Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol. 51, No. 346, pp. 937-944,
May 2000
© 2000 Oxford University Press
Extracellular ß-glucosidase activity in barley involved in the hydrolysis of ABA glucose conjugate in leaves
1 Julius-von-Sachs-Institut für Biowissenschaften, Universität Würzburg, Julius-von-Sachs-Platz 2, D-97082 Würzburg, Germany
2 Lehrstuhl für Stoffwechselphysiologie und Biochemie der Pflanzen, Universität Bielefeld, Universitätsstraße 25, D-33501 Bielefeld, Germany
Abscisic acid conjugate concentrations increased in barley xylem sap under salinity, whereas it remained at a low level in the intercellular washing fluid (IWF) of barley primary leaves (Hordeum vulgare cv. Gerbel). Here it is shown that IWF contains ß-glucosidase activity which releases abscisic acid (ABA) from the physiologically inactive ABA-glucose conjugate pool in the leaf apoplast. The following data support this conclusion and give the first biochemical and physiological characterization of the extracellular glucosidase activity in barley. Free ABA was released by the incubation of ABA glucose ester with IWF. The product exhibited the retention time of authentic ABA upon separation by thin layer chromatography and was identified by ABA-ELISA. p-Nitrophenol-ß-D-glucopyranoside (pNPG) was used as the substrate for ß-glucosidases. The KM(pNPG) was 1.8 mmol l-1. The activity was affected by ABA glucopyranoside in a competitive type of inhibition with a KI of 400 µmol l-1. Various hormone conjugates were compared with respect to their inhibitory effect on beta;-glucosidase activity. Inhibition was highest for the ABA glucopyranoside and the zeatin riboside, but insignificant for ABA methyl ester and zeatin-9-ß-D- glucoside. The specific activity of the ß-glucosidase was 16-fold greater in IWF as compared to crude leaf extracts confirming its extracellular compartmentation. The activity of ß-glucosidase was strongly increased after growth in hydroponic medium supplemented with NaCl. The data support the hypothesis that the glucose conjugate is a long-distance transport form of ABA.
Key words: Abscisic acid, abscisic acid glucose ester, apoplast, ß-glucosidase, barley, salt stress, root : shoot signalling.
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