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The effect of low temperature on the protein metabolism of wheat primary leaves was examined. In seedlings transferred from 25 to 5 °C, total soluble protein accumulation, in vivo protein synthesis and breakdown, in vitro protein breakdown, and SDS-PAGE profiles of proteinases in gelatine-containing gels were analysed. Leaf protein content increased within a 7-d period (70 % over the initial value) in plants exposed to 5 °C. The fast protein accumulation observed on days 0 – 2 was mainly attributed to a decreased breakdown. In further days, parallelly to a slowdown in the rate of protein accumulation, the leaf proteolytic activity increased. The incubation temperature also had an influence on the proteolytic activity: Q 10 values for the 15 – 5 °C range were 80 – 200 % higher than those observed for the 25 – 15 °C range. On the other hand, the in vivo protein synthesis capacity, at either 25 or 55 °C, was not significantly modified in cold-treated plants. In addition to the enhanced activities of two serine-proteinases (previously found in control plants by SDS-PAGE analysis), cold-treated plants displayed a new proteinase, which had not been detected so far.
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Pinedo, M., Hernández, G., Conde, R. et al. Effect of Low Temperature on the Protein Metabolism of Wheat Leaves. Biologia Plantarum 43, 363–367 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1026765504374
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