Assimilação metabólica de nitrogênio em plântulas de seringueira cultivadas com nitrato ou amônio

The objective of this work was to evaluate metabolic assimilation of nitrogen in rubber tree seedlings grown with nitrate or ammonium, by quantifying the activity of the enzymes nitrogen reductase (NR), glutamine synthetase (GS), glutamate synthase (GOGAT), and glutamate dehydrogenase (GDH). The fol...

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Authors: Shan, Andrea Yu Kwan Villar, Oliveira, Luiz Edson Mota de, Bonome, Lisandro Tomas da Silva, Mesquita, Alessandro Carlos
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2012
Country:Brasil
Institution:Universidade Federal de Sergipe (UFS)
Repository:Repositório Institucional da UFS
Language:Portuguese
OAI Identifier:oai:oai:ri.ufs.br:repo_01:riufs/23519
Online Access:https://ri.ufs.br/jspui/handle/riufs/23519
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Hevea brasiliensis
Amônio
Atividade enzimática
Fonte de nitrogênio
Metabolismo
Nitrato
Ammonium
Enzyme activity
Nitrogen source
Metabolism
Nitrate
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Summary:The objective of this work was to evaluate metabolic assimilation of nitrogen in rubber tree seedlings grown with nitrate or ammonium, by quantifying the activity of the enzymes nitrogen reductase (NR), glutamine synthetase (GS), glutamate synthase (GOGAT), and glutamate dehydrogenase (GDH). The following treatments were evaluated: nitrogen sources – control, without N application; 8 mmol L-1 ammonium; and 8 mmol L-1 nitrate –, and exposure times – 0 and 27 days –, in a 3x2 factorial arrangement, in a completely randomized block design with four replicates. The ammoniacal form favored higher N metabolic assimilation, which lead to a higher aminoacid accumulation. Both nitrate and ammonium assimilations occurred mainly by GS/GOGAT route; part of the nitric nitrogen is assimilated in the roots, with little GDH participation, and the other part is translocated to other organs. Ammonium nitrogen is totally assimilated in roots, with a significant participation of GDH. In the leaves, GS participates in the primary assimilation, as well as in the photorespiratory ammonium re-assimilation, irrespective of the N source, while GDH has a secondary role, independently of the source or of the exposure time. In vitro RN activity is detected only in the roots and stems.