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In vivo31P-nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy was used to monitor the metabolism of d-galactose in excised root tissues from maize (Zea mays) seedlings. The accumulation of galactose 1-phosphate and uridinediphosphogalactose (UDP-gal) in the tissue was correlated with changes in the glucose 6-phosphate, cytoplasmic Pi, vacuolar Piand NTP levels. NMR revealed a complicated time dependence for these metabolites with the galactose 1-phosphate signal going through a maximum after the NTP level had gone through a minimum. Many of the spectroscopic changes could be understood by viewing galactose as a sink for Piand by supplying external Piit was possible to modify the tissue response to galactose. Increasing the external galactose concentration increased the ratio of galactose 1-phosphate to UDP-gal in the loaded tissue whereas the protein synthesis inhibitor cycloheximide, which caused a marked increase in the NTP signals, reduced the ratio. The results suggest that the assimilation of galactose is limited by the slow metabolism of UDP-gal. © 1989.

Original publication

DOI

10.1016/0168-9452(89)90003-4

Type

Journal article

Journal

Plant Science

Publication Date

01/01/1989

Volume

59

Pages

11 - 23