| Amino Acid and sucrose content determined in the cytosolic, chloroplastic, and vacuolar compartments and in the Phloem sap of spinach leaves. | |
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PMID: 16668375 Owner: NLM Status: PubMed-not-MEDLINE |
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Amino acid and sucrose contents were analyzed in the chloroplastic, cytosolic, and vacuolar compartments and in the phloem sap of illuminated spinach leaves (Spinacia oleracea L.). The determination of subcellular metabolite distribution was carried out by nonaqueous fractionation of frozen and lyophilized leaf material using a novel three-compartment calculation method. The phloem sap was collected by aphid stylets which had been severed by a laser beam. Subcellular analysis revealed that the amino acids found in leaves are located mainly in the chloroplast stroma and in the cytosol, the sum of their concentrations amounting to 151 and 121 millimolar, respectively, whereas the amino acid concentrations in the vacuole are one order of magnitude lower. The amino acid concentrations in the phloem sap are found to be not very different from the cytosolic concentrations, whereas the sieve tube concentration of sucrose is found to be one order of magnitude higher than in the cytosol. It is concluded that the phloem loading results in a preferential extraction of sucrose from the source cells. |
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B Riens; G Lohaus; D Heineke; H W Heldt |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: Plant physiology Volume: 97 ISSN: 0032-0889 ISO Abbreviation: Plant Physiol. Publication Date: 1991 Sep |
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Created Date: 2010-06-29 Completed Date: 2010-06-29 Revised Date: 2010-09-14 |
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Nlm Unique ID: 0401224 Medline TA: Plant Physiol Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 227-33 Citation Subset: - |
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Institut für Biochemie der Pflanze, Universität Göttingen, Untere Karspüle 2, 3400 Göttingen, Federal Republic of Germany. |
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