biologia plantarum

International journal on Plant Life established by Bohumil Němec in 1959

Biologia plantarum 45:125-127, 2002 | DOI: 10.1023/A:1015173112842

Impact of Lead and Cadmium on Enzyme of Citric Acid Cycle in Germinating Pea Seeds

P. Bansal1, P. Sharma1, V. Goyal1
1 Department of Botany and Plant Physiology, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, India

The present investigations were conducted to ascertain the influence of Pb2+ and Cd2+ both individually and in combination on selected enzymes of tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle. All the enzymes of TCA cycle examined (α-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase, isocitrate dehydrogenase, succinate dehydrogenase, malate dehydrogenase) were affected deleteriously by Pb2+ as well as Cd2+ and these metals in combination gave more or less an additive effect.

Keywords: heavy metals; isocitrate dehydrogenase; α-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase; malate dehydrogenase; succinate dehydrogenase
Subjects: cadmium, tricarboxylic acid cycle; citric acid cycle; heavy metals; isocitrate dehydrogenase; α-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase; lead, tricarboxylic acid cycle; malate dehydrogenase; succinate dehydrogenase; tricarboxylic acid cycle

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Bansal, P., Sharma, P., & Goyal, V. (2002). Impact of Lead and Cadmium on Enzyme of Citric Acid Cycle in Germinating Pea Seeds. Biologia plantarum45(1), 125-127. doi: 10.1023/A:1015173112842
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