Abstract
Tubulin contents in the extract from cultured carrot cells at different growth phases were investigated by measuring colchicine-binding activity. The addition of vinblastine and dithiothreitol to the reaction mixture appreciably improved the stability of both free and colchicine-bound tubulins. Colchicine-binding activity in the cell extract obtained from stationary phase was more labile than that from log phase though the extract showed higher affinity to colchicine. After purification, however, tubulin from the cells at different growth phases showed the same affinity and its colchicine-binding activity was much more stable than in crude extract. The colchicine-binding activity in the crude extract was corrected for the decay during measurement and apparent difference in the affinity so that the activity in the cells containing different kind and amount of interefering substances could be compared. The corrected amount of colchicine that binds to the 100,000×g extract was 46 pmol/105 cells at log phase. It decreased with the progression of culture age from linear to stationary phase. Combining the data with the morphological observation, it was suggested that the log phase cells contained larger free tubulin pool than the linear or stationary phase cells.
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Abbreviations
- DTT:
-
dithiothreitol
- IBC:
-
initial binding capacity
- IBC:
-
initial binding capacity at infinite colchicine concentration
- PM:
-
10 mM potassium phosphate, 10 mM magnesium sulfate (pH 6.9)
- TPM:
-
1 M tartrate, 10 mM potassium phosphate, 10 mM magnesium sulfate (pH 6.9)
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Okamura, S., Kakiuchi, M., Sano, A. et al. Colchicine-binding activity of carrot tubulin at different culture age. Bot Mag Tokyo 105, 503–513 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02497663
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