Total and CO-reactive heme content of actinorhizal nodules and the roots of some non-nodulated plants
dc.contributor.author | Tjepkema, John D. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Asa, Darwin J. | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2006-09-08T21:28:00Z | |
dc.date.available | 2006-09-08T21:28:00Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1987-02 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Tjepkema, John D.; Asa, Darwin J.; (1987). "Total and CO-reactive heme content of actinorhizal nodules and the roots of some non-nodulated plants." Plant and Soil 100 (1-3): 225-236. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/43460> | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0032-079X | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1573-5036 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/43460 | |
dc.description.abstract | The concentration of total and CO-reactive heme was measured in actinorhizal nodules from six different genera. This gave the upper limit to hemoglobin concentration in these nodules. Quantitative extraction of CO-reactive heme was achieved under anaerobic conditions in a buffer equilibrated with CO and containing Triton X-100. The concentration of CO-reactive heme in nodules of Casuarina and Myrica was approximately half of that found in legume nodules, whereas in Comptonia, Alnus and Ceanothus the concentrations of heme were about 10 times lower than in legume nodules. There was no detectable CO-reactive heme in Datisca nodules, but low concentrations were detected in roots of all non-nodulating plants examined, including Zea mays . Difference spectra of CO treated minus dithionite-reduced extracts displayed similar wavelengths of maximal and minimal light absorption for all extracts, and were consistent with those of a hemoglobin. The concentration of CO-reactive heme was not correlated to the degree to which CO inhibited nitrogenase activity nor was it affected by reducing the oxygen concentration in the rooting zone. However, there was a positive correlation between heme concentration and suberization or lignification of the walls of infected host cells. These observations demonstrate that, unlike legume nodules, high concentrations of heme or hemoglobin are not needed for active nitrogen fixation in most actinorhizal nodules. Nonetheless, a significant amount of CO-reactive heme is found in the nodules of Alnus, Comptonia, and Ceanothus, and in the roots of Zea mays . The identity and function of this heme is unknown. | en_US |
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dc.language.iso | en_US | |
dc.publisher | Kluwer Academic Publishers; Martinus Nijhoff Publishers ; Springer Science+Business Media | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Actinorhizae | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Plant Sciences | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Life Sciences | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Ecology | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Plant Physiology | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Soil Science & Conservation | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Alnus | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Casuarina | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Frankia | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Hemoglobin | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Myrica | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Nitrogen Fixation | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Root Nodules | en_US |
dc.title | Total and CO-reactive heme content of actinorhizal nodules and the roots of some non-nodulated plants | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Ecology and Evolutionary Biology | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Natural Resources and Environment | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Science | en_US |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Peer Reviewed | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | Department of Biology, University of Michigan-Flint, 48502, Flint, MI, USA | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationother | Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, University of Maine, 04469, Orono, ME, USA | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationumcampus | Flint | en_US |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/43460/1/11104_2006_Article_BF02370943.pdf | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02370943 | en_US |
dc.identifier.source | Plant and Soil | en_US |
dc.owningcollname | Interdisciplinary and Peer-Reviewed |
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