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Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol 49, 897-902, Copyright © 1998 by Oxford University Press

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Regulation of aldehyde oxidase and nitrate reductase in roots of barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) by nitrogen source and salinity

R Omarov, M Sagi and S Lips
Biostress Research Laboratory, (J. Blaustein Institute for Desert Research) and Department of Life Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, 84990 Sede Boqer, Israel; Corresponding author; e-mail: omarov@bgumail.bgu.ac.il

The molybdenum cofactor (MoCo) is a component of aldehyde oxidase (AO EC 1.2.3.1), xanthine dehydrogenase (XDH EC 1.2.1.37) and nitrate reductase (NR, EC 1.6.6.1). The activity of AO, which catalyses the last step of the synthesis of abscisic acid (ABA), was studied in leaves and roots of barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) plants grown on nitrate or ammonia with or without salinity. The activity of AO in roots was enhanced in plants grown with ammonium while nitrate-grown plants exhibited only traces. Root AO in barley was enhanced by salinity in the presence of nitrate or ammonia in the nutrient medium while leaf AO was not significantly affected by the nitrogen source or salinity of the medium.Salinity and ammonium decreased NR activity in roots while increasing the overall MoCo content of the tissue. The highest level of AO in barley roots was observed in plants grown with ammonium and NaCl, treatments that had only a marginal effect on leaf AO. ABA concentration in leaves of plants increased with salinity and ammonium.Keywords: ABA, aldehyde oxidase, ammonium, nitrate, salinity.
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