Effect of glutathione on phytochelatin synthesis in tomato cells.
Effect of glutathione on phytochelatin synthesis in tomato cells.
复制标题
谷胱甘肽对番茄细胞中植物螯合素合成的影响。
作者:
M. Mendum;S. Gupta;P. Goldsbrough
Growth of cell suspension cultures of tomato, Lycopersicon esculentum Mill. cv VFNT-Cherry, in the presence of cadmium is inhibited by buthionine sulfoximine, an inhibitor of glutathione synthesis. Cell growth and phytochelatin synthesis are restored to cells treated with buthionine sulfoximine by the addition of glutathione to the medium. Glutathione stimulates the accumulation of phytochelatins in cadmium treated cells, indicating that availability of glutathione can limit synthesis of these peptides. Exogenous glutathione causes a disproportionate increase in the level of smaller phytochelatins, notably [gamma-Glu-Cys](2)-Gly. In the presence of buthionine sulfoximine and glutathione, phytochelatins that are produced upon exposure to cadmium incorporate little [(35)S]cysteine, indicating that these peptides are probably not synthesized by sequential addition of cysteine and glutamate to glutathione.
DOI:
10.1073/pnas.84.19.6619
发表时间:
1987
影响因子:
11.1
作者:
Jackson,PJ;Unkefer,CJ;Doolen,JA;Watt,K;Robinson,NJ
通讯作者:
Robinson,NJ