Table II.
Limit dextrinase activity in tissue extracts from developing endosperm and germinated grain
| 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).