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. 1977 Mar;59(3):497–501. doi: 10.1104/pp.59.3.497

Changes of Template Activity and Proteins of Chromatin during Wheat Germination

Kouichi Yoshida a, Kimiko Sasaki a
PMCID: PMC542430  PMID: 16659879

Abstract

Relationships between changes in template activity and composition of chromatin during germination of wheat embyros (Triticum aestivum L.) were investigated. The template activity of chromatin was determined with exogenous DNA-dependent RNA polymerase II (EC 2.7.7.6) prepared from wheat embryos. It was essentially constant for 18 hours of germination, corresponding to 2.5% of that of a native calf thymus DNA. Thereafter, the activity increased 2-fold and 5-fold at 24 and 60 hours of germination, respectively.

Chromatin-associated proteins were separated into at least 22 distinct bands by sodium dodecyl sulfate gel electrophoresis throughout 60 hours of germination. Significant changes were observed in two nonhistone proteins, approximate molecular weights 59,000 and 39,000: the amount of the former was constant up to 18 hours, reduced for the period from 18 to 60 hours, and that of the latter was decreased for the period from 18 to 60 hours of germination. No change was observed in the number of histone components by acid-urea gel electrophoresis.

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