Abstract
Hypocotyl explants of Linum usitatissimum were induced to form roots without an intermediate eallus phase by incubation on a defined medium. Loosely bound and ionically bound surface-associated proteins were extracted from the explants during root development by sequential vacuum infiltration using distilled water and 100 mM calcium chloride solution. The ionically extracted samples generally had higher peroxidase activity than the secreted samples, but both had reached maxima after 28 days culture. In contrast, the secreted samples were more able to oxidise indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) than the ionically-extracted samples. After 14 days culture the peroxidase and IAA-oxidase activities of the two samples were approximately equal, but by 35 days the secreted sample was twice as effective in oxidising IAA as the ionically extracted sample. The results suggest an accumulation of a loosely associated IAA-oxidase/peroxidase on the surfaces of the explants during root growth and development. Five anionic (A1–A5) and five cationic (C1−C5) isozymes were identified using non-denaturing PAGE. All five anionic isozymes were present throughout the development of roots and became more abundant from 14 days to 35 days culture. In contrast, root development was accompanied by a reduction in the levels of cationic isozymes that are characteristic of hypocotyl tissue. Two cationic isozymes (C3 and C4) were exclusively present during the early phases of root development (14 days) and the other three cationic isozymes were present at 14 days, dropped in abundance at 21 days and then recovered to higher levels after 35 days.
The possible roles and consequence of these cationic isozymes and the significance of their removal from the explant surface during root development is discussed.
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Abbreviations
- NAA:
-
α-naphthaleneacetic acid
- IAA:
-
indole-3-acetic acid
- TMB:
-
tetramethylbenzidine
- o-D:
-
bar-dianisidine
- SYR:
-
syringaldazine
- MES:
-
2[morpholino]ethane sulfonic acid
- BSA:
-
Bovine Serum Albumin
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MeDougall, G., Millam, S. & Davidson, D. Alterations in surface-associated peroxidases during in vitro root development of explants of Linum usitatissimum . Plant Cell Tiss Organ Cult 32, 101–107 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00040123
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