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Phytotropin-binding sites and auxin transport in Cucurbita pepo: evidence for two recognition sites
W Michalke1, G F Katekar, A E Geissler
1Institut für Biologie III der Universität, W-7800, Freiburg, Federal Republic of Germany.
Abstract:
Two properties of phytotropins, their ability to bind to 1-N-naphthylphthalamic acid (NPA) receptors located on microsomal vesicles isolated from Cucurbita pepo L. hypocotyls, and to stimulate auxin (indol-3-yl acetic acid, IAA) accumulation into such vesicles by blocking its efflux from them, were assessed in double labelling experiments using [2,3,4,5-(3)H]1-N-naphthylphthalamic acid and 3-indolyl-[2-(14)C]acetic acid. Two sites of differing affinities and activities on IAA accumulation were found. 1-N-Naphthylphthalamic acid was found to have high affinity (KD at 10(-8)mol·l(-1)) for one site and low affinity (KD at 10(-6) mol·l(-1)) for the other, whereas 2-(1-pyrenoyl)benzoic acid displaced NPA with high efficiency (KD below 10(-8) mol·l(-1)) from both sites. Other phytotropins had intermediate affinities for either site. Occupation of the site with low affinity for NPA stimulated auxin accumulation, while occupation of the high-affinity site with a phytotropin did not interfere with auxin accumulation into vesicles.
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