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. 1978 Feb;61(2):190–198. doi: 10.1104/pp.61.2.190

2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic Acid-enhanced Phosphorylation of Soybean Nuclear Proteins 1

Michael G Murray 1,2, Joe L Key 1
PMCID: PMC1091830  PMID: 16660258

Abstract

In vitro nuclear protein phosphorylation is enhanced in nuclei isolated from 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-d)-treated mature soybean (Glycine max) hypocotyl relative to nuclei from untreated tissue. Increased nuclear protein phosphorylation correlates with increased levels of nuclear protein kinase activity. These changes generally parallel previously reported 2,4-d-enhanced RNA polymerase activity of these nuclei and the in vivo levels of RNA synthesis. Phosphate incorporation represents bona fide protein phosphorylation, with 87% of the label being identified as phosphoserine and 7% as phosphothreonine. Label from [γ-32P]adenosine 5′-triphosphate is incorporated primarily into various nonhistone fractions with the greatest accumulation in loosely associated fractions (either released during incubation with ATP or removed by 0.15 m Nacl). Although electrophoretic analysis on sodium dodecyl sulfate gels shows no differences in the protein profiles of the loosely associated or sodium dodecyl sulfate-soluble nonhistone proteins, there are changes in the pattern of phosphorylation of other proteins, after 2,4-d treatment. Acid-soluble basic nuclear proteins are phosphorylated to a much lower extent than are the other nuclear protein fractions. While histone F1 is subject to slight phosphorylation when nuclei are labeled in vitro, phosphorylation of the other histones is undetectable. One acid-soluble protein shows a substantial increase in quantity and in phosphorylation after 2,4-d treatment. This protein is similar in electrophoretic mobility to pea histone F1 but its identity is unknown. Urea-acetic acid gels of the acid-soluble nuclear proteins show that auxin treatment results in increased quantities and in increased phosphorylation of various low mobility nonhistone basic nuclear proteins.

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