Galli, Ulrich; Schüepp, Hannes; Brunold, Christian (1996). Thiols in cadmium- and copper-treated maize (Zea mays L.). Planta, 198(1), pp. 139-143. Springer 10.1007/BF00197596
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Maize plants (Zea mays L. cv. Honeycomb F-1) were grown on quartz sand containing amounts of Cd or Cu which resulted in comparable internal contents in the roots. Fresh and dry weights and the content of Cd or Cu were measured in roots and shoots after eight weeks. In addition, cysteine, γ-glutamylcysteine (γEC), glutathione (GSH) and the thiols in heavy-metal-binding peptides (HMBPs) were determined in the roots. At low internal contents, Cd and Cu inhibited root growth to the same extent. Inhibition by Cu was enhanced, however, at high internal contents, indicating that Cu was more toxic than Cd. Separation of extracts from roots of Cd- and Cutreated plants on a Sephadex G-50 column resulted in HMBP complexes with relative molecular masses (Mrs) of 6200 and 7300, respectively. Separation of these HMBP-complexes using HPLC resulted in a distinct pattern of thiol compounds for each heavy metal. The accumulation of HMBPs was linearly dependent on the content of Cd at all values examined. In Cu-treated roots, HMBP accumulation was linearly dependent on the internal Cu content only up to 7.1 μmol·gâ��1 dry weight. At internal contents which caused an enhanced inhibition of root growth, no further significant increase in the HMBP content was detected. At these internal Cu contents an increased transport of Cu to the shoot was measured. This result indicates that HMBPs are involved in reducing heavy-metal transport from roots to shoots.
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Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
08 Faculty of Science > Department of Biology > Institute of Plant Sciences (IPS) > Stress Physiology [discontinued] 08 Faculty of Science > Department of Biology > Institute of Plant Sciences (IPS) |
UniBE Contributor: |
Brunold, Christian |
Subjects: |
500 Science > 580 Plants (Botany) |
ISSN: |
0032-0935 |
Publisher: |
Springer |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Peter Alfred von Ballmoos-Haas |
Date Deposited: |
30 Jan 2018 11:23 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 15:06 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1007/BF00197596 |
Uncontrolled Keywords: |
Cadmium; Copper; Heavy-metal-binding peptides; Phytochelatin; Translocation (Cd, Cu); Zea (Cd, Cu transport) |
BORIS DOI: |
10.7892/boris.101666 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/101666 |
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