Abstract
No information is available about Tuber borchii Vittad. ammonium metabolism during its life cycle, which involves the succession of three distinct phases. In this direction, the levels of glutamine synthetase (GS; EC 6.3.1.2), glutamate synthase (GOGAT; EC 1.4.1.13-14) and glutamate dehydrogenase (GDH; EC 1.4.1.2-4) were evaluated in Tilia platyphyllos Scop.- Tuber borchii Vittad. ectomycorrhizae, free living mycelium and non-inoculated roots. In the plant roots, GS shows high specific activity and only NADH-GDH (EC 1.4.1.2) is detectable; on the other hand, in free living mycelium GS and NADPH-GDH (EC 1.4.1.4) can be detected. Ectomycorrhizal metabolism was found to be deeply influenced by the two symbiotic partners. In fact, GS and both forms of GDH are present and their specific activities are higher than those found in the plant root and in the mycelial cells.
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