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. 1996 Nov;112(3):1167–1175. doi: 10.1104/pp.112.3.1167

Evidence for Substrate Induction of a Nitrate Efflux System in Barley Roots.

M Aslam 1, R L Travis 1, D W Rains 1
PMCID: PMC158043  PMID: 12226438

Abstract

Induction of an NO3- efflux system in intact barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) roots was demonstrated. Since the measurement of NO3- efflux is dependent on its accumulation, experiments were devised to facilitate accumulation under noninducing conditions. This was accomplished by incubating seedlings in 10 mM NO3- in the presence of RNA and protein synthesis inhibitors. Under these conditions NO3- uptake is mediated by constitutive high- and low-affinity transport systems. Control roots were incubated with 1.0 mM NO3-. This resulted in the accumulation of similar levels of NO3- in both treated and control roots; however, cytoplasmic NO3- efflux from inhibitor-treated roots was much lower than from control roots. Following a brief lag period, efflux rates increased rapidly in the presence of NO3- for 8 to 12 h. The NO3- efflux system was also induced by ambient NO2-. After induction the efflux system was relatively stable in the presence of RNA and protein synthesis inhibitors as long as NO3- or NO2- was present. These results suggest that NO3- efflux may be an inducible system requiring both RNA and protein synthesis, as does induction of the uptake system. The efflux system, however, has a much slower turnover rate than the uptake system.

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