Arginase Is Inoperative in Developing Soybean Embryos1
AUTOR(ES)
Goldraij, Ariel
FONTE
American Society of Plant Physiologists
RESUMO
Arginase (EC 3.5.3.1) transcript level and activity were measured in soybean (Glycine max L.) embryos from the reserve deposition stage to postgermination. Using a cDNA probe for a small soybean arginase gene family, no transcript was detected in developing embryos. However, arginase transcripts increased sharply on germination, reaching a maximum at 3 to 5 d after germination. There was low but measurable in vitro arginase specific activity in developing embryos (less than 6% of seedling maximum). During germination arginase specific activity increased in parallel with the sharply increasing arginase transcript level. Seedling arginase activity was largely localized in cotyledons. Arginase activity was assayed in vivo by measuring urea accumulation in a urease-deficient mutant. No urea was detected in developing embryos, whereas accumulated urea paralleled arginase specific activity and transcript level in germinating seedlings. As in planta embryos, cultured cotyledons did not accumulate urea when arginine (Arg) was provided with other amino acids in a “mock” seed-coat exudate. Arg as the sole nitrogen source was converted to urea but did not support cotyledon growth. There appeared to be a lack of recruitment of the low-level arginase activity to hydrolyze free Arg in developing embryos, thus avoiding a futile urea cycle.
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