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The transport of glutamate, 2-oxoglutarate and malate in intact spinach chloroplasts was determined using a double-silicone-layer centrifugation technique in which the silicone layers stayed separated at the end of centrifugation. Glutamate was found to be transported via the dicarboxylate but not the 2-oxoglutarate translocator. Hence the kinetic parameters (i.e.K m,K i andV max) determined in glutamate-preloaded chloroplasts represent the kinetic constants of the dicarboxylate translocator. Measurements from malate- or succinate-preloaded chloroplasts represent the aggregate values of both the dicarboxylate and the 2-oxoglutarate translocators. Calculations showed that the 2-oxoglutarate and glutamate transport required to support the high fluxes of photorespiratory NH3 recycling could be achieved if the transport of these two dicarboxylates occurred on separate translocators. It is proposed that during photorespiration the transport of 2-oxoglutarate into and glutamate out of the chloroplast occurred via the 2-oxoglutarate and the dicarboxylate translocators, respectively. These transports are coupled to malate counter-exchange in a cascade-like manner resulting in a net 2-oxoglutarate/glutamate exchange with no net malate uptake.
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Abbreviations
- 2-OG:
-
2-oxoglutarate
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Flügge, I.U., Woo, K.C. & Heldt, H.W. Characteristics of 2-oxoglutarate and glutamate transport in spinach chloroplasts. Planta 174, 534–541 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00634484
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