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. 1989 Jul;90(3):1057–1064. doi: 10.1104/pp.90.3.1057

Calvin-Benson Cycle Enzymes in Guard-Cell Protoplasts from Vicia faba L

Implications for the Greater Utilization of Phosphoglycerate/Dihydroxyacetone Phosphate Shuttle between Chloroplasts and the Cytosol

Ken-ichiro Shimazaki 1,2, Junko Terada 1,2, Kiyoshi Tanaka 1,2, Noriaki Kondo 1,2
PMCID: PMC1061843  PMID: 16666851

Abstract

Activities of Calvin-Benson cycle enzymes were found in protoplasts of guard cells from Vicia faba L. The activities of NADP-glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (NADP-GAPD) and ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase (RuBPC) were 2670 and 52 micromoles per milligrams chlorophyll per hour, respectively. Activities of NADP-GAPD and RuBPC in guard cells were increased by red light illumination, and the light activations were inhibited completely by 3-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-1,1-dimethylurea (DCMU), an inhibitor of photosystem II. Enzymes related to the Calvin-Benson cycle such as 3-phosphoglycerate kinase (PGAK), triose phosphate (TP) isomerase, and fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase (FBPase) were shown to be present in guard-cell chloroplasts. From these results, we conclude that the photosynthetic carbon reduction pathway is present in guard-cell chloroplasts of Vicia faba. We compared these enzyme activities in guard cells with those in mesophyll cells. The activities of NADP-GAPD and PGAK were more than several-fold higher and that of TP isomerase was much higher in guard-cell chloroplasts than in mesophyll chloroplasts. In contrast, activities of RuBPC and FBPase were estimated to be roughly half of those in mesophyll chloroplasts. High activities of PGAK, NAD-GAPD, and TP isomerase were found in fractions enriched in cytosol of guard cells. Illumination of guard-cell protoplasts with red light increased the cellular ATP/ADP ratio from 5 to 14. These results support the interpretation that guard cells utilize a shuttle system (e.g. phosphoglycerate [PGA]/dihydroxyacetone phosphate [DHAP] shuttle) for an indirect transfer of ATP and reducing equivalents from chloroplasts to the cytosol.

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