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. 1981 Apr;67(4):869–874. doi: 10.1104/pp.67.4.869

Electrogenic Sucrose Transport in Developing Soybean Cotyledons 1,2

Francis T Lichtner 1,3, Roger M Spanswick 1
PMCID: PMC425789  PMID: 16661771

Abstract

Addition of sucrose to a solution bathing an excised developing soybean cotyledon causes a transient depolarization of the membrane potential, as measured using standard electrophysiological techniques. The magnitude of the depolarization is dependent on the concentration of both sucrose and protons in a manner which suggests carrier mediation; this process has an apparent Km for sucrose of about 10 millimolar. Agents interfering with the generation or maintenance of a proton electrochemical gradient eliminate these depolarizations. Electrogenic sugar transport is sensitive to sulfhydryl-modifying reagents; their effect appears to be through a direct interaction with the carrier protein and/or with the process establishing the proton electrochemical gradient across the plasma membrane. p-Chloromercuribenzene sulfonate appears to be a selective inhibitor of the carrier-mediated process itself.

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