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Occurrence, synthesis and localization of lectins in coleoptiles of 3-day old seedlings of wheat, rye, barley and rice were studied by a combination of high resolution ion-exchange chromatography, in vivo labelling with 35S-cysteine and immunocytochemistry. Whereas no lectin can be isolated or localized in barley coleoptile, 1.9 and 40 ng of lectin per coleoptile was obtained from wheat and rye respectively. Wheat germ agglutinin was localized in the outer layer of the wheat coleoptile and both inner and outer layers of rye coleoptile displayed a specific reaction. In rice, 250 ng of lectin is present in the coleoptile and is distributed throughout this organ. Wheat coleoptiles synthesize no lectin and rye coleoptiles synthesize minute amounts while those from developing rice seedlings incorporate reasonable amounts of 35S-cysteine into lectin.
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Abbreviations
- FPLC:
-
Fast Protein Liquid Chromatography
- GlcNAc:
-
N-acetylglucosamine
- PBS:
-
phosphate buffered saline
- SDS-PAGE:
-
sodium dodecyl sulphate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis
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Cammue, B.P.A., Raikhel, N.V. & Peumans, W.J. Occurrence and synthesis of lectin in coleoptiles of germinating wheat, rye and rice seedlings. Plant Cell Reports 5, 360–364 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00268602
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00268602