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. 1966 Sep;41(7):1167–1172. doi: 10.1104/pp.41.7.1167

Protein Synthesis in Imbibed Seeds III. Kinetics of Amino Acid Incorporation Ribosome Activation, and Polysome Formation

Abraham Marcus 1,2, John Feeley 1,2, Tzvi Volcani 1,2
PMCID: PMC550493  PMID: 16656380

Abstract

The kinetics of development of protein-synthesizing capacity in the imbibing wheat embryo, were studied both in vivo and in vitro. During the first 30 minutes of imbibition protein-synthesizing capacity rises rapidly, lagging about 10 minutes behind water uptake. This rise in synthesizing capacity is accompanied by an increase in polysome content. As imbibition continues, both protein-synthesizing capacity and polysome content increase. With embryos from aged seed, the rate of protein synthesis is initially limited by another, presumably nonribosomal, reaction.

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