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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-6-29
pubmed:abstractText
A novel, pulse-modulated spectroscopic system for measuring fractional leghemoglobin oxygenation and infected cell O(2) concentration (O(i)) in intact attached nodules of soybean (Glycine max) is described. The system is noninvasive and uses a pulsed (1000 Hertz) light-emitting diode coupled to an optical fiber to illuminate the nodule with light at 660 nanometer. A second optical fiber receives a portion of the light reflected from the nodule and directs this to a photodiode. A lock-in amplifier measures only the signal from the photodiode which is in phase with the pulsed light from the light-emitting diode, and the voltage output from the amplifier, proportional to reflectance, is used to calculate fractional leghemoglobin oxygenation and the nanomolar concentration of free O(2) in the infected cells of the nodule (O(i)). The system was used to show that inhibition of nitrogenase activity in soybean nodules by NO(3) (-) treatment, stem-girdling, continuous darkness, or nodule disturbance is caused by a reduction in O(i) and limitation of respiration in support of nitrogenase activity. A plot of nitrogenase activity (measured as peak H(2) evolution in Ar:O(2)) versus O(i) for the various treatments was consistent with the concept that O(i) limits in vivo nitrogenase activity in legume nodules under adverse conditions. The potential for using O(i) to estimate nitrogenase activity in laboratory and field-grown legumes is discussed.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:status
PubMed-not-MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0032-0889
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
92
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1101-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-9-14
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
Mechanism of Nitrogenase Inhibition in Soybean Nodules : Pulse-Modulated Spectroscopy Indicates that Nitrogenase Activity Is Limited by O(2).
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, K7L 3N6.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article