ISSN:
1432-2048
Keywords:
Antigen spectra
;
Embryo (proteins)
;
γ-Plantlets
;
Germination (seeds)
;
Globulins
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Proteins (storage)
;
Seedling growth
;
Storage proteins
;
Zea
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
Notes:
Abstract Normal and γ-irradiated caryopses of Zea mays L. were germinated, and the degradation of embryonal antigens (EA) was followed in the endosperms, scutella and embryonic axes of the seedlings, using double immunodiffusion, immunoelectrophoresis and quantitative immunoprecipitation. The predominant transient EA were presumed to be storage proteins related to the reserve globulins of dicotyledonous seeds. Therefore globulins were isolated from maize scutella, purified by (NH4)2SO4 fractionation and isoelectric precipitation, and the molecular weights of the polypeptide units were estimated by discontinuous sodium-dodecyl-sulphate slab electrophoresis. The globulins were found to be identical with the predominant EA and amounted to about 40% of the protein nitrogen in the embryos of mature, non-germinated caryopses. The presumed reserve function of the globulins and the characteristic time course of their degradation in embryonic axes and scutella of maize seedlings are discussed in relation to the two-step pattern of mobilization of nitrogen reserves in germinating cereal caryopses.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00389046
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