METABOLISM AND TRANSLOCATION OF ALLANTOIN IN UREIDE-PRODUCING GRAIN LEGUMES
METABOLISM AND TRANSLOCATION OF ALLANTOIN IN UREIDE-PRODUCING GRAIN LEGUMES
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DOI:
10.1104/pp.70.2.476
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发表时间:
1982-01-01
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影响因子:
7.4
通讯作者:
PEOPLES, MB
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作者:
ATKINS, CA;PATE, JS;PEOPLES, MB
Transfer of the N and C of allantoin to amino acids and protein of leaflets, stems and petioles, apices, peduncles, pods, and seeds of detached shoots of nodulated cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L. Walp. cv. Caloona) plants [inoculated with Rhizobium CB756] was demonstrated following supply of [2-14C], [1,3-15N]allantoin in the transpiration stream. Throughout vegetative and reproductive growth all plant organs showed significant ureolytic activity and readily metabolized [2-14C]allantoin to 14CO2. A metabolic pathway for ureide N utilization via allantoic acid, urea and ammonia was indicated. Levels of ureolytic activity in extracts from leaves and roots of nodulated cowpea were consistently maintained at higher levels than in non-nodulated, NO3- grown plants. [14C]Ureides were recovered in extracts of aphids (Aphis craccivora and Macrosiphum euphorbieae) feeding at different sites on cowpea plants supplied with [2-14C]allantoin through the transpiration stream or to the upper surface of single leaflets. The ureides were effectively transferred from xylem or leaf mesophyll to phloem, and then translocated in phloem to fruits, apices and roots.