Phosphate Starvation Inducible Metabolism in Lycopersicon esculentum1: II. Characterization of the Phosphate Starvation Inducible-Excreted Acid Phosphatase

AUTOR(ES)

Goldstein, Alan H.

RESUMO

Three-day-old suspension cultured cells of Lycopersicon esculentum transferred to a Pi-depleted medium had 2.7 times the excreted acid phosphatase (Apase) activity of cells transferred to a Pi-sufficient medium. Cell growth during this time period was identical for the two treatments. Excreted Apase activity was resolved into two fractions on a Sephadex G-150 column. Most of the phosphate starvation inducible (psi) enhancement in activity was in the lower molecular weight fraction. These two fractions exhibited different substrate versus pH activity profiles. With a native polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis assay, the lower molecular weight fraction resolved into two bands of activity. Both column fractions resolved into the same single band of activity with sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The apparent molecular weight of this enzyme was 57 kilodalton. These data indicate that L. esculentum has at least two isozymes of the psi-excreted Apase and that these isozymes may associate to form high molecular weight aggregates. Labeling studies using [35S]methionine show that the psi response in tomato cells is complex and involves changes in the steady state levels of several excreted proteins.

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