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. 1987 Oct;85(2):487–496. doi: 10.1104/pp.85.2.487

Does Gibberellic Acid Induce the Transfer of Lipase from Protein Bodies to Lipid Bodies in Barley Aleurone Cells? 1

Donna E Fernandez 1,2, L Andrew Staehelin 1
PMCID: PMC1054283  PMID: 16665725

Abstract

We have examined the effect of gibberellic acid (GA3) on the distribution of the enzyme responsible for mobilizing storage triacylglycerol in aleurone cells of Hordeum vulgare L. cv Himalaya. Using cellular fractionation techniques, we find that, in cells that have not been exposed to hormone, neutral lipase activity is principally associated with a pellet containing the membranes of protein bodies. If the cells are exposed to GA3 for at least 1 hour, the majority of the lipase activity becomes associated with the lipid body fraction. The nature of the in vivo association between lipid bodies and protein bodies was examined using ultrarapid freezing followed by freeze-fracture electron microscopy. Our analysis indicates that the phospholipid monolayer surrounding the lipid body is directly continuous with the outer leaflet of the bilayer surrounding the protein body. Based on our data, we propose that lipase can be transferred from protein bodies (storage form) to lipid bodies (active form) by lateral diffusion within the plane of the fused phospholipid monolayer, and that the transfer can be controlled by gibberellic acid by an unknown mechanism.

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