Abstract
It is known that pure O2 enhances in sweet potato roots the respiratory increment produced by C2H4 (Theologis and Laties, 1982, Plant Physiol.). Our experimental results indicates that the decrease in respiration with decreasing O2 concentration is due to the restriction of an “oxidase” whose apparent Km for O2 is 5-6 fold higher than that of cytochrome oxidase. The magnitude of the apparent Km for O2 is affected by the diffusion of O2 and experiment conditions. The effect of O2 on respiratory rise produced by C2H4 is due to the curtailment of C2H4 action rather than to respiration as such. The apparent Km for O2 of this system is larger than that of respiration.
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