Die zeitliche Dauer der Isocitrat-Lyase-Synthese in Kotyledonen von Wassermelonenkeimlingen

Translated title of the contribution: The period of isocitrate lyase synthesis in watermelon cotyledons

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Abstract

Previously, it was deduced from inhibitor experiments that isocitrate lyase (EC 4.1.3.1.) is synthesized de novo in watermelon cotyledons during the first 3 days of germination, which explains the sharp increase of activity during this period. The following decrease of activity was interpreted as the result of a limited half life of the enzyme molecule (Hock and Beevers, 1966). This hypothesis has been confirmed now by density labeling experiments of isocitrate lyase with deuterium. Seedlings grown from day 0 on D2O (80 vol. %) contained a heavier enzyme at the time of maximum activity than control seedlings grown on H2O (Fig. 6). No incorporation of deuterium into isocitrate lyase, however, was detectable when the cotyledons were labeled only from day 3 1/2 on, i.e. after the stage of maximum activity had been passed (Fig. 10), in spite of the fact that D2O was taken up from the cotyledons in considerable quantities. -These results prove at the same time that density labeling of the isocitrate lyase during early stages of germination was a result of de novo synthesis rather than a mere artifact produced by isotopic exchange. An improved method for the purification of isocitrate lyase from higher plants is introduced.

Translated title of the contributionThe period of isocitrate lyase synthesis in watermelon cotyledons
Original languageGerman
Pages (from-to)26-38
Number of pages13
JournalPlanta
Volume93
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 1970
Externally publishedYes

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