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We report here the presence of a 58-kDa protein in the cells of Daucus carota L. cultivated in vitro. Two lines of carrot cells are used: wild-type line (wt) and mutant line (ts11). We describe here also presence of this protein in the media of cultured cells. Strong reaction of this intracellular and extracellular protein with an anti-calreticulin antiserum indicates that it is a major high capacity, low affinity Ca2+-binding reticuloplasmin–calreticulin. No differences in biochemical characterization is found between calreticulin purified from the wild-type line and the mutant line. Moreover molecular mass, type of glycosylation and the ability of extracellular protein to bind calcium is found to be indistinguishable from those of the purified intracellular calreticulin. Calreticulin release is attributed to some stress imposed on cultured cells by growth conditions. It is shown that this process can be also induced in CR-non-releasing systems such as carrot somatic embryos by applying a high-cell-density stress.
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Libik, M., Miszalski, Z., Przywara, L. et al. The reticuloplasmin calreticulun is released into the medium by carrot cell cultures. Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture 75, 109–116 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1025032612463
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