CO(2) fixation was obtained by the addition of malate, oxaloacetate (OAA), phospho-3-glyceric acid (PGA), or dihydroxyacetone phosphate (DHAP). Stimulation by malate and DHAP was light-independent, while the PGA and OAA effect was light-dependent. Nitrate reduction was found to be coupled to the cytoplasmic oxidation of DHAP or malate. The PGA/DHAP and OAA/malate shuttle across the chloroplast envelope has been demonstrated to support CO(2) fixation and/or nitrate reduction. The leaf protoplasts readily assimilated nitrate into amino-N in a stoichiometric relationship.
分离的菠菜(菠菜变种布洛姆斯代尔)叶原生质体在光照下以每毫克叶绿素每小时9微摩尔的速率还原硝酸盐,在存在HCO₃⁻的情况下有3至4倍的刺激作用。在不进行二氧化碳固定的情况下,通过添加苹果酸、草酰乙酸(OAA)、磷酸甘油酸(PGA)或磷酸二羟丙酮(DHAP)也能获得类似的硝酸盐还原刺激作用。苹果酸和DHAP的刺激作用不依赖光照,而PGA和OAA的作用则依赖光照。发现硝酸盐还原与DHAP或苹果酸的细胞质氧化相偶联。已证明PGA/DHAP和OAA/苹果酸穿梭穿过叶绿体包膜可支持二氧化碳固定和/或硝酸盐还原。叶原生质体很容易以化学计量关系将硝酸盐同化为氨基氮。