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Metabolism and Enzymology

Developmental Regulation of Enzymes of Sucrose and Hexose Metabolism in Effective and Ineffective Soybean Nodules ¹

Department of Biochemistry, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, Missouri 65211, Interdisciplinary Plant Biochemistry and Physiology Group, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, Missouri 65211

Soybean (Glycine max) nodules formed by inoculation with either an effective strain or an ineffective (noninvasive, nodule-forming) strain of Bradyrhizobium japonicum were assayed for changes in developmental patterns of carbon metabolic enzymes of the plant nodule cells. Of the enzyme activities measured, only sucrose synthase, glutamine synthetase, and alcohol dehydrogenase were altered in the ineffective nodules relative to the effective nodules. Sucrose synthase and glutamine synthetase activities were greatly reduced, whereas alcohol dehydrogenase activity was elevated. Dark-induced senescence severely affected sucrose synthase but had little, if any, effect on the other enzymes measured. The developmental patterns of the anaerobically induced enzymes, aldolase and alcohol dehydrogenase, were different from those expected, implying that their development is not regulated solely by oxygen deprivation. However, anaerobic treatment of nodules resulted in responses similar to those enzymes in maize. The developmental profiles of the carbon metabolic enzymes suggest that carbohydrates are metabolized via the sucrose synthase and pentose phosphate pathways. This route of carbon metabolism, compared to glycolysis, would reduce the requirement of ATP for carbohydrate catabolism, generate NADPH for biosynthetic reactions, and provide intermediates for plant secondary metabolism.

¹ Supported by the U.S. Department of Agriculture competitive Grant No. 85-CRCR-1-1734, the Frasch Foundation, and the Missouri Soybean Merchandising Council. This is contribution No. 10489 of the Agricultural Experiment Station of the University of Missouri.

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