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. 1984 Dec;76(4):1041–1046. doi: 10.1104/pp.76.4.1041

Localization of Galactolipid Biosynthesis in Etioplasts Isolated from Dark-Grown Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) 1

Anna Stina Sandelius 1,2, Eva Selstam 1,2
PMCID: PMC1064431  PMID: 16663946

Abstract

Etioplasts were isolated from leaves of dark-grown wheat (Triticum aestivum L. var Starke II). Galactolipid biosynthesis was assayed in an envelope-rich fraction and in the fraction containing the rest of the etioplast membranes by measuring incorporation of 14C from uridine-diphospho[14C]galactose into monogalactosyl diacylglycerol and digalactosyl diacylglycerol. More than half of the galactolipid biosynthetic capability was found in the fraction of inner etioplast membranes. This fraction was subfractioned into fractions enriched in prolamellar bodies and membrane vesicles (prothylakoids), respectively. All membrane fractions obtained from etioplasts were able to carry out galactolipid biosynthesis, although the activity was very low in prolamellar body-enriched fractions. Sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis revealed markedly different polypeptide patterns between the different fractions. It is concluded that the capability of galactolipid biosynthesis of etioplasts probably is not restricted to the envelope, but is also present in the inner membranes of this plastid.

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