Temperature Features of Enzymes Affecting Crassulacean acid Metabolism
Open Access
- 1 July 1967
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Plant Physiology
- Vol. 42 (7), 977-984
- https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.42.7.977
Abstract
Enzymes involved in malic acid production via a pathway with 2 carboxylation reactions and in malic acid conversion via total oxidation have been demonstrated in mitochondria of Bryophyllum tubiflorum Harv. Activation of the mitochondria by Tween 40 was necessary to reveal part of the enzyme activities. The temperature behavior of the enzymes has been investigated, revealing optimal activity of acid-producing enzymes at 35°. Even at 53° the optimum for acid-converting enzymes was not yet reached. From the simultaneous action of acid-producing and acid-converting enzyme systems the overall result at different temperatures was established. Up to 15° the net result was a malic acid production. Moderate temperatures brought about a decrease in this accumulation, which was partly accompanied by a shift to isocitrate production, while at higher temperatures total oxidation of the acids exceeded the production.This publication has 13 references indexed in Scilit:
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