Abstract
The effect of exogenous adenine nucleotides on CO2 fixation and oxygen evolution was studied with mesophyll protoplast extracts of the C4 plant Digitaria sanguinalis. Exogenous ATP was found to stimulate the rate of pyruvate and pyruvate + oxalacetate induced CO2 fixation, as well as reverse the inhibition of CO2 fixation by carbonyl cyanide m-chlorophenyl hydrazone and several electron transport inhibitors. The ATP-dependent stimulation of CO2 fixation varied from 40 to 70 μmol CO2 fixed/mg chlorophyll per h, suggesting that ATP was crossing the chloroplast membranes at rates of 80-140 μmol/mg chlorophyll per h, since 2 ATP are required for each CO2 fixed. Fixation of CO2 could also be induced in the dark by exogenous ATP, in which case ADP accumulated outside the chloroplasts. This suggests that external ATP is exchanging for internal ADP. In contrast, ADP and AMP were found not to traverse chloroplast membranes, on the basis that neither nucleotide inhibited CO2 fixation or stimulated oxygen evolution that was limited by available ADP for phosphorylation. Further evidence that ATP can enter the chloroplasts was obtained by direct measurements of the increase in ATP in the chloroplasts due to addition of exogenous ATP in the dark. These studies yielded minimal rates of ATP uptake on the order of 30-40 μmol/mg chlorophyll per h. It is suggested that a membrane translocator exists that specifically transports ATP into the chloroplasts in exchange for ADP. The significance of these findings are considered with respect to the C4 pathway of photosynthesis.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 675-687 |
| Number of pages | 13 |
| Journal | BBA - Bioenergetics |
| Volume | 440 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Sep 13 1976 |
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A high-activity ATP translocator in mesophyll chloroplasts of Digitaria sanguinalis, a plant having the C-4 dicarboxylic acid pathway of photosynthesis. / Huber, Steven C; Edwards, Gerald E.
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T1 - A high-activity ATP translocator in mesophyll chloroplasts of Digitaria sanguinalis, a plant having the C-4 dicarboxylic acid pathway of photosynthesis
AU - Huber, Steven C
AU - Edwards, Gerald E.
PY - 1976/9/13
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N2 - The effect of exogenous adenine nucleotides on CO2 fixation and oxygen evolution was studied with mesophyll protoplast extracts of the C4 plant Digitaria sanguinalis. Exogenous ATP was found to stimulate the rate of pyruvate and pyruvate + oxalacetate induced CO2 fixation, as well as reverse the inhibition of CO2 fixation by carbonyl cyanide m-chlorophenyl hydrazone and several electron transport inhibitors. The ATP-dependent stimulation of CO2 fixation varied from 40 to 70 μmol CO2 fixed/mg chlorophyll per h, suggesting that ATP was crossing the chloroplast membranes at rates of 80-140 μmol/mg chlorophyll per h, since 2 ATP are required for each CO2 fixed. Fixation of CO2 could also be induced in the dark by exogenous ATP, in which case ADP accumulated outside the chloroplasts. This suggests that external ATP is exchanging for internal ADP. In contrast, ADP and AMP were found not to traverse chloroplast membranes, on the basis that neither nucleotide inhibited CO2 fixation or stimulated oxygen evolution that was limited by available ADP for phosphorylation. Further evidence that ATP can enter the chloroplasts was obtained by direct measurements of the increase in ATP in the chloroplasts due to addition of exogenous ATP in the dark. These studies yielded minimal rates of ATP uptake on the order of 30-40 μmol/mg chlorophyll per h. It is suggested that a membrane translocator exists that specifically transports ATP into the chloroplasts in exchange for ADP. The significance of these findings are considered with respect to the C4 pathway of photosynthesis.
AB - The effect of exogenous adenine nucleotides on CO2 fixation and oxygen evolution was studied with mesophyll protoplast extracts of the C4 plant Digitaria sanguinalis. Exogenous ATP was found to stimulate the rate of pyruvate and pyruvate + oxalacetate induced CO2 fixation, as well as reverse the inhibition of CO2 fixation by carbonyl cyanide m-chlorophenyl hydrazone and several electron transport inhibitors. The ATP-dependent stimulation of CO2 fixation varied from 40 to 70 μmol CO2 fixed/mg chlorophyll per h, suggesting that ATP was crossing the chloroplast membranes at rates of 80-140 μmol/mg chlorophyll per h, since 2 ATP are required for each CO2 fixed. Fixation of CO2 could also be induced in the dark by exogenous ATP, in which case ADP accumulated outside the chloroplasts. This suggests that external ATP is exchanging for internal ADP. In contrast, ADP and AMP were found not to traverse chloroplast membranes, on the basis that neither nucleotide inhibited CO2 fixation or stimulated oxygen evolution that was limited by available ADP for phosphorylation. Further evidence that ATP can enter the chloroplasts was obtained by direct measurements of the increase in ATP in the chloroplasts due to addition of exogenous ATP in the dark. These studies yielded minimal rates of ATP uptake on the order of 30-40 μmol/mg chlorophyll per h. It is suggested that a membrane translocator exists that specifically transports ATP into the chloroplasts in exchange for ADP. The significance of these findings are considered with respect to the C4 pathway of photosynthesis.
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JO - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Bioenergetics
JF - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Bioenergetics
SN - 0005-2728
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