Abstract
Cotyledons of dry buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum Moench) seeds were used to study the cellular localization of a metalloproteinase which performs in vitro the initial limited proteolysis of the main storage protein of the seed, and of its proteinaceous inhibitor. Fractions of complex protein bodies (PB 1) and of the cytoplasm and membrane material (CMM) were obtained by fractionating cotyledons in a mixture of acetone and CCl4. The greater part of the metalloproteinase activity was found to be localized in the PB 1 fraction, with a lesser amount in the CMM fraction, whereas the metalloproteinase inhibitor was localized almost entirely in the PB 1 fraction. The data obtained indicate that the complex protein bodies of dry buckwheat seeds contain the components of the proteolytic system responsible for the initial degradation of the main storage protein — the 13S globulin — of buckwheat seeds, i.e. 13S globulin, the metalloproteinase, and its inhibitor. This confirms that it is possibile for the metalloproteinase to perform a controlled proteolysis of the 13S globulin in vivo. The effect of divalent cations on the degradation of the 13S globulin was also studied. A mechanism is discussed whereby the proteolysis of 13S globulin is initiated by divalent cations released as a result of phytin decationization during seedling growth.
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Abbreviations
- CMM:
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cytoplasm and membrane material
- PAGE:
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polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis
- PB 1:
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complex protein bodies with globoids
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Elpidina, E.N., Voskoboynikova, N.E., Belozersky, M.A. et al. Localization of a metalloproteinase and its inhibitor in the protein bodies of buckwheat seeds. Planta 185, 46–52 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00194513
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