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. 1978 Oct;62(4):542–549. doi: 10.1104/pp.62.4.542

Regulation of Glyoxysomal Enzymes during Germination of Cucumber

I. Developmental Changes in Cotyledonary Protein, RNA, and Enzyme Activities during Germination 1

Wayne M Becker 1,2,2, Christopher J Leaver 1,2,3, Elizabeth M Weir 1,2,3, Howard Riezman 1,2,2
PMCID: PMC1092167  PMID: 16660555

Abstract

Developmental patterns of glyoxylate cycle and photosynthetic activities have been correlated with electrophoretic profiles of cotyledonary RNA and protein in both light- and dark-grown cucumber seedlings (Cucumis sativus L.) Cytoplasmic rRNA increases 10-fold between days 0 and 5, and the steepest increase coincides with the most rapid rise in activities of the glyoxysomal enzymes, isocitrate lyase and malate synthase. Chloroplast rRNA and ribulose bisphosphate (RuBP) carboxylase begin rising at day 3, followed about a day later by increases in glyoxylate reductase activity and chlorophyll content. Of these phototrophic indicators, only chlorophyll requires light for its initial appearance. Sodium dodecyl sulfate gel electrophoresis of total and soluble cotyledonary protein showed several developmental patterns, including: (a) progressive disappearance of storage protein present initially in particulate form; (b appearance and subsequent disappearance of a family of polypeptides identified by molecular weight, developmental profile, and density gradient centrifugation as subunits of glyoxysomal enzymes; and (c) appearance and progressive increase (in both light- and dark-grown cotyledons) of the large and small subunits of RuBP carboxylase, as well as other polypeptides presumably of chloroplast and peroxisomal origin.

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