Proton Fluxes Associated with Sugar Uptake in Vicia faba Leaf Tissues 1

AUTOR(ES)

Delrot, Serge

RESUMO

Vicia faba leaf fragments bring the pH of their incubation medium to about 4.7, whatever the initial pH value. At this pH, addition of 20 millimolar sucrose causes a transient (20 to 40 minutes) alkalinization (0.05 to 0.10 pH unit) of the medium. The alkalinization is not observed in the presence of p-chloromercuribenzenesulfonic acid which blocks the sucrose carrier involved in phloem loading without affecting the ATPase (Delrot, Despeghel, Bonnemain 1980 Planta 149: 144-148). Addition of 20 millimolar glucose, fructose, or 3-O-methylglucose induces weaker alkalinization than sucrose. Sequential additions of sugars show that: (a) sucrose- and hexose-induced proton fluxes are nearly saturated at 20 millimolar sugar (b) there is no competition between sucrose and hexoses for inducing proton influxes whereas (c) glucose and 3-O-methylglucose are competing for a common system.

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