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Andrews DL, Cobb BG, Johnson JR, et al. Hypoxic and Anoxic Induction of Alcohol Dehydrogenase in Roots and Shoots of Seedlings of Zea mays (Adh Transcripts and Enzyme Activity). Plant Physiol. 1993;101(2):407-414doi: 10.1104/pp.101.2.407.
Andrews, D. L., Cobb, B. G., Johnson, J. R., & Drew, M. C. (1993). Hypoxic and Anoxic Induction of Alcohol Dehydrogenase in Roots and Shoots of Seedlings of Zea mays (Adh Transcripts and Enzyme Activity). Plant physiology, 101(2), 407-414. https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.101.2.407
Andrews, D. L., et al. "Hypoxic and Anoxic Induction of Alcohol Dehydrogenase in Roots and Shoots of Seedlings of Zea mays (Adh Transcripts and Enzyme Activity)." Plant physiology vol. 101,2 (1993): 407-414. doi: https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.101.2.407
Andrews DL, Cobb BG, Johnson JR, Drew MC. Hypoxic and Anoxic Induction of Alcohol Dehydrogenase in Roots and Shoots of Seedlings of Zea mays (Adh Transcripts and Enzyme Activity). Plant Physiol. 1993 Feb;101(2):407-414. doi: 10.1104/pp.101.2.407. PMID: 12231696; PMCID: PMC160585.
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Plant Physiol. 1993 Feb;101(2):407-414. doi: 10.1104/pp.101.2.407.

Hypoxic and Anoxic Induction of Alcohol Dehydrogenase in Roots and Shoots of Seedlings of Zea mays (Adh Transcripts and Enzyme Activity).

Plant physiology

D. L. Andrews, B. G. Cobb, J. R. Johnson, M. C. Drew

Affiliations

  1. Department of Horticultural Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843-2133.

PMID: 12231696 PMCID: PMC160585 DOI: 10.1104/pp.101.2.407

Abstract

Alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) is one of a number of enzymes of glycolysis and fermentation known to be synthesized preferentially under low O2 conditions. We examined levels of Adh1 transcripts and of ADH activity in 5-mm root tips, root axes (the remainder of the seminal root), and shoots of maize (Zea mays L. cv TX 5855) seedlings. Seedlings with roots averaging about 60-mm long were transferred from fully aerobic conditions (solutions sparged with 40% [v/v] O2) to anaerobic (O2-free) conditions, or to an intermediate O2 concentration. There was no prior acclimation to low O2. In root tips, anoxia induced Adh1 transcripts and enzyme activity at 6 h, but this was followed by a rapid decline so that at 12 to 18 h neither were detectable and the root tips were dead. In contrast, higher levels of Adh1 transcripts and enzyme activity were maintained for at least 48 h in root axes and shoots. When induction at 6 h was measured over a wide range of O2 concentrations, a peak in ADH activity occurred in all tissues at 4% (v/v) O2. Maximum levels of transcripts, however, were in the range of 0 to 4% O2, depending on the tissue. The time course of hypoxic induction (at 4% O2) in root tips showed a peak in transcript levels at 6 h, whereas ADH activity continued to rise throughout the 24-h experiment. These results show that in root tips, ADH induction by anoxia was small and transient relative to induction by hypoxia.

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