Photocontrol of Sorghum Leaf Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxylase
- 1 September 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Plant Physiology
- Vol. 85 (1), 243-246
- https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.85.1.243
Abstract
The mechanism underlying the light effect on phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase (PEPC) from the C4 plant sorghum (Sorhum vulgare Pers., var Tamaran) leaves was investigated. Following exposure to light a new isozyme of PEPC, specific for the green leaf and responsible for primary CO2 fixation in photosynthesis, was established. Northern blot experiments revealed the presence of PEPC mRNA showing a molecular weight of 3.4 kilobases. During the greening process, concomitant to enzyme activity, PEPC protein and PEPC messenger RNA amounts increased considerably. This photoresponse was shown to be under phytochrome control.Keywords
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