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The metabolism of myo-inositol-2-(14)C, d-glucuronate-1-(14)C, d-glucuronate-6-(14)C, and l-methionine-methyl-(14)C to cell wall polysaccharides was investigated in excised root-tips of 3 day old Zea mays seedlings. From myo-inositol, about one-half of incorporated label was recovered in ethanol
The rate of CO(2) assimilation and levels of metabolites of the C(4) cycle and reductive pentose phosphate pathway in an attached leaf of maize (Zea mays L) were measured over a range of intercellular CO(2) concentration (Ci) of 10 to 190 microliters per liter. The CO(2) assimilation rate was
Changes in the level of metabolites of the C(4) cycle and reductive pentose phosphate (RPP) pathway were measured simultaneously with induction of photosynthesis in maize (Zea mays L.) to evaluate what may limit carbon assimilation during induction in a C(4) plant.After 20 minutes in the dark, there
The rate of CO(2) assimilation and levels of metabolites of the C(4) cycle and reductive pentose phosphate pathway in attached leaves of maize (Zea mays L.) were measured over a range of light intensity from 0 to 1,900 microEinsteins per square meter per second under a saturated CO(2) concentration
BACKGROUND
Nitrogen nutrition is one of the major factors that limit growth and production of crop plants. It affects many processes, such as development, architecture, flowering, senescence and photosynthesis. Although the improvement in technologies for protein study and the widening of gene
UDPGDH (UDP-D-glucose dehydrogenase) oxidizes UDP-Glc (UDP-D-glucose) to UDP-GlcA (UDP-D-glucuronate), the precursor of UDP-D-xylose and UDP-L-arabinose, major cell wall polysaccharide precursors. Maize (Zea mays L.) has at least two putative UDPGDH genes (A and B), according to sequence similarity
Effect of repeated oral administration of hexachlorophene (HCP) on glycolytic and oxidative pathways was studied in the rat brain. The rats were divided into three batches of six in each batch. The first batch was treated with paralytic dose (60 mg.kg-1.day-1) of HCP for 7 days. The second batch of
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi as an important soil microbe have been demonstrated to mitigate the harmful effects of stress on plants. However, little is known about the molecular mechanisms underlying the AM symbiotic response to low temperature. Here, differentially expressed genes (DEGs) in the
Mesophyll protoplasts and bundle-sheath cells of Pennisetum purpureum Schum., a C4 plant with low phenol-oxidase activity, were enzymatically separated according to methods recently developed with sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum L.), maize (Zea mays L.), and sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L.). The
We have investigated whether starch accumulation in heterotrophic cell-suspension cultures of Chenopodium rubrum L., developing potato (Solarium tuberosum L.) tubers or maize (Zea mays L.) endosperm involves import of triose phosphates or of hexose units into the plastid, and whether there is a
Pyruvate orthophosphate dikinase (PPDK) was found in various immature seeds of C(3) plants (wheat, pea, green bean, plum, and castor bean), in some C(3) leaves (tobacco, spinach, sunflower, and wheat), and in C(4) (maize) kernels. The enzyme in the C(3) plants cross-reacts with rabbit antiserum
The seeds of cereals represent an important sink for metabolites during the accumulation of storage products, and seeds are an essential component of human and animal nutrition. Understanding the metabolic interconversions (networks) underpinning storage product formation could provide the
Drought stress is a major abiotic factor compromising plant cell physiological and molecular events, consequently limiting crop growth and productivity. Maize (Zea mays L.) is among the most drought-susceptible food crops. Therefore, understanding the mechanisms underlying drought-stress
The aldo-keto reductases (AKRs) are classified as oxidoreductases and are found in organisms from prokaryotes to eukaryotes. The AKR superfamily consists of more than 120 proteins that are distributed throughout 14 families. Very few plant AKRs have been characterized and their biological functions
Cells of proso millet (Panicum miliaceum L. cv Abarr) in liquid culture and leaves of maize seedlings (Zea mays L. cv LH51 x LH1131) readily incorporated d-[U-(14)C]glucose and l-[U-(14)C]arabinose into soluble and cell wall polymers. Radioactivity from arabinose accumulated selectively in polymers