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Proteins and polyamines during dormancy breaking of European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) seeds

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The studies were carried out on Fagus sylvatica seeds during stratification and their germination. After imbibition beechnuts were subjected to cold (3 °C — temperature which breaks dormancy) or warm (15 °C — temperature unable to break dormancy) stratification and alternatively were treated with polyamine synthesis inhibitors: canavanine and DFMO (difluoromethylornithine). After cold stratification in embryo axes we found (using 2-D electrophoresis) about 150 new proteins absent in dry seeds. Exogenous spermidine increased the protein synthesis, percent of germinated seeds and accelerated breaking of dormancy. In contrast, canavanine and DFMO decreased dynamic of protein synthesis, quantity of proteins probably synthesised de novo, and percent of germinated seeds. The maximum of polyamine content in embryo axes during cold stratification preceded such the maximum during warm stratification. Irrespective of the influence of PAs and inhibitors of PA synthesis, the comparison of electrophoregrams and autoradiograms showed that different groups synthesised de novo appeared after different periods of cold stratification. Probably the part of this protein is associated with Fagus sylvatica seeds dormancy breaking.

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Abbreviations

PA:

polyamines

Pu:

putrescine

Spd:

spermidine

Spm:

spermine

DFMO:

difluoromethylornithine

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    Zofia Szczotka, Tomasz Pawłowski & Kazimierz Krawiarz

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Szczotka, Z., Pawłowski, T. & Krawiarz, K. Proteins and polyamines during dormancy breaking of European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) seeds. Acta Physiol Plant 25, 423–435 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11738-003-0025-0

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