PLANT PHYSIOLOGY , Vol 106, Issue 4 1429-1433, Copyright © 1994 by American Society of Plant Biologists
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METABOLISM AND ENZYMOLOGY |
Inhibition of Barnyardgrass 4-Hydroxyphenylpyruvate Dioxygenase by Sulcotrione
J. Secor
DowElanco, 9410 Zionsville Road D-1, Indianapolis, Indiana 46268-1053
4-Hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase (EC 1.13.11.27) was partially purified
from barnyardgrass (Echinochloa crus-galli L.) leaves and assayed by
high-performance liquid chromatography analysis of product formation or by
the capture of released 14CO2. The bleaching herbicide sulcotrione
[2-(2-chloro-4-methanesulfonylbenzoyl)-1,3-cyclohexanedione] was shown to
be a potent, linear competitive inhibitor of 4-hydroxyphenylpyruvate
dioxygenase. Kinetic analyses determined that the Km for the substrate,
4-hydroxyphenylpyruvate, was 4.3 [mu]M,, and the Ki value was 9.8 nM for
sulcotrione.