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Lysed guard-cell protoplasts of Vicia faba L. exhibited hydrolytic activity characteristic of tonoplast inorganic pyrophosphatase (V-PPase; EC 3.6.1.1). Activity was inhibited by the specific V-PPase inhibitor aminomethylenediphosphonate, stimulated by K+ (K m = 51 mM) and inhibited by Ca2+ (80 nM free Ca2+ was required for 50% inhibition at 0.27 mM free Mg2+). Patch-clamp measurements of electrogenic activity confirmed enzyme localisation at the tonoplast. This is the first report of V-PPase activity in guard cells; its possible involvement in stomatal opening is discussed.
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Received: 12 February 1998 / Accepted: 24 April 1998
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Darley, C., Skiera, L., Northrop, F. et al. Tonoplast inorganic pyrophosphatase in Vicia faba guard cells. Planta 206, 272–277 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s004250050400
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s004250050400