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. 1991 May;96(1):255–261. doi: 10.1104/pp.96.1.255

Herbicide Resistance in Datura innoxia 1

Kinetic Characterization of Acetolactate Synthase from Wild-Type and Sulfonylurea-Resistant Cell Variants

Bala Rathinasabapathi 1,2, John King 1
PMCID: PMC1080742  PMID: 16668161

Abstract

Acetolactate synthase (ALS, EC 4. 1.3. 18), the first enzyme in the biosynthesis of branched-chain amino acids, was isolated from wild-type and sulfonylurea-resistant Datura innoxia cell variants and characterized. Apparent Km values of the ALS for pyruvate from three sulfonylurea-resistant variants (CSR2, CSR6, and CSR10) were manyfold greater than that of the wild type. The inhibition of wild-type and herbicide-resistant ALS activity by chlorsulfuron (CS), a sulfonylurea herbicide, and l-leucine (l-Leu), one of the feedback inhibitors of the enzyme, was examined. ALS from two CS-resistant variants exhibited severalfold greater resistance to CS than did the wild-type enzyme. Inhibition of ALS by l-Leu fitted a partially competitive pattern most closely. It is proposed that the herbicide resistance mutation accentuated the partial inhibition characteristics of ALS by l-Leu. ALS from one of the two CS-resistant variants (CSR6) had a Ki for l-Leu an order of magnitude greater than that of the wild-type enzyme. The alterations in kinetic properties observed in the ALS from sulfonylurea-resistant variants are discussed in relation to the possible evolutionary significance of the herbicide binding site of this enzyme, the physiological effects of such biochemical alterations, and their practical utility in genetic studies.

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