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. 1988 Dec;88(4):1141–1145. doi: 10.1104/pp.88.4.1141

Inhibition of Nitrate Transport by Anti-Nitrate Reductase IgG Fragments and the Identification of Plasma Membrane Associated Nitrate Reductase in Roots of Barley Seedlings 1

Michael R Ward 1,2, Rudolf Tischner 1,3, Ray C Huffaker 1
PMCID: PMC1055730  PMID: 11537434

Abstract

Membrane associated nitrate reductase (NR) was detected in plasma membrane (PM) fractions isolated by aqueous two-phase partitioning from barley (Hordeum vulgare L. var CM 72) roots. The PM associated NR was not removed by washing vesicles with 500 millimolar NaCl and 1 millimolar EDTA and represented up to 4% of the total root NR activity. PM associated NR was stimulated up to 20-fold by Triton X-100 whereas soluble NR was only increased 1.7-fold. The latency was a function of the solubilization of NR from the membrane. NR, solubilized from the PM fraction by Triton X-100 was inactivated by antiserum to Chlorella sorokiniana NR. Anti-NR immunoglobulin G fragments purified from the anti-NR serum inhibited NO3− uptake by more than 90% but had no effect on NO2− uptake. The inhibitory effect was only partially reversible; uptake recovered to 50% of the control after thorough rinsing of roots. Preimmune serum immunoglobulin G fragments inhibited NO3− uptake 36% but the effect was completely reversible by rinsing. Intact NR antiserum had no effect on NO3− uptake. The results present the possibility that NO3− uptake and NO3− reduction in the PM of barley roots may be related.

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