EFFECTS OF ALLOPURINOL [4-HYDROXYPYRAZOLO(3,4-D)PYRIMIDINE] ON METABOLISM OF ALLANTOIN IN SOYBEAN PLANTS
EFFECTS OF ALLOPURINOL [4-HYDROXYPYRAZOLO(3,4-D)PYRIMIDINE] ON METABOLISM OF ALLANTOIN IN SOYBEAN PLANTS
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DOI:
10.1104/pp.62.1.134
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发表时间:
1978-01-01
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影响因子:
7.4
通讯作者:
YAMAGUCHI, M
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作者:
FUJIHARA, S;YAMAGUCHI, M
Some studies on the effects of xanthine oxidase inhibitor allopurinol [4-hydroxypyrazolo(3,4-d)pyrimidine] on allantoin metabolism of soybean plants (Glycine max cv. Tamanishiki) are reported. Soybean seedlings, aseptically germinated for 96 h on agar containing 1 mM allopurinol, contained only slight amounts of allantoin, allantoic acid and urea as compared with controls. Analysis of purines and pyrimidines of the allopurinol-treated seedlings showed marked accumulation of xanthine both in the cotyledons and seedling axes. No hypoxanthine accumulation was found. Xanthine accumulation due to allopurinol treatment was relatively low after the cotyledons had fallen. For nodulated plants [Rhizobriuns japonicum], allopurinol caused a significant drop in allantoin (+allantoic acid) in the stems and nodules, accompanied by a striking accumulation of xanthine in the nodules. The xanthine concentration in the nodules far exceeded that in the germinated seedlings. Allopurinol at a concentration of 50 .mu.M strongly inhibited xanthine oxidase prepared from soybean nodules. The results suggested that the main pathway of allantoin formation in soybean plants was through purine decomposition, via xanthine-uric acid. It was specially noted that a very active purine-decomposing system existed in soybean nodules.