Table II.
Tissue | Activity |
---|---|
milliunits mg−1 protein h−1 | |
Developing endosperm | |
8 DPA | 65 ± 7 |
10 DPA | 44 ± 5 |
16 DPA | 34 ± 5 |
Mature grain | 23 ± 4 |
Germinated grain | |
0 d | 44 ± 7 |
2 d | 75 ± 7 |
4 d | 571 ± 52 |
6 d | 627 ± 69 |
Assays were performed according to the method of McCleary (1992) and MacGregor et al. (1994a).