title: NAD kinase activity in wheat leaves under water deficit.
abstract: Total NAD kinase activity remained unaltered in the drought non-adapted wheat leaves under water deficit, but gradually decreased with water deficit in the adapted ones. The share of the calmodulin-dependent enzyme was significantly higher in the drought-hardened than in non-hardened plants; however, under severe water deficit the activity of the enzyme dropped by half. It seems, therefore, that NAD kinase activity does not limit phosphorylation of NAD in dehydrated plant tissues.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant Biochemistry and Physiology, Institute of Plant Breeding and Acclimatization, Warszawa, Poland.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zagdańska
mesh_terms: D000064:Acclimatization / Q000502:physiology*; D003890:Desiccation; D004190:Disasters; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000378:metabolism*; D010770:Phosphotransferases / Q000378:metabolism*; D017853:Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor); D014908:Triticum / Q000201:enzymology*
chemical_list: D007527:Isoenzymes; D010770:Phosphotransferases; D017853:Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor); C021844:NAD kinase