Differential responses of G-protein Arabidopsis thaliana mutants to ozone
Differential responses of G-protein Arabidopsis thaliana mutants to ozone
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DOI:
10.1111/j.1469-8137.2004.01081.x
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发表时间:
2004-06-01
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9.4
通讯作者:
Jones, AM
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作者:
Booker, FL;Burkey, KO;Jones, AM
Ground-level ozone (O-3) curtails agricultural production in many regions worldwide. However, the etiology of O-3 toxicity remains unclear. Activated oxygen species appear to inflict biochemical lesions and propagate defense responses that compound plant injury. Because some plant defense responses involve membrane-delimited GTPases (G proteins), we evaluated the O-3 sensitivity of Arabidopsis mutants altered in the heterotrimeric G-protein pathway.Eight genotypes were treated with a range of O-3 concentrations (0, 100, 175 and 250 nmol mol(-1)) for 13 d in controlled environment chambers.After treatment with O-3, the epinasty typically observed for wild type leaves did not occur in mutant plants lacking the alpha subunit of the G-protein complex (gpal). O-3-induced suppression of leaf chlorophyll levels and leaf mass per unit leaf area were less for gpal mutants and were not due to differences in O-3 flux.There was a positive correlation between the lack of a G-protein alpha subunit and decreased O-3 sensitivity. Our results suggest that a heterotrimeric G-protein is critically involved in the expression of O-3 effects in plants.