EXTENSOR AND FLEXOR PROTOPLASTS FROM SAMANEA PULVINI .1. ISOLATION AND INITIAL CHARACTERIZATION
EXTENSOR AND FLEXOR PROTOPLASTS FROM SAMANEA PULVINI .1. ISOLATION AND INITIAL CHARACTERIZATION
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DOI:
10.1104/pp.76.3.680
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发表时间:
1984-01-01
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影响因子:
7.4
通讯作者:
SATTER, RL
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作者:
GORTON, HL;SATTER, RL
Protoplasts were isolated from extensor and flexor regions of open pulvini of the nyctinastic tree S. saman. Both types of protoplasts undergo many changes during isolation. Extensor protoplasts are univacuolate in vivo, but some become multivacuolate. All flexor protoplasts are univacuolate. In an open pulvinus, extensor cells have a higher osmotic pressure than flexor cells. However, both types of protoplasts can be isolated with optimal yield using the same osmoticum (0.5 M sorbitol) in the digestion medium. Some leakage of osmoticum probably occurs during harvest or digestion, especially from extensor tissue. Despite these changes, both types of protoplasts extrude protons in response to 10 .mu.M fuscicoccin (1.6-1.8 nanoequivalent/106 protoplasts/min), demonstrating that the protoplasts are metabolically active and that proton transport mechanisms must be at least partially functional. The changes in vacuolar structure and osmotic pressure are as expected if the protoplasts, which are isolated from open pulvini, take on characteristics of cells in a closed pulvinus.