Table 2.
Ratio of ascorbate between organelles
Mitochondria | Plastids | Nuclei | Peroxisomes | Cytosol | Vacuoles | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Col-0 | 12.2 | 12.8 | 19.4 | 27.1 | 25.8 | 2.7 |
vtc1-2 | 15.6 | 16.5 | 20.4 | 18.9 | 25.0 | 3.6 |
vtc2-1 | 10.7 | 19.5 | 20.6 | 19.4 | 25.8 | 4.0 |
Light stress | 12.0 | 19.3 | 19.3 | 13.7 | 25.7 | 10.0 |
Ratio (in %) of the distribution of gold particles bound to ascorbate (total amount of gold particles per μm2) between cell compartments of wild type, ascorbate-deficient mutants vtc1-2 and vtc 2-1 and wild-type plants exposed to high light