Phytochrome regulation of nitrate reductase in wheat.
J Biosci
;
1983 Mar; 5(1): 63-70
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in English
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| ID: sea-160205
ABSTRACT
In excised wheat leaves, the activity of nitrate reductase was enhanced by a brief pulse of red light and this increase was reversed by far-red light irradiation. Even under continuous far-red light, nitrate reductase activity increased by 258% after 18 h. When leaves were kept in distilled water during exposure to red light and then transferred to potassium nitrate, there was no difference in endogenous nitrate concentration. The nitrate reductase activity was the same whether leaves were floated in potassium nitrate or in distilled water during irradiation. Partial to complete inhibition of enzyme activity was observed when leaves were incubated in actinomycin-D and cycloheximide respectively, following 4 h of red light irradiation. In vitro irradiation of extract had no significant effect on nitrate reductase activity.
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J Biosci
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1983
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