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Plant Physiology 85:570-574 (1987)
© 1987 American Society of Plant Biologists

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Metabolism and Enzymology

Increased Levels of Peroxisomal Active Oxygen-Related Enzymes in Copper-Tolerant Pea Plants 1

José M. Palma2, Manuel Gómez, Juan Yáñez and Luis A. Del Río

Unidad de Bioquímica Vegetal, Estación Experimental del Zaidín, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Aptdo. 419, 18080 Granada, Spain

The effect in vivo of high nutrient levels of copper (240 micromolar) on the activity of different metalloenzymes containing Cu, Mn, Fe, and Zn, distributed in chloroplasts, peroxisomes, and mitochondria, was studied in leaves of two varieties of Pisum sativum L. plants with different sensitivity to copper. The metalloenzymes studied were: cytochrome c oxidase, Mn-superoxide dismutase (Mn-SOD) and Cu,Zn-superoxide dismutase I (Cu,Zn-SOD I), for mitochondria; catalase and Mn-SOD, for peroxisomes; and isozyme Cu,Zn-SOD II for chloroplasts. The activity of mitochondrial SOD isozymes (Mn-SOD and Cu,Zn-SOD I) was very similar in Cu-tolerant and Cu-sensitive plants, whereas cytochrome c oxidase was lower in Cu-sensitive plants. Chloroplastid Cu,Zn-SOD activity was the same in the two plant varieties. In contrast, the peroxisomal Mn-SOD activity was considerably higher in Cu-tolerant than in Cu-sensitive plants, and the activity of catalase was also increased in peroxisomes of Cu-tolerant plants. The higher activities of these peroxisomal active oxygen-related enzymes in Cu-tolerant plants suggest the involvement of reactive oxygen intermediates (O2–, OH) in the mechanism of Cu lethality, and also imply a function for peroxisomal Mn-SOD in the molecular mechanisms of plant tolerance to Cu in Pisum sativum L.

2 Recipient of a research fellowship from the Caja General de Ahorros y Monte de Piedad de Granada and CSIC.

1 Supported by grant 603/275 from the CAICYT-CSIC (Spain).






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