Journal
PLANT GROWTH REGULATION
Volume 64, Issue 3, Pages 251-261Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10725-011-9566-1
Keywords
Nickel; Aluminum; Toxicity; Nitrogen assimilation; Oryza sativa L.
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- Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), New Delhi
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The present study was undertaken to examine the influence of toxic levels of Ni and Al, on the activities of key nitrogen assimilatory enzymes in roots and shoots of growing rice seedlings. When seedlings of two inbred rice (Oryza sativa L.) cvs. Malviya-36 and Pant-12, sensitive to both Ni and Al, were raised in sand cultures containing 200 and 400 mu M NiSO(4) or 80 and 160 mu M Al(2)(SO(4))(3), a marked inhibition in the activities of NO(3) (-) assimilatory enzymes NR and GS was observed in roots as well as shoots during a 5-20 day growth period. Both Ni and Al treatments, in growth medium, stimulated the activity of aminating glutamate dehydrogenase (NADH-GDH) whereas the activity of deaminating GDH (NAD(+)-GDH) decreased under metal toxicities. The activities of the aminotransferases studied; alanine aminotransferase (AlaAT) and aspartate amino transferase (AspAT) increased due to Ni and Al treatments. Results suggest that both Ni and Al treatments impair N assimilation in rice seedlings by inhibiting the activities of NR and GS and that GDH appears to play a role in assimilation of NH(4) (+) in metal stress conditions. Further, higher activity of aminotransferases in metal stressed seedlings might be helpful in meeting higher demand of amino acids under stressed conditions.
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