Sulfur Assimilation in C4 Plants: Intercellular Compartmentation of Adenosine 5′-Triphosphate Sulfurylase in Crabgrass Leaves 1

AUTOR(ES)

Gerwick, B. Clifford

RESUMO

The activity of adenosine 5′ triphosphate sulfurylase was determined in crabgrass mesophyll cells, bundle sheath strands, and whole leaf extracts. The enzyme was assayed by following molybdate-dependent pyrophosphate release from ATP, 35SO42− incorporation into adenosine 5′ phosphosulfate, and ATP synthesis dependent upon adenosine 5′ phosphosulfate and inorganic pyrophosphate. With all assays, greater than 90% of the activity was found in extracts from bundle sheath strands. The activities in whole leaf extracts were consistently intermediate between the activities of mesophyll and bundle sheath extracts and extract-mixing experiments gave no indication of enzyme activation or inhibition in vitro. Whole leaf activities were several hundred-fold less than concurrent measurements of ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate and phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase activities, which is interpreted as being consistent with the relative amounts of elemental carbon and sulfur found in higher plants. A hypothesis is presented for the intercellular compartmentation of sulfur assimilation in relationship to NO3− and CO2 assimilation in leaves of C4 plants.

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