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. 1992 Aug;99(4):1590–1596. doi: 10.1104/pp.99.4.1590

Distribution of Cytosolic mRNAs Between Polysomal and Ribonucleoprotein Complex Fractions in Alfalfa Embryos 1

Stage-Specific Translational Repression of Storage Protein Synthesis during Early Somatic Embryo Development

Saroj K Pramanik 1, Joan E Krochko 1, J Derek Bewley 1
PMCID: PMC1080668  PMID: 16669078

Abstract

Cell-free translational and northern blot analyses were used to examine the distribution of storage protein messages in the cytoplasmic polysomal and mRNA-protein complex (mRNP) fractions during development of somatic and zygotic embryos of alfalfa (Medicago sativa cv Rangelander RL-34). No special array of messages was identified in the mRNP fraction; however, some messages were selectively enriched in either the polysome or mRNP fractions, and their distribution pattern varied quantitatively during development of the embryos. During the earliest stages of somatic embryo development, storage protein messages already were present, but there was no detectable accumulation of the proteins. Selective enrichment of messages for the 11S, 7S, and 2S storage proteins occurred in the mRNP fraction during the globular, heart, and torpedo stages of somatic embryogenesis, but the distribution pattern was shifted toward the polysomal fraction at the beginning of cotyledon development. Thus, there was translational repression of storage protein synthesis at the early stage of somatic embryo development that was relieved later. During the cotyledonary development stages in the somatic and zygotic embryos, storage protein synthesis and distribution of the messages were similar in that these specific messages were predominantly in the polysomal fraction.

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