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. 1994 Apr;104(4):1277–1285. doi: 10.1104/pp.104.4.1277

Modulation of H+-ATPase Activity by Fusicoccin in Plasma Membrane Vesicles from Oat (Avena sativa L.) Roots (A Comparison of Modulation by Fusicoccin, Trypsin, and Lysophosphatidylcholine).

F C Lanfermeijer 1, HBA Prins 1
PMCID: PMC159291  PMID: 12232167

Abstract

The fungal phytotoxin fusicoccin affects various transport processes in the plasma membrane of plant cells. The plasma membrane (PM) H+-ATPase (EC 3.6.1.35) seems to be the primary target of fusicoccin action. The kinetics of the stimulation of the PM H+-ATPase by fusicoccin was studied in PM vesicles isolated from oat (Avena sativa cv Adamo) roots by aqueous two-phase partitioning. Considerable stimulation of activity was observed only when roots were treated with fusicoccin prior to the PM isolation. Fusicoccin treatment shifted the pH optimum of the ATPase toward more alkaline values and increased Vmax. No effects on Km were observed. Treatment with trypsin resulted in stimulation of ATPase activity in control vesicles but not in the fusicoccin-treated vesicles. The characteristics of stimulation by trypsin in control vesicles were comparable with those of stimulation by fusicoccin. This result and the change of the polypeptide pattern on western blots suggest the involvement of the C-terminal inhibitory domain in the fusicoccin signal transduction chain. On the other hand, stimulation by lyso-PC demonstrated other characteristics than stimulation by fusicoccin. Lyso-PC was able to stimulate ATPase activity at both acidic and alkaline pH values. Kinetic analysis of the pH dependency curves revealed different mechanisms for activation by fusicoccin and by lyso-PC. Whereas fusicoccin shifted the pH dependency of formation of phosphorylated intermediate to more alkaline values, lyso-PC seemed to increase dephosphorylation independently of pH.

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