REGULATION OF RESERVE PROTEIN-METABOLISM IN COTYLEDONS OF MUNG BEAN SEEDLINGS
REGULATION OF RESERVE PROTEIN-METABOLISM IN COTYLEDONS OF MUNG BEAN SEEDLINGS
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DOI:
10.1073/pnas.73.9.3168
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发表时间:
1976-01-01
影响因子:
11.1
通讯作者:
HARRIS, N
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作者:
CHRISPEELS, MJ;BAUMGARTNER, B;HARRIS, N
Seedling growth in mung beans (Phaseolus aureus, Roxb.) is accompanied by the metabolism of the reserve proteins and the appearance in the cotyledons of a proteolytic enzyme with endopeptidase activity. Enzyme activity increases 25-fold during the 1st 5 days of growth. Cotyledon extracts prepared from seeds imbibed for 24 h with water do not react with rabbit dedopeptidase antiserum, which suggests that the enzyme is not present in the seeds as a zymogen. Labeling experiments show that the enzyme is synthesized in the course of seedling growth. The endopeptidase is localized in the protein bodies, and the specific activity of the enzyme in these organellex increases 30 fold. Ultrastructural studies show that the rough endoplasmic reticulum proliferates and may give ris to vesicles which fuse with the protein bodies prior to reserve protein digestion. These vesicles could be the primry lysosomes which transport the enzyme from its site of synthesis to its site of action .