Figure 5.
Mitochondrial respiration activities and amino acid contents in leaf blades grown under control and Mn-toxic conditions. (a) Leaf respiration rate (n = 12–13) in the dark and (b) sucrose feeding respiration activities and mitochondrial respiratory electron transport activities depending on ATP synthase (uncoupled), COX, and AOX (n = 7). (c) Amino acid content in leaves sampled in the middle of the night (n = 6). (d–i) Enzyme activities involved in the TCA cycle (n = 13–14). Data are shown as box plots, black squares indicate the mean value, and bars indicate the range of the maximum or minimum data within a 1.5 × interquartile range (IQR). All data were obtained from independent biological replicates according to the indicated numbers. The green boxes indicate the results under control conditions, and the red boxes indicate those under Mn-toxic conditions. Asterisks represent significant differences between the control and Mn-toxic conditions (*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, Kruskal–Wallis test).
