Abstract
The possible correlation between blue light-dependent phosphorylation of a 116-kD protein and phototropic responses of etiolated oat (Avena sativa L.) seedlings was tested by a micromethod for protein phosphorylation. Quantitation of the basipetal distribution of this protein showed that the in vitro 32p phosphorylation values declined exponentially from tip to node, with more than 50% of the total label being found in the uppermost 5 mm. Nonsaturating preirradiation of the coleoptiles in vivo resulted in partial phosphorylation with endogenous ATP. Subsequent in vitro phosphorylation under saturating irradiation allowed the determination of the degree of in vivo phosphorylation. Unilateral preirradiation resulted in higher in vivo phosphorylation on the irradiated than on the shaded side of the coleoptile. The fluence-response curve for the difference in phosphorylation between both sides of the coleoptile resembles the fluence-response curve for first-positive phototropic curvature, although it is shifted by two orders of magnitude to higher fluences. Possible reasons for this shift are discussed. In the coleoptile base the phosphorylation gradient across the coleoptile becomes larger with increasing time of irradiation at a constant fluence. Thus, phosphorylation of the 116-kD protein, in accordance with second-positive phototropic curvature, does not obey the Bunsen-Roscoe reciprocity law.
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