Abstract
Three peroxisomal enzymes, glycolate oxidase, urate oxidase and catalase were localized cytochemically in Psychotria punctata (Rubiaceae) leaves and Yucca torreyi (Agavaceae) seedling root tips, both of which contain developing and mature calcium-oxalate raphide crystal idioblasts. Glycolate-oxidase (EC 1.1.3.1) and catalase (EC 1.11.1.6) activities were present within leaftype peroxisomes in nonidioblastic mesophyll cells in Psychotria leaves, while urate-oxidase (EC 1.7.3.3) activity could not be conclusively demonstrated in these organelles. Unspecialized peroxisomes in cortical parenchyma of Yucca roots exhibited activities of all three enzymes. Reactionproduct deposits attributable to glycolate-oxidase activity were never observed in peroxisomes of any developing or mature crystal idioblasts of Psychotria or Yucca. Catalase localization indicates that idioblast microbodies are functional peroxisomes. The apparent absence of glycolate oxidase in crystal idioblasts of Psychotria and Yucca casts serious doubt that pathways involving this enzyme are operational in the synthesis of the oxalic acid precipitated as calcium-oxalate crystals in these cells.
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Abbreviations
- AMPD:
-
2-amino-2-methyl-1,3-propandiol
- CTEM:
-
conventional transmission electron microscopy
- DAB:
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3,3′-diaminobenzidine tetrahydrochloride
- HVEM:
-
high-voltage electron microscopy
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Kausch, A.P., Horner, H.T. Absence of CeCl3-detectable peroxisomal glycolate-oxidase activity in developing raphide crystal idioblasts in leaves of Psychotria punctata Vatke and roots of Yucca torreyi L.. Planta 164, 35–43 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00391023
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