Journal article
Salinity Promotes Accumulation of 3-Dimethylsulfoniopropionate and Its Precursor S-Methylmethionine in Chloroplasts1
Abstract
Wollastonia biflora (L.) DC. plants accumulate the osmoprotectant 3-dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP), particularly when salinized. DMSP is known to be synthesized in the chloroplast from S-methylmethionine (SMM) imported from the cytosol, but the sizes of the chloroplastic and extrachloroplastic pools of these compounds are unknown. We therefore determined DMSP and SMM in mesophyll protoplasts and chloroplasts. Salinization with 30% (v/v) …
Authors
Trossat C; Rathinasabapathi B; Weretilnyk EA; Shen T-L; Huang Z-H; Gage DA; Hanson AD
Journal
Plant Physiology, Vol. 116, No. 1, pp. 165–171
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Publication Date
January 1, 1998
DOI
10.1104/pp.116.1.165
ISSN
0032-0889