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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America1998

Abscisic acid signal transduction in the barley aleurone is mediated by phospholipase D activity.

S Ritchie, S Gilroy

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 1998. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 57 papers.

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57citing papers in PubMed
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57 citing papers in PubMed, 189 citations in OpenAlex.

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2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

S RitchieBiology Department, Pennsylvania State University, 208 Mueller Laboratory, University Park, PA 16802, USA.
S Gilroy
Pennsylvania State University · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The plant hormones abscisic acid (ABA) and gibberellic acid (GA) are important regulators of the dormancy and germination of seeds. In cereals, GA enhances the synthesis and secretion of enzymes (principally alpha-amylases) in the aleurone cells of the endosperm, which then mobilize the storage reserves that fuel germination. ABA inhibits this enhanced secretory activity and delays germination. Despite the central role of ABA in regulating germination, the signal transduction events leading to altered gene expression and cellular activity are essentially unknown. We report that the application of ABA to aleurone protoplasts increased the activity of the enzyme phospholipase D (PLD) 10 min after treatment. The product of PLD activity, phosphatidic acid (PPA), also increased transiently at this time. The application of PPA to aleurone protoplasts led to an ABA-like inhibition of alpha-amylase production, and induction of the ABA up-regulated proteins ASI (amylase subtilisin inhibitor) and RAB (responsive to ABA). Inhibition of PLD activity by 0.1% 1-butanol during the initial 20 min of ABA treatment resulted in inhibition of ABA-regulated processes. This inhibition coincided with the timing of PLD activation by ABA and was overcome by simultaneous addition of PPA. These results suggest that ABA activates the enzyme PLD to produce PPA that is involved in triggering the subsequent ABA responses of the aleurone cell.

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1-ButanolAbscisic AcidDiacylglycerol KinaseDiglyceridesEnzyme ActivationEnzyme InhibitorsGibberellinsHordeumKineticsPhosphatidic AcidsPhospholipase DProtoplastsSignal Transduction1-ButanolAbscisic AcidDiacylglycerol KinaseDiglyceridesEnzyme Inhibitorsgibberellic acidGibberellinsPhosphatidic AcidsPhospholipase D

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PMID9482950
PMCPMC19466
OpenAlexW2074164243

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