In Vitro Studies of Nitrate Reductase Activity in Cotton Cotyledons: Effects of Dowex 1-Cl and BSA 1
AUTOR(ES)
Purvis, Albert C.
RESUMO
Germinating cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L. cv. Deltapine 16) cotyledons developed two peaks of in vitro nitrate reductase activity; the first was stable in vitro and appeared 24 hours after imbibition; and the second, which was extremely labile in vitro, began to develop after the seedlings had emerged and developed chlorophyll. Nitrite reductase activity peaked only after the seedlings had emerged. Dowex 1-Cl (10%, w/v) and bovine serum albumin (3%, w/v) significantly improved the activity of extracted enzyme; greater improvement occurred as expansion of the cotyledons progressed. The major effect of bovine serum albumin on nitrate reductase activity in cotyledon extracts appeared to be that of making the extracted enzyme more active rather than increasing the amount of nitrate reductase extracted or improving the stability of the extracted enzyme.
ACESSO AO ARTIGO
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