Abstract
The characteristics of sulphate uptake into right-side-out plasma-membrane vesicles isolated from roots of Brassica napus L., Metzger, cv. Drakkar, and purified by aqueous polymer two-phase partitioning, were investigated. Sulphate uptake into the vesicles was driven by an artificially imposed pH gradient (acid outside), and could be observed for 5–10 min before a plateau was reached and no further net uptake occurred. The uptake was partially inhibited in the presence of depolarizing agents and little uptake was observed in the absence of an imposed pH gradient. Uptake was strongly pH-dependent, being greatest at more acidic pH. After imposition of a pH gradient, the capacity for uptake decreased slowly (t1/2>10 min). The uptake had a high-affinity component which was strongly dependent on the external proton concentration (K m=10μM at pH 5.0, 64 μM at pH 6.5). The K m for protons varied from 0.4–1.9 μM as the sulphate concentration was reduced from 33 to 1 μM. A low-affinity component was observed which could be resolved at low temperatures (0 °C). Microsomal membranes that partitioned into the lower phase of the two-phase system gave no indication of high-affinity sulphate transport. Sulphate uptake into plasma-membrane vesicles isolated from sulphur-starved plant material was approximately twofold greater than that observed in those isolated from sulphate-fed plant material. Isolated vesicles therefore mirror the well-known in-vivo response of roots, indicating an increase in the number of transporters to be, at least in part, the underlying cause of derepression.
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Abbreviations
- BTP:
-
1,3-bis[tris(hydroxymethyl)-methylamino]-propane
- CCCP:
-
carbonyl cyanide m-chlorophenylhydrazone
- Mes:
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2-(N-morpholino)ethanesulphonic acid
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This work was supported by the Agricultural and Food Research Council (AFRC) via grants-in-aid to Long Ashton Research Station and by grants from INRA and CNRS. M.J.H. was supported by the award of an AFRC/INRA Collaborative Fellowship. We thank Nicole Cathala (INRA) for contributions to the experimental work and David Clarkson (Long Ashton) for critical reading of the manuscript.
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Hawkesford, M.J., Davidian, JC. & Grignon, C. Sulphate/proton cotransport in plasma-membrane vesicles isolated from roots of Brassica napus L.: increased transport in membranes isolated from sulphur-starved plants. Planta 190, 297–304 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00196957
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