EFFECTS OF THE PROLINE ANALOG L-THIAZOLIDINE-4-CARBOXYLIC ACID ON PROLINE METABOLISM
EFFECTS OF THE PROLINE ANALOG L-THIAZOLIDINE-4-CARBOXYLIC ACID ON PROLINE METABOLISM
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DOI:
10.1104/pp.74.2.213
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发表时间:
1984-01-01
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影响因子:
7.4
通讯作者:
STEWART, CR
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作者:
ELTHON, TE;STEWART, CR
The effect of various proline analogs on proline oxidation in mitochondria isolated from etiolated barely (Hordeum vulgare) shoots was investigated. Of the analogs tested, only L-thiazolidine-4-carboxylic acid (T4C) was an effective inhibitor. T4C (1 mM) inhibited proline (10 mM) -dependent uptake an average of 67%. T4C was also oxidized to some degree (12.9 nanoatoms O2/min per mg protein for 10 mM.). The effect of T4C on the oxidation of other mitochondrial substrates was also tested. T4C inhibited .DELTA.1-pyrrolidine-5-carboxylic acid-dependent O2 uptake slightly (13%), the oxidation of malate plus pyruvate even less (6%), and stimulated the oxidation of succinate (+11%), exogenous NADH (+19%), and citrate (+20%). Thus, inhibition by T4C in mitochondria is relatively specific to proline oxidation. T4C was found to inhibit proline dehydrogenase and not the transport of proline into the matrix. The effect of T4C on proline metabolism in detached green barley levels was investigated. T4C inhibited proline oxidation in turgid leaves, increasing the proline content of these leaves slightly. In wilted leaves (that are synthesizing proline rapidly), T4C inhibited proline synthesis, which resulted in a decrease in the proline content of the leaves. .DELTA.1-pyrrolidine-5-carboxylic acid reductase (the last enzyme in proline synthesis) was not inhibited by T4C, and thus T4C influence is prior to that step of the synthetic pathway. T4C had no influence on the incorporation of proline into protein.