Abstract
Glyoxysomes isolated from the endosperm of castor bean (Ricinus communis L.) by sucrose density gradient centrifugation were fractionated into their matrix protein and membrane components. Antisera were raised in rabbits against both the matrix proteins and sodium dodecyl sulphate (SDS)-solubilized membrane proteins. SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE) analysis established that such antisera precipitate all major polypeptide components present in their respective glyoxysomal mixedantigen preparations. Furthermore, when soluble constituents recovered from the microsomal vesicles or solubilized microsomal membranes were challenged with the appropriate glyoxysomal antiserum, serological determinants were again found to be present. Intact endosperm tissue was incubated with [35S]methionine and the kinetics of 35S-incorporation into protein recovered in immunoprecipitates when the glyoxysomal matrix fraction or the soluble fraction released from the microsomes were incubated with anti-glyoxysomal matrix serum were followed. [35S]antigens rapidly appeared in the microsomal fraction whereas a lag period preceded their appearance in glyoxysomes. Interupting such kinetic experiments by the addition of an excess of unlabelled methionine resulted in a rapid decrease in the microsomal content of [35S]antigens and a concomitant increase in glyoxysomal content.
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Abbreviations
- SDS:
-
sodium dodecyl sulphate
- PAGE:
-
polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis
- ER:
-
endoplasmic reticulum
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Bowden, L., Lord, J. Serological and developmental relationships between endoplasmic reticulum and glyoxysomal proteins of castor bean endosperm. Planta 134, 267–272 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00384192
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