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Analysis of Respiratory Chain Regulation in Roots of Soybean Seedlings1

A. Harvey Millar, Owen K. Atkin, R. Ian Menz, Beverley Henry, Graham Farquhar, and David A. Day*

Division of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Science (A.H.M., R.I.M., D.A.D.), and Environmental Biology Group, Research School of Biological Sciences (O.K.A., B.H., G.F.), The Australian National University, Canberra 0200, Australia

Changes in the respiratory rate and the contribution of the cytochrome (Cyt) c oxidase and alternative oxidase (COX and AOX, respectively) were investigated in soybean (Glycine max L. cv Stevens) root seedlings using the 18O-discrimination method. In 4-d-old roots respiration proceeded almost entirely via COX, but by d 17 more than 50% of the flux occurred via AOX. During this period the capacity of COX, the theoretical yield of ATP synthesis, and the root relative growth rate all decreased substantially. In extracts from whole roots of different ages, the ubiquinone pool was maintained at 50% to 60% reduction, whereas pyruvate content fluctuated without a consistent trend. In whole-root immunoblots, AOX protein was largely in the reduced, active form at 7 and 17 d but was partially oxidized at 4 d. In isolated mitochondria, Cyt pathway and succinate dehydrogenase capacities and COX I protein abundance decreased with root age, whereas both AOX capacity and protein abundance remained unchanged. The amount of mitochondrial protein on a dry-mass basis did not vary significantly with root age. It is concluded that decreases in whole-root respiration during growth of soybean seedlings can be largely explained by decreases in maximal rates of electron transport via COX. Flux via AOX is increased so that the ubiquinone pool is maintained in a moderately reduced state.

1   This research was supported by a grant from the Australian Research Council to D.A.D.
*   Corresponding author; e-mail david.day{at}anu.edu.au; fax 61-2-6249-0313.

Plant Physiol. (1998) 117: 1083-1093
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