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PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY
Volume 38, Issue 7-8, Pages 587-593Publisher
GAUTHIER-VILLARS/EDITIONS ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/S0981-9428(00)00778-6
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cold acclimation; phenylalanine ammonia-lyase; phenylpropanoids; roots; soybean
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L-Phenylalanine ammonia-lyase (PAL, EC 4.3.1.5) activity, growth and phenolic acid content during low temperature acclimation in soybean (Glycine mar. (L.) Merr.) roots were investigated. Elongation of soybean roots was inhibited after the transfer of 3-d-old seedlings grown at 25 to 10 degrees C. Extractable PAL activity as well as the total amount of phenolics increased 7,4 h after plant transfer to low temperature. The high pressure liquid chromatography analyses revealed the presence of six phenolic acids in soybean roots: p-hydroxybenzoic, vanillic, syringic, anisic, p-coumaric and ferulic. Analyses of different fractions of phenolic acids showed that during 24 h of low temperature exposure, an increase in the relative level of ester-bound-soluble phenolic acids occurred. The highest increase in this fraction was observed for ferulic acid (26%). At the same time, a decrease in phenolic glycosides took place. The amount of phenolic acids released after alkaline treatment of the cell wall material was strongly inhibited (3-fold), which may suggest an alteration of the physical properties of the wall in acclimation to low temperature. The possible role of phenolics in acclimation to low temperature in roots is discussed. (C) 2000 Editions scientifiques et medicales Elsevier SAS.
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