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Characterization of Anion Effects on the Nitrate-Sensitive ATP-Dependent Proton Pumping Activity of Soybean (Glycine max L.) Seedling Root Microsomes ¹

Section of Plant Biology, Division of Biological Sciences, Plant Science Building, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853

The ATP-dependent proton-pumping activity of soybean (Glycine max L.) root microsomes is predominantly nitrate sensitive and presumably derived from the tonoplast. We used microsomes to characterize anion effects on proton pumping of the tonoplast vesicles using two distinctly different techniques.

Preincubation of the vesicles with nitrate caused inhibition of proton pumping and ATPase activity, with similar concentration dependence. Fluoride, which preferentially inhibits the plasma membrane ATPase, inhibited ATPase activity strongly at concentrations which did not affect proton pumping activity.

Addition of potassium salts, after a steady-state pH gradient is established in the absence of such salts, caused an increased pH gradient which was due to alleviation of and subsequent increased influx of H⁺ into these vesicles. This anion-induced increase in the pH gradient could be used as a measure of the relative anion permeabilities, which were of the order Br^– = NO₃^– > Cl^– >> SO₄^2–. Phosphate and fluoride caused no increase in the pH gradient. Since the concentration dependence of KCl- and KNO₃-induced quenching exhibited a saturable component, and since H⁺ uptake was increased by only certain anions, the data suggest that there may be a relatively specific anion channel associated with tonoplast-derived vesicles.

¹ Supported by National Science Foundation grant PCM 81-11007 to R.M.S. and a National Science Foundation graduate fellowship to R.R.L.

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