LIGHT-STIMULATED PROTON TRANSPORT INTO THE VACUOLES OF LEAF MESOPHYLL-CELLS DOES NOT REQUIRE ENERGIZATION BY THE TONOPLAST PYROPHOSPHATASE

Sonnewald U (1994)


Publication Status: Published

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 1994

Journal

Publisher: SPRINGER VERLAG

Book Volume: 193

Pages Range: 203-207

Journal Issue: 2

Abstract

Photosynthetic characteristics of transgenic tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.) plants with a soluble pyrophosphatase in the cytosol of their leaf cells were compared to those of wild-type plants. Although the development of the transgenic plants was somewhat retarded compared to the wild type, as shown by stunted growth and delayed flowering, photosynthetic responses were comparable in transgenic and wild-type leaves of similar physiological age. In particular, light-dependent proton transport into the vacuoles of leaf mesophyll cells was not decreased in leaves of the transgenic plants, which did not contain pyrophosphate in the cytosol owing to the presence of a soluble pyrophosphase. This shows that light-stimulated proton pumping did not require the pumping activity of the tonoplast pyrophosphatase. Apparently, light-stimulated proton pumping can be based solely on the activity of the tonoplast ATPase.

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APA:

Sonnewald, U. (1994). LIGHT-STIMULATED PROTON TRANSPORT INTO THE VACUOLES OF LEAF MESOPHYLL-CELLS DOES NOT REQUIRE ENERGIZATION BY THE TONOPLAST PYROPHOSPHATASE. Planta, 193(2), 203-207.

MLA:

Sonnewald, Uwe. "LIGHT-STIMULATED PROTON TRANSPORT INTO THE VACUOLES OF LEAF MESOPHYLL-CELLS DOES NOT REQUIRE ENERGIZATION BY THE TONOPLAST PYROPHOSPHATASE." Planta 193.2 (1994): 203-207.

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