Water stress induced alterations in ornithine aminotransferase of ragi (Eleusine coracana): protection by proline against heat inactivation and denaturation by urea and guanidinium chloride

Kandpal, Rajendra P. ; Appaji Rao, N. (1984) Water stress induced alterations in ornithine aminotransferase of ragi (Eleusine coracana): protection by proline against heat inactivation and denaturation by urea and guanidinium chloride Journal of Biosciences, 6 (1). pp. 61-67. ISSN 0250-5991

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Abstract

Water stress resulted in a specific response leading to a large and significant increase (80-fold) in free proline content of ragi (Eleusine coracana) leaves and seedlings. L-Proline protected ornithine aminotransferase, an enzyme in the pathway for proline biosynthesis, isolated from normal and stressed ragi leaves against heat inactivation and denaturation by urea and guanidinium chloride. The protection of the stressed enzyme by L-proline was much more complete than that of the enzyme isolated from normal leaves. While L-ornithine, one of the substrates, protected the stressed enzyme against inactivation, it enhanced the rate of inactivation of the normal enzyme. α-Ketoglutarate protected both the normal and stressed enzyme against inactivation and denaturation. These results support the suggestion that ornithine aminotransferase has undergone a structural alteration during water stress. In view of the causal relationship between elevated temperature and water stress of plants under natural conditions, the protection afforded by proline against inactivation and denaturation of the enzyme from stressed leaves assumes significance. These results provide an explanation for a possible functional importance of proline accumulation during water stress.

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Keywords:Ornithine Aminotransferase; Proline; Water Stress; Eleusine coracana
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