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. 1981 Mar;67(3):494–498. doi: 10.1104/pp.67.3.494

Metabolism of Cytokinin 1

DEPHOSPHORYLATION OF CYTOKININ RIBONUCLEOTIDE BY 5′-NUCLEOTIDASES FROM WHEAT GERM CYTOSOL

Chong-Maw Chen 1, Susan M Kristopeit 1
PMCID: PMC425712  PMID: 16661701

Abstract

Two forms (F-I and F-II) of 5′-nucleotidases (5′-ribonucleotide phosphohydrolase, EC 3.1.3.5) which catalyze the dephosphorylation of N6-(Δ2-isopentenyl)adenosine 5′-monophosphate and AMP to form the corresponding nucleosides were partially purified from the cytosol of wheat (Triticum aestivum) germ. Both the F-I (molecular weight, 57,000) and F-II (molecular weight, 110,000) 5′-nucleotidases dephosphorylate the ribonucleotides at an optimum pH of 7. The Km values for the cytokinin nucleotide are 3.5 micromolar (F-I enzyme) and 12.8 micromolar (F-II enzyme) in 100 millimolar Tris-maleate buffer (pH 7) at 37 C. The F-I enzyme is less rapidly inactivated by heating than is the F-II enzyme. Both nucleotidases hydrolyze purine ribonucleoside 5′-phosphates, AMP being the preferred substrate. N6-(Δ2-isopentenyl)Adenosine 5′-monophosphate is hydrolyzed at a rate 72 and 86% that of AMP by the F-I and F-II nucleotides, respectively. Phenylphosphate and 3′-AMP are not substrates for the enzymes. It is proposed that dephosphorylation of cytokinin nucleotide by cytosol 5′-nucleotidases may play an important role in regulating levels of “active cytokinin” in plant cells.

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