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. 1984 Mar;74(3):584–589. doi: 10.1104/pp.74.3.584

Storage Protein Composition of Soybean Cotyledons Grown In Vitro in Media of Various Sulfate Concentrations in the Presence and Absence of Exogenous l-Methionine

Lorraine P Holowach 1,2, John F Thompson 1,2, James T Madison 1,2
PMCID: PMC1066729  PMID: 16663464

Abstract

Immature soybean (Glycine max L. Merrill cv Provar) cotyledons were grown aseptically for 6 days in complete culture medium with zero, deficient (17 micromolar), sufficient (1.5 millimolar), or supraoptimal (7.5 millimolar) levels of sulfate. Some cotyledons at each sulfate concentration were supplemented with l-methionine. No sulfate or 17 micromolar sulfate were inadequate for growth and protein accumulation, but all the major subunits of the 7S and 11S storage protein fractions were detected. The ratio of 11S to 7S proteins was <1.0. Addition of 8.4 millimolar methionine overcame the restriction of cotyledon growth and protein accumulation in the sulfate-deficient media, and the ratio of 11S to 7S proteins was significantly increased. The amino acid compositions of the 7S and 11S fractions from sulfate-sufficient cotyledons and from sulfate-deficient cotyledons were not significantly different. There was no difference in fresh weight or total protein accumulation in cotyledons grown in 1.5 millimolar or 7.5 millimolar sulfate. At 7.5 millimolars sulfate, the 11S to 7S ratio was significantly increased, and the amount of β-subunit in the 7S fraction decreased. At all sulfate levels supplemented with methionine, the 11S to 7S ratio was greater than 1, and no β-subunit was detected in the 7S fraction. Supplemental methionine in media of any sulfate concentration increased growth and protein methionine content to a greater extent than high (7.5 millimolar) sulfate only. Adding supraoptimal sulfate is not equivalent to supplementing with methionine. Results of this study of in vitro growth are compared to results of studies of seed development on intact plants supplied with various sulfur concentrations.

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