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. 1990 Jun;93(2):504–511. doi: 10.1104/pp.93.2.504

Response to Phosphate Deprivation in Brassica nigra Suspension Cells 1

Enhancement of Intracellular, Cell Surface, and Secreted Phosphatase Activities Compared to Increases in Pi-Absorption Rate

Daniel D Lefebvre 1, Stephen M G Duff 1, Cheryl A Fife 1, Colin Julien-Inalsingh 1, William C Plaxton 1
PMCID: PMC1062541  PMID: 16667495

Abstract

Suspension cells of Brassica nigra responded to Pi deprivation by increasing their potential for Pi influx and by raising the active levels of intracellular, cell surface, and secreted acid phosphatases. These responses, however, were temporally distinct. Phosphate influx capacity increased 15-fold in parallel to a 10-fold decrease in endogenous Pi during 7 days of culture in basal growth medium. In contrast, intracellular and cell surface phosphatase activities changed only after alterations in cellular phosphorus status had been in place for a number of days. Even in nutrient sufficient cells the secretion of phosphatase remained relatively high as did the activities of the other phosphatases. The cell surface acid phosphatase had a Km of approximately 10 times that of the influx process and molybdate was a much stronger inhibitor of this phosphatase activity. From these results it appears that Pi absorption and the production or activation of phosphatases are regulated in a distinct manner. In addition, Pi uptake into Brassica nigra cells does not appear to directly involve the cell surface phosphatase under Pi-deficient conditions.

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