Table II.
Labeling of amino acids by 3H supplied as Pro in apical and basal sections of the root tip at high (−0.02 MPa) or low (−1.6 MPa) ψw.
| Amino Acid | High
 ψw | Low ψw | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apical | Basal | Apical | Basal | |||||
| dpm RS−1 | dpm nmol−1 | dpm RS−1 | dpm nmol−1 | dpm RS−1 | dpm nmol−1 | dpm RS−1 | dpm nmol−1 | |
| Asp | 130 | 72 | 136 | 165 | 193 | 79 | 129 | 48 | 
| Asn | 107 | 157 | 325 | 60 | 260 | 76 | 276 | 16 | 
| Ser | 43 | 64 | 86 | 68 | 107 | 46 | 94 | 13 | 
| Gln | 278 | 16 | 397 | 14 | 595 | 22 | 213 | 6 | 
| Arg | 101 | 412 | 312 | 745 | 1324 | 5247 | 819 | 1942 | 
| GABA | 320 | 313 | 1972 | 1258 | 696 | 138 | 1314 | 993 | 
| Thr | 106 | 184 | 571 | 144 | 257 | 144 | 380 | 71 | 
| Ala | 823 | 302 | 550 | 35 | 1486 | 174 | 1420 | 49 | 
Apical and basal sections were harvested after 120 min of labeling, as shown in Figure 1. Data are means of two samples from two experiments. RS, Root section.