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. 1978 Aug;62(2):220-3.
doi: 10.1104/pp.62.2.220.

Malate and Dihydroxyacetone Phosphate-dependent Nitrate Reduction in Spinach Leaf Protoplasts

C K Rathnam  1
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Malate and Dihydroxyacetone Phosphate-dependent Nitrate Reduction in Spinach Leaf Protoplasts

C K Rathnam. Plant Physiol. 1978 Aug.

Abstract

Isolated spinach (Spinacia oleracea L. var. Bloomsdale) leaf protoplasts reduced nitrate at rates of 9 micromoles per milligram chlorophyll per hour in light with a 3- to 4-fold stimulation in the presence of HCO(3) (-). A similar stimulation of nitrate reduction in the absence of CO(2) fixation was obtained by the addition of malate, oxaloacetate (OAA), phospho-3-glyceric acid (PGA), or dihydroxyacetone phosphate (DHAP). Stimulation by malate and DHAP was light-independent, while the PGA and OAA effect was light-dependent. Nitrate reduction was found to be coupled to the cytoplasmic oxidation of DHAP or malate. The PGA/DHAP and OAA/malate shuttle across the chloroplast envelope has been demonstrated to support CO(2) fixation and/or nitrate reduction. The leaf protoplasts readily assimilated nitrate into amino-N in a stoichiometric relationship.

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