Abstract
Homoserine dehydrogenase (EC 1.1.1.3) was extracted from shoots of etiolated seedlings of Zea mays L. which had been grown for periods ranging from three to thirteen days. Both the amount of enzyme extracted and its regulatory properties, as measured by the sensitivity of the enzyme to inhibition by the feedback modulator, l-threonine, were found to be a function of seedling age and extraction conditions. Equivalent amounts of enzyme with similar properties could be isolated from young seedlings under a variety of conditions. Extraction media containing comparatively low concentrations of the buffer component and a high concentration of dithioerythritol were found to be required for optimum extraction of the enzyme from shoots of seedlings grown longer than four days and from leaves of light-grown plants. In the absence of dithioerythritol, diminished regulatory control was observed to be a direct function of seedling age. Evidence of rapid desensitization of the enzyme during extraction was obtained from experiments in which dithioerythritol was added to extracts prepared in the absence of a thiol compound. Therefore, previous observations of growth-dependent desensitization in a number of plants could be due to incomplete extraction or to changes in cellular factors which inactivate and/or alter the enzyme. Whether the enzyme itself becomes increasingly susceptible to alteration during seedling growth remains to be established.
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