5'-azido-N-1-naphthylphthalamic acid, a photolabile analog of the auxin transport inhibitor, N-1-naphthylphthalamic acid: synthesis and binding properties

Conference · Fri May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1987 · Fed. Proc., Fed. Am. Soc. Exp. Biol.; (United States)

OSTI ID:6023769

Voet, J G; Howley, K; Shumsky, J S

The polar transport of the plant growth regulator, auxin (indole-3-acetic acid, IAAH), is thought to involve the participation of several proteins in the plasma membrane, including a specific, saturable, voltage independent H/sup +//IAA/sup -/ efflux carrier located preferentially at the basal end of each cell. Auxin transport is specifically inhibited by the herbicide, N-1-naphthylphthalamic acid (NPA), which binds specifically to a protein in the plasma membrane, thought to be either the IAA/sup -/ efflux carrier or an allosteric effector protein. They have synthesized and characterized a photolabile analog of NPA, 5'-azido-N-1-naphthylphthalamic acid (Az-NPA). This potential photoaffinity label for the NPA binding protein competes with /sup 3/H-NPA for binding sites on Curcurbita pepo L. (zucchini) stem cell membranes with K/sub j/ = 1.5 x 10/sup -7/ M. The K/sub i/ for NPA under these conditions is 2 x 10/sup -8/M, indicating that the affinity of Az-NPA for the membranes is only 7.5 fold lower than NPA. While the binding of 4.6 x 10/sup -6/ M Az-NPA to NPA binding sites is reversible in the dark, exposure to light results in a 30% loss in /sup 3/H-NPA binding ability. Pretreatment with 10/sup -4/ M NPA protects the membranes against photodestruction of /sup 3/H-NPA binding sites by Az-NPA, supporting the conclusion that Az-NPA destroys these sites by specific covalent attachment.

• Research Organization: Swarthmore College, PA
• OSTI ID: 6023769
• Report Number(s): CONF-870644-; TRN: 87-034024
• Journal Information: Fed. Proc., Fed. Am. Soc. Exp. Biol.; (United States), Vol. 46:6; Conference: 78. annual meeting of the American Society of Biological Chemists conference, Philadelphia, PA, USA, 7 Jun 1987
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
AUXINS
MEMBRANE TRANSPORT
HERBICIDES
BIOCHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS
RECEPTORS
AFFINITY
CELL MEMBRANES
TRACER TECHNIQUES
TRITIUM COMPOUNDS
VISIBLE RADIATION
CELL CONSTITUENTS
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
ISOTOPE APPLICATIONS
KINETICS
LABELLED COMPOUNDS
MEMBRANE PROTEINS
MEMBRANES
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PESTICIDES
PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS
PROTEINS
RADIATIONS
REACTION KINETICS
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