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. 1976 Mar;57(3):375–381. doi: 10.1104/pp.57.3.375

Studies on Lipid Synthesis and Degradation in Developing Soybean Cotyledons 1

Richard F Wilson a,2, Robert W Rinne a
PMCID: PMC542029  PMID: 16659486

Abstract

The metabolic activity of individual lipid classes found in developing soybean cotyledons (Glycine max.) is estimated by determining the degradation rate of the compound under given conditions. Pulse-labeling and dual substrate labeling are used to evaluate this parameter. These studies indicate first order decay kinetics for phosphatidic acid, phosphatidylinositol, phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylethanolamine, N-acyl-phosphatidylethanolamine, diglyceride, and zero order kinetics for triglyceride in cotyledons var. “Harosoy 63” at 30 days after flowering. Decay coefficients for acyl groups and lipid-glycerol moieties within specific lipid classes from either method are comparable. Half-life (t½) calculations from the decay coefficients indicate extremely rapid turn-over rates (0.08 to 3.4 hours at 25 C) and suggest similar turnover rates of acyl groups and lipid-glycerol in diglyceride and all phospholipids except N-acylphosphatidylethanolamine where acyl groups are replaced independent of the glycerol moiety. These experiments reveal not only different metabolic activity between lipid components of soybean cotyledons, but also describe a new method for measuring lipid turnover in plants.

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