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. 1993 Aug 1;90(15):6986–6990. doi: 10.1073/pnas.90.15.6986

Calsequestrinlike calcium-binding protein is expressed in calcium-accumulating cells of Pistia stratiotes.

V R Franceschi 1, X Li 1, D Zhang 1, T W Okita 1
PMCID: PMC47060  PMID: 8346206

Abstract

To contend with high calcium (Ca) levels in the environment, many plant species contain crystal idioblasts, specialized cells which accumulate large amounts of Ca as oxalate crystals. The biochemical processes involved in the accumulation of Ca in crystal idioblasts are unknown, as these cells constitute only a minor proportion of the total plant tissue. To address how crystal idioblasts buffer cytosolic Ca during crystal formation, we purified these cells from water lettuce and assessed their biochemistry. We show here that crystal idioblast cells contain three Ca-binding proteins not detectable in mesophyll cells. One of the Ca-binding proteins shares antigenicity with rabbit calsequestrin, a high-capacity low-affinity Ca-binding protein, and is encoded by related nucleotide sequences. Immunocytochemical localization studies further demonstrate that a calsequestrinlike protein is present primarily in crystal idioblasts and is preferentially localized in the endoplasmic reticulum, an organelle enriched in Ca as evidenced by vital staining. We thus conclude that crystal idioblasts possess a buffering system involving calsequestrinlike proteins, a process that likely plays an essential role in the bulk control of Ca in plant cells.

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