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2499824
Reference Type
Journal Article
Title
Glutamate dehydrogenase in plants: is there a new story for an old enzyme?
Author(s)
Dubois, F; Terce-Laforgue, T; Gonzalez-Moro, MB; Estavillo, JM; Sangwan, R; Gallais, A; Hirel, B
Year
2003
Is Peer Reviewed?
1
Journal
Plant Physiology and Biochemistry
ISSN:
0981-9428
EISSN:
1873-2690
Volume
41
Issue
6-7
Page Numbers
565-576
DOI
10.1016/S0981-9428(03)00075-5
Web of Science Id
WOS:000184113700009
Abstract
Although good progress has been made to dissect and better understand both the main steps and the regulation of inorganic nitrogen assimilation in higher plants, the role of alternative metabolic pathways which are potentially able to incorporate ammonium into organic molecules is still not fully understood. One of them is the reaction catalysed by the mitochondrial enzyme glutamate dehydrogenase (NAD(H)-GDH, EC 1.4.1.2) which is either able to incorporate ammonium into 2-oxoglutarate to form glutamate or to function in the opposite direction to oxidise glutamate. Although it has been clearly demonstrated by the means of N-15- or C-13-labelling experiments that the later reaction occurs in the cell, it has been argued that under certain physiological conditions, when the ammonium concentration reaches a certain threshold. the enzyme is able to function in the aminating direction. More recently, it has been found that in grapes, a high proportion of the protein is located in the mitochondria of the phloem companion cells and that a significant amount of enzyme is present in the cytosolic fraction of senescing flowers. Using cytoimmunochemistry, we confirmed in the present study that, in other higher plant species, GDH protein is localised in the mitochondria of the phloem companion cells and in the cytosol of senescing organs or tissues. These findings open, therefore, new perspectives toward a better understanding of the function of GDH, particularly in relation to stress and plant development. Both transgenic studies per-formed in the past and the quantitative genetic approach presented in this paper strongly suggest that the reaction catalysed by NAD(H)-GDH is of major importance in the control of plant growth and productivity. (C) 2003 Editions scientifiques et medicales Elsevier SAS. All rights reserved.
Keywords
ammonium; cytoimmunochemistry; cytosol; glutamate dehydrogenase; mitochondria; phloem; grain yield
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