Enzymes of Amide and Ureide Biogenesis in Developing Soybean Nodules 1
AUTOR(ES)
Reynolds, Paul H. S.
RESUMO
Amide and ureide biogenic enzymes were measured in the plant fraction of soybean (Glycine max) nodules during the period 11 to 23 days after inoculation with Rhizobium japonicum (USDA 3I1b142). Enzymes involved in the initial assimilation of ammonia, i.e. glutamine synthetase, glutamate synthase, and aspartate aminotransferase, showed substantial increases in their specific activities over the time course. These increases paralleled the induction of nitrogenase activity in the bacteroid and leghemoglobin synthesis in the plant fraction. The specific activity of asparagine synthetase, however, showed a rapid decline after an initial increase in specific activity. Following the initial increases in the ammonia assimilatory enzymes, there was an increase in the activity of 5-phosphoribosylpyrophosphate amidotransferase, the enzyme which catalyzes the first committed step of de novo purine biosynthesis. This was followed by a dramatic increase in the purine oxidative enzymes, xanthine dehydrogenase and uricase. Smaller increases were observed in the activities of enzymes associated with the supply of metabolites to the purine biosynthetic pathway: phosphoglycerate dehydrogenase, serine hydroxymethylase, and methylene tetrahydrofolate dehydrogenase.
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