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. 1973 Mar;51(3):468–473. doi: 10.1104/pp.51.3.468

Changes in Phospholipid Composition of a Winter Wheat Cultivar during Germination at 2 C and 24 C 1,2

Ian A de la Roche a, C J Andrews a, M Kates b
PMCID: PMC366289  PMID: 16658353

Abstract

Evaluation of various solvent systems for lipid extraction of wheat Triticum aestivum L. cv. Rideau seeds showed that boiling 2-propanol followed by the Bligh-Dyer procedure was the most efficient method, with respect to lipid yield and ability to inactivate lipolytic enzymes. Ten phospholipids were identified in dry seeds; the major components being phosphatidylcholine, lysophosphatidylcholine, N-acyl lysophosphatidyl-ethanolamine, N-acylphosphatidylethanolamine, and phosphatidylethanolamine. After growth for 1 week (2 C) or 31 hours (24 C), the proportions of phosphatidylethanolamine + lysophosphatidic acid and phosphatidic acid increased, lysophosphatidylcholine decreased, and the remaining phospholipids showed little change. At 5 weeks (2 C) or 72 hours (24 C), the seedlings showed 5-fold increases in the proportion of phosphatidic acid largely at the expense of phosphatidylcholine, small decreases in N-acyl lysophosphatidylethanolamine and N-acylphosphatidylethanolamine, and significant increases in lysophosphatidylcholine. The changes in phosphatidic acid and phosphatidylcholine are interpreted as being partially due to increasing phospholipase D activity during germination. In general, the phospholipid composition was similar in morphologically equivalent seedlings grown at 2 C or 24 C. The increased membrane content in seedlings grown at 2 C does not reflect any preferential synthesis of individual phospholipids.

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