Abstract
Rehydration of Tortula ruralis in 2,4-dinitrophenol inhibits protein synthesis, polysome formation, and ATP production. Polysomes are conserved intact and are active in vitro in hydrated Tortula placed in this chemical, although in vivo protein synthesis is inhibited. Hydrated moss placed under nitrogen in the dark shows a reduced capacity for ATP and protein synthesis, but polysomes are conserved. During anaerobiosis in light, ATP and protein synthesis are unaffected. Rehydration of slow-dried Tortula in nitrogen in the dark results in reduced in vivo protein synthesis, but not polysome formation; this reduction is much less in the light. Slow-dried moss, but not fast-dried, has a greatly reduced ATP content in the dry state, but this rapidly returns to normal levels on rehydration. The prolonged burst in respiration observed previously on rehydration of Tortula is not paralleled by ATP accumulation. Changes in energy charge in all treatments tested follow the changes in ATP. The aquatic moss, Hygrohypnum luridum, which is intolerant to drought, loses ATP during fast drying and this is not replenished on subsequent rehydration.
We consider that the relationship between levels of ATP and protein synthesis is more meaningful during rehydration of mosses (the time when repair to desiccation-induced cellular damage can occur) than during desiccation, and that drought-induced cessation of protein synthesis may not be mediated directly through ATP availability.
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