A Mutant of Nicotiana sylvestris Lacking Serine:Glyoxylate Aminotransferase: Substrate Specificity of the Enzyme and Fate of [2-14C]Glycolate in Plants with Genetically Altered Enzyme Levels

AUTOR(ES)

Havir, Evelyn A.

RESUMO

The photorespiratory mutant of Nicotiana sylvestris, NS 349, lacking serine:glyoxylate aminotransferase (SGAT) grows in 1% CO2 but not in normal air (NA McHale, EA Havir, I Zelitch 1988 Theor Appl Genet. In press). Alanine:hydroxypyruvate and asparagine:hydroxypyruvate aminotransferase activities were also lacking in the mutant, and plants heterozygous with respect to SGAT which grow in normal air had 50% of the activities present in homozygous plants. Therefore, all these activities are associated with the same enzyme. On feeding [2-14C]glycolate to leaf discs in the light, NS 349 showed reduced incorporation of radioactivity into the neutral and organic acid fractions and increased incorporation into the amino acid fraction, principally into serine. The effect of reducing SGAT by 50% in heterozygous plants produced little change in the metabolism of [2-14C]glycolate, showing there is a large excess of this enzyme in wild-type plants.

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