Mathematical modularization of the contribution of β-cyanoalanine synthase and sulfurtransferase to cyanide assimilation in rice plants.

Autor: Li, C.-Z., Feng, Y.-X., Yu, X.-Z.
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Zdroj: International Journal of Environmental Science & Technology (IJEST); Dec2023, Vol. 20 Issue 12, p13695-13702, 8p
Abstrakt: Modeling the assimilation of biodegradable contaminants by plants is a smart option to simulate the efficiency of phytoremediation in a field trial. The involvement of β-cyanoalanine synthase (β-CAS) and sulfurtransferase (ST) in cyanide (CN) assimilation in plants was evident. However, the contribution of both enzymes to CN assimilation by plants is not defined. In this study, a rice completely mixed reactor model (RCMRM) combined with boundary conditions is developed to mathematically examine the fraction of β-CAS and ST involved in CN conversion in rice plants. The modeling steps include: 1) estimation of CN assimilation rates was based on the CN in plant biomass and the solution; 2) inputs of the mass balance equations of CN through either the β-CAS pathway or the ST pathway were calculated individually; 3) the boundary conditions refer to the condition, in which the expression levels of β-CAS and ST in the KCN treatments with application of exogenous 1-amino-cyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid (ACC) were higher than the KCN treatments without ACC addition. Results from the RCMRM suggested that CN assimilation rates by rice seedlings followed an exponential kinetic (first order), which was linearly increased in the first 2 h before more gradual until equilibrium was reached at about 12 h. The catalytic efficiency of β-CAS activated in CN conversion was higher than that of ST, and the fraction of both enzymes to CN conversion is time-dependent rather than dose-dependent. Overall, this is the first attempt to mathematically describe the role of β-CAS and ST to exogenous CN conversion in rice plants. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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