The estimation of phenylalanine ammonia-lyase (PAL)-activity in intact cells of higher plant tissue
- 1 January 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Planta
- Vol. 131 (1), 33-40
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00387342
Abstract
A procedure is described which permits the estimation of the relative activity of phenylalanine ammonia-lyase (E.C. 4.3.1.5.) in intact plant cells, exemplified by buckwheat hypocotyls. Hypocotyl segments are incubated at pH 5.5 with L-[3-3H]phenylalanine. N3HH2, which is liberated from phenylalanine by the action of phenylalanine ammonia-lyase, equilibrates with tissue water to yield 3HOH, which is recovered by sublimation. Participation of phenylalanine transaminase in the reactions leading to 3HOH formation is excluded, and it is conclusively shown that 3HOH is formed intracellularly and not by enzymatic activity leaking out of wounded tissue.Keywords
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