2006
Routes of pyruvate synthesis in phosphorus-deficient lupin roots and nodules
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New Phytologist , Volume 169 - Issue 2 p. 399- 408
• Here, nodulated lupins (Lupinus angustifolius (cv Wonga)) were hydroponically grown at low phosphate (LP) or adequate phosphate (HP). • Routes of pyruvate synthesis were assessed in phosphorus (P)-starved roots and nodules, because P-starvation can enhance metabolism of phosphoenolpyruvate (PEP) via the nonadenylate-requiring PEP carboxylase (PEPc) route. Since nodules and roots may not experience the same degree of P stress, it was postulated that decreases in metabolic inorganic phosphorus (Pi) of either organ, should favour more pyruvate being synthesized from PEPc-derived malate. • Compared with HP roots, the LP roots had a 50% decline in Pi concentrations and 55% higher ADP : ATP ratios. However, LP nodules maintained constant Pi levels and unchanged ADP : ATP ratios, relative to HP nodules. The LP roots had greater PEP metabolism via PEPc and synthesized more pyruvate from PEPc-derived malate. In nodules, P supply did not influence PEPc activities or levels of malate-derived pyruvate. • These results indicate that nodules were more efficient than roots in maintaining optimal metabolic Pi and adenylate levels during LP supply. This caused an increase in PEPc-derived pyruvate synthesis in LP roots, but not in LP nodules.
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doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8137.2005.01594.x, hdl.handle.net/1765/72071 | |
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Organisation | Department of Biochemistry |
Le Roux, M., Ward, C., Botha, F., & Valentine, A. (2006). Routes of pyruvate synthesis in phosphorus-deficient lupin roots and nodules. New Phytologist, 169(2), 399–408. doi:10.1111/j.1469-8137.2005.01594.x |