Nitrate reductase of rice seedlings and its induction by organic nitro-compounds

Authors

• T.C. Shen

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

4-1-1972

Abstract

Nitrate simultaneously induced NADH- and NADPH-nitrate reductase activities in rice seedlings. Chloramphenicol, other organic nitro-compounds such as o-nitroaniline and 2,4-dinitrophenol and nitrite also induced nitrate reductase in rice seedlings. The nitrate- or nitrite-induced nitrate reductase could accept electrons more efficiently from NADH than NADPH. However, when this enzyme was induced by organic nitro-compounds, it could accept electrons more efficiently from NADPH than NADH.

Keywords

Nitrate reductase

Publication Title

Plant Physiology

ISSN

0032-0889

Recommended Citation

Shen, T.C., "Nitrate reductase of rice seedlings and its induction by organic nitro-compounds" (1972). Pre-2000. 389.
https://knova.um.edu.my/research_publications_pre2000/389

Divisions

InstituteofBiologicalSciences

Volume

49

Issue

4

Publisher

American Society of Plant Biologists