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Development and Growth Regulation

Diamine Oxidase Activity in Different Physiological Stages of Helianthus tuberosus Tuber ¹

Dipartimento di Biologia Evoluzionistica Sperimentale, Università di Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy

Diamine oxidase (DAO, EC 1.4.3.6) activity was examined in relation to polyamine content in Helianthus tuberosus L. during the first synchronous cell cycle induced in vitro by 2,4,-dichloro-phenoxyacetic acid in tuber slices and during the in vivo formation of the tuber. The optimal pH, buffer and dithiothreitol concentrations for the enzyme extraction and assay were determined. When added in the assay mixture, catalase enhanced DAO activity, while polyvinylpyrrolidone had no effect; both aminoguanidine and hydrazine inhibited enzyme activity. The time course of the reaction, based on the recovery of ¹-pyrroline from labeled putrescine in lipophilic solvents, showed that it was linear up to 30 minutes; the K_m of the enzyme for putrescine was of the order of 10^–4 molar. During the first cell cycle, DAO activity exhibited a peak at 15 hours of activation while putrescine content gave a peak at 12 hours. During tuber formation (from August till October) DAO activity was relatively high during the first phase of growth (cell division), decreased until flowering (end of September-early October), and then newly increased during the cell enlargement phase preceding the entry into dormancy (November). Maximum putrescine content was observed at the end of October. The increase in DAO activity paralleled the accumulation of putrescine. This indicates a direct correlation between the biosynthesis and oxidation of putrescine which, as already demonstrated in animal systems, occur simultaneously in physiological stages of intense metabolism such as cell division or organ formation.

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