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Environmental and Stress Physiology

Glutathione Status and Protein Synthesis during Drought and Subsequent Rehydration in Tortula ruralis¹

Center for Plant Molecular Biology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, H3A 1B1, Canada, Department of Biology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, H3A 1B1, Canada

Glutathione status and its relationship to protein synthesis during water deficit and subsequent rehydration have been examined in the drought-tolerant moss, Tortula ruralis. During slow drying there is a small decrease in total glutathione but the percentage of oxidized glutathione (GSSG) increases. During rapid drying there is little change in total glutathione but a small increase in GSSG. On rehydration of slowly dried moss, GSSG rapidly declines to normal level. But when rapidly dried moss is rehydrated, there is an immediate, sharp increase in GSSG as a percentage of total glutathione. After 2 hours of rehydration GSSG starts declining and reaches a normal level in about 6 hours. When an increasing degree of steady state water deficit is imposed on the moss tissue with polyethylene glycol 6000, there is a progressive decrease in protein synthesis but an increase in oxidized glutathione. When 5 millimolar GSSG is supplied exogenously during rehydration of rapidly dried or slowly dried moss, protein synthesis is strongly inhibited. In vitro protein synthesis supported by moss mRNA is also inhibited by more than 85% by 150 micromolar GSSG. The role of glutathione status in water deficit-induced inhibition of protein synthesis is discussed.

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