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In an ultrastructural and cytochemical study of tentoxin-treatedSorghum bicolor (L.) Moench, both bundle sheath and mesophyll plastids were severely affected, Plastids from chlorotic leaf areas lacked most internal membranes yet had plastid ribosomes and large fibrillar areas of plastid DNA. In “recovered areas” (mottled yellow and green), cells were found that had plastids of near-normal ultrastructure as well as the severely affected plastid-types found in chlorotic leaf areas. Polyphenol oxidase (PPO) cytochemistry of these mottled leaf areas indicated that all “recovered” mesophyll plastids had PPO whereas all the abnormal mesophyll plastids showed no activity. Because bundle sheath plastids ofSorghum have no PPO activity at any developmental stage, yet are affected by tentoxin, PPO cannot be uniquely affected by this toxin. We suggest that tentoxin may affect the transport of cytosolic proteins into the plastid.
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Vaughn, K.C., Duke, S.O. Tentoxin effects onSorghum: The role of polyphenol oxidase. Protoplasma 110, 48–53 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01314681
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