Correlation between Polyribosome Level and the Ability to Induce Nitrate Reductase in Dark-grown Corn Seedlings 1
AUTOR(ES)
Travis, R. L.
RESUMO
Nitrate reductase can be induced in excised shoots of 3-day-old dark-grown Zea mays (var. WF9 × M14) seedlings in the absence of light. In contrast, leaves of 10-day-old dark-grown seedlings require a light treatment in order to induce enzymatic activity. Leaves of 10-day-old dark-grown seedlings contain a very low level of polyribosomes while 3-day-old shoots contain a very high level of polyribosomes. There is a gradual loss of polyribosomes from 3 to 10 days and a gradual loss of in vitro protein synthetic activity of the ribosome preparations. The loss of polyribosomes and decrease in their amino acid-incorporating activity correlate positively with the loss of ability to induce nitrate reducase activity as leaves of dark-grown corn seedlings age. These results corroborate and extend our previous results, in that light is not required for nitrate reductase induction per se in leaves of dark-grown seedlings but is required to reactivate the protein synthetic apparatus of older leaves.
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