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. 1991 Mar;95(3):787–791. doi: 10.1104/pp.95.3.787

Solubilization of a Proline Dehydrogenase from Maize (Zea mays L.) Mitochondria 1

P John Rayapati 1,2, Cecil R Stewart 1
PMCID: PMC1077606  PMID: 16668054

Abstract

L-Proline is oxidized to pyrroline-5-carboxylic acid in intact plant mitochondria by a proline dehydrogenase (EC 1.4.3) that is bound to the matrix side of the inner mitochondrial membrane (TE Elthon, CR Stewart [1981] Plant Physiol 67: 780-784). This investigation reports the first solubilization of the L-proline dehydrogenase (PDH) from plant mitochondria. The supernatant from NP-40-treated etiolated shoot mitochondria of maize, Zea mays L., reduced iodonitrotetrazolium violet in a proline dependent manner. The pH optimum for this activity was 8. The apparent Km for proline was 6.6 millimolar. When supplied with proline, this solubilized PDH activity also synthesized pyrroline-5-carboxylic acid. The PDH activity was inhibited in vitro by 300 millimolar potassium chloride but not by 300 millimolar potassium acetate. The PDH activity had a molecular mass that was greater than 150 kilodaltons. Mitochondria were prepared from etiolated shoots grown in 100% water-saturated vermiculite (control) and 16% water-saturated vermiculite (stress). The specific activity of solubilized PDH from the stress treatment was 11% of the same activity from the control treatment. Oxygen uptake in the presence of proline and ADP (state 3 proline oxidation) by mitochondria from the stress treatment was 25% of the same rate by mitochondria from the control treatment. Mitochondria were also prepared 16 hours after rewatering the seedlings growing in the stress treatment. Both the solubilized PDH specific activity and state 3 proline oxidation returned to the control levels. The specific activities of the NAD+-dependent pyrroline-5-carboxylic acid dehydrogenase and cytochrome c oxidase in the solubilized preparations were unaffected by these stress and recovery treatments. Oxygen uptake rates by intact mitochondria in the presence of ADP and NADH, succinate or malate-pyruvate were also unaffected by these treatments.

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