Differential response of vacuolar proton pumps to osmotica

Functional Plant Biology : FPB
Fan S ChiuRong L Pan

Abstract

The vacuole is a fundamental and dominant organelle and occupies a large part of the total cell volume in most mature plant cells. The higher-plant vacuole contains two types of proton-translocating pumps, H+-ATPase (EC 3.6.1.3) and H+-pyrophosphatase (EC 3.6.1.1), residing on the same membrane. These two enzymes generate roughly equal proton gradients across the vacuolar membrane for the secondary transport of ions and metabolites. However, the pumps respond differentially to stress in order to maintain critical functions of the vacuole. In this work, tonoplasts from etiolated mung bean seedlings (Vigna radiata L.) were used to investigate the function of these two enzymes under high osmotic pressure. At high concentrations of sucrose or sorbitol, the light scattering and volume of isolated vesicles were progressively changed. Concomitantly, enzymatic activities, proton translocation, and coupling efficiencies of these two proton-pumping enzymes were inhibited to various extents under high osmotic pressure. No significant change in enzymatic activities of purified vacuolar H+-PPase and H+-ATPase under similar conditions was observed. We thus believe that the membrane structure is an important determinant for proper function of...Continue Reading

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May 23, 2012·Physiologia Plantarum·Katarzyna KabałaAgnieszka Anklewicz

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BETA
environmental stress
atomic force microscopy
AFM
light scattering
light-scattering

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