De Novo Synthesis of Isocitritase in Peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) Cotyledons

Germination of peanut seed is accompanied by a rapid increase in isocitritase (isocitrate lyase, EC 4.1.3.1) during the first 4 days. The presence of cycloheximide (50 μg/ml) during water imbibition inhibited the increase in isocitritase activity. Actinomycin D conversely did not inhibit isocitritas...

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Published inPlant physiology (Bethesda) Vol. 43; no. 4; pp. 653 - 659
Main Authors Anna Gientka-Rychter, Cherry, Joe H.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States American Society of Plant Physiologists 01.04.1968
Subjects
Actinomycin
Cotyledons
Enzymes
Germination
Messenger RNA
Nucleic acids
Peanuts
Phosphates
RNA
Sulfates
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Summary:Germination of peanut seed is accompanied by a rapid increase in isocitritase (isocitrate lyase, EC 4.1.3.1) during the first 4 days. The presence of cycloheximide (50 μg/ml) during water imbibition inhibited the increase in isocitritase activity. Actinomycin D conversely did not inhibit isocitritase activity until the second day of imbibition while RNA synthesis was inhibited. Germination of peanut seed in 14C-reconstituted amino acids followed by fractionation of a 20 to 35% ammonium sulfate preparation on a Sephadex G-200 column (57-fold purification) showed that the active enzymic fraction coincided with a large peak of radioactivity. Germination of peanut seed in 45% D2O followed by enzyme purification and CsCl equilibrium centrifugation revealed that all the enzyme from D2O seed had a higher density than normal isocitritase. These data indicate that isocitritase in peanut seed is synthesized de novo.
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ISSN:0032-0889
1532-2548
DOI:10.1104/pp.43.4.653