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Greiss F, Lardon N, Schütz L, Barak Y, Daube SS, Weinhold E, Noireaux V, Bar-Ziv R. A genetic circuit on a single DNA molecule as an autonomous dissipative nanodevice. Nat Commun 2024; 15:883. [PMID: 38287055 PMCID: PMC10825189 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-45186-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2023] [Accepted: 01/16/2024] [Indexed: 01/31/2024] Open
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Realizing genetic circuits on single DNA molecules as self-encoded dissipative nanodevices is a major step toward miniaturization of autonomous biological systems. A circuit operating on a single DNA implies that genetically encoded proteins localize during coupled transcription-translation to DNA, but a single-molecule measurement demonstrating this has remained a challenge. Here, we use a genetically encoded fluorescent reporter system with improved temporal resolution and observe the synthesis of individual proteins tethered to a DNA molecule by transient complexes of RNA polymerase, messenger RNA, and ribosome. Against expectations in dilute cell-free conditions where equilibrium considerations favor dispersion, these nascent proteins linger long enough to regulate cascaded reactions on the same DNA. We rationally design a pulsatile genetic circuit by encoding an activator and repressor in feedback on the same DNA molecule. Driven by the local synthesis of only several proteins per hour and gene, the circuit dynamics exhibit enhanced variability between individual DNA molecules, and fluctuations with a broad power spectrum. Our results demonstrate that co-expressional localization, as a nonequilibrium process, facilitates single-DNA genetic circuits as dissipative nanodevices, with implications for nanobiotechnology applications and artificial cell design.
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- Ferdinand Greiss
- Department of Chemical and Biological Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, 7610001, Israel.
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- Department of Chemical Biology, Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University, 52056, Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Chemical Research Support, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, 7610001, Israel
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, 7610001, Israel
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University, 52056, Aachen, Germany
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, 7610001, Israel.
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Maharjan A, Park JH. Cell-free protein synthesis system: A new frontier for sustainable biotechnology-based products. Biotechnol Appl Biochem 2023; 70:2136-2149. [PMID: 37735977 DOI: 10.1002/bab.2514] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2023] [Accepted: 09/11/2023] [Indexed: 09/23/2023]
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Cell-free protein synthesis (CFPS) system is an innovative technology with a wide range of potential applications that could challenge current thinking and provide solutions to environmental and health issues. CFPS system has been demonstrated to be a successful way of producing biomolecules in a variety of applications, including the biomedical industry. Although there are still obstacles to overcome, its ease of use, versatility, and capacity for integration with other technologies open the door for it to continue serving as a vital instrument in synthetic biology research and industry. In this review, we mainly focus on the cell-free based platform for various product productions. Moreover, the challenges in the bio-therapeutic aspect using cell-free systems and their future prospective for the improvement and sustainability of the cell free systems.
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- Anoth Maharjan
- Bio-Evaluation Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Cheongju 28116, Republic of Korea
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- Bio-Evaluation Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Cheongju 28116, Republic of Korea
- Department of Biosystems and Bioengineering, KRIBB School of Biotechnology, Korea University of Science and Technology (UST), Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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Automated Cell-Free Multiprotein Synthesis Facilitates the Identification of a Secretory, Oligopeptide Elicitor-Like, Immunoreactive Protein of the Oomycete Pythium insidiosum. mSystems 2020; 5:5/3/e00196-20. [PMID: 32398276 PMCID: PMC7219551 DOI: 10.1128/msystems.00196-20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Technical limitations of conventional biotechnological methods (i.e., genetic engineering and protein synthesis) prevent extensive functional studies of the massive amounts of genetic information available today. We employed a cell-free protein synthesis system to rapidly and simultaneously generate multiple proteins from genetic codes of the oomycete Pythium insidiosum, which causes the life-threatening disease called pythiosis, in humans and animals worldwide. We aimed to screen for potential diagnostic and therapeutic protein targets of this pathogen. Eighteen proteins were synthesized. Of the 18 proteins, one was a secreted immunoreactive protein, called I06, that triggered host immunity and was recognized explicitly by all tested sera from pythiosis patients. It is one of the OPEL proteins; these proteins are present only in the unique group of microorganisms called oomycetes. Here, we demonstrated that cell-free protein synthesis was useful for the production of multiple proteins to facilitate functional studies and identify a potential target for diagnosis and treatment of pythiosis. Protein production relies on time-consuming genetic engineering and in vivo expression, which is a bottleneck for functional studies in the postgenomic era. Cell-free protein synthesis (CFPS) overcomes the limitation of in vivo protein biosynthesis by processing in vitro transcription and translation of multiple genes to proteins within hours. We employed an automated CFPS to simultaneously synthesize proteins from 24 genes of the oomycete Pythium insidiosum (which causes the life-threatening disease pythiosis) and screen for a diagnostic and therapeutic target. CFPS successfully synthesized 18 proteins (∼75% success rate). One protein, namely, I06, was explicitly recognized by all pythiosis sera, but not control sera, tested. Py. insidiosum secreted a significant amount of I06. The protein architecture of I06 is compatible with the oligopeptide elicitor (OPEL) of the phylogenetically related plant-pathogenic oomycete Phytophthora parasitica. The OPEL-like I06 protein of Py. insidiosum can stimulate host antibody responses, similar to the P. parasitica OPEL that triggers plant defense mechanisms. OPEL-like I06 homologs are present only in the oomycetes. Py. insidiosum contains two OPEL-like I06 homologs, but only one of the two homologs was expressed during hyphal growth. Twenty-nine homologs derived from 15 oomycetes can be phylogenetically divided into two groups. The OPEL-like genes might occur in the common ancestor, before independently undergoing gene gain and loss during the oomycete speciation. In conclusion, CFPS offers a fast in vitro protein synthesis. CFPS simultaneously generated multiple proteins of Py. insidiosum and facilitated the identification of the secretory OPEL-like I06 protein, a potential target for the development of a control measure against the pathogen. IMPORTANCE Technical limitations of conventional biotechnological methods (i.e., genetic engineering and protein synthesis) prevent extensive functional studies of the massive amounts of genetic information available today. We employed a cell-free protein synthesis system to rapidly and simultaneously generate multiple proteins from genetic codes of the oomycete Pythium insidiosum, which causes the life-threatening disease called pythiosis, in humans and animals worldwide. We aimed to screen for potential diagnostic and therapeutic protein targets of this pathogen. Eighteen proteins were synthesized. Of the 18 proteins, one was a secreted immunoreactive protein, called I06, that triggered host immunity and was recognized explicitly by all tested sera from pythiosis patients. It is one of the OPEL proteins; these proteins are present only in the unique group of microorganisms called oomycetes. Here, we demonstrated that cell-free protein synthesis was useful for the production of multiple proteins to facilitate functional studies and identify a potential target for diagnosis and treatment of pythiosis.
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Gorbatyuk MS, Starr CR, Gorbatyuk OS. Endoplasmic reticulum stress: New insights into the pathogenesis and treatment of retinal degenerative diseases. Prog Retin Eye Res 2020; 79:100860. [PMID: 32272207 DOI: 10.1016/j.preteyeres.2020.100860] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2019] [Revised: 03/08/2020] [Accepted: 03/17/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Physiological equilibrium in the retina depends on coordinated work between rod and cone photoreceptors and can be compromised by the expression of mutant proteins leading to inherited retinal degeneration (IRD). IRD is a diverse group of retinal dystrophies with multifaceted molecular mechanisms that are not fully understood. In this review, we focus on the contribution of chronically activated unfolded protein response (UPR) to inherited retinal pathogenesis, placing special emphasis on studies employing genetically modified animal models. As constitutively active UPR in degenerating retinas may activate pro-apoptotic programs associated with oxidative stress, pro-inflammatory signaling, dysfunctional autophagy, free cytosolic Ca2+ overload, and altered protein synthesis rate in the retina, we focus on the regulatory mechanisms of translational attenuation and approaches to overcoming translational attenuation in degenerating retinas. We also discuss current research on the role of the UPR mediator PERK and its downstream targets in degenerating retinas and highlight the therapeutic benefits of reprogramming PERK signaling in preclinical animal models of IRD. Finally, we describe pharmacological approaches targeting UPR in ocular diseases and consider their potential applications to IRD.
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- Marina S Gorbatyuk
- The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Department of Optometry and Vision Science, School of Optometry, USA.
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- The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Department of Optometry and Vision Science, School of Optometry, USA
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- The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Department of Optometry and Vision Science, School of Optometry, USA
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Bex JHM. EFFECTS OF ABSCISIC ACID ON OXYGEN UPTAKE AND RNA SYNTHESIS IN GERMINATING LETTUCE SEEDS. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2015. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1438-8677.1972.tb00772.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- J. H. M. Bex
- Department of Botany and Microbiology; University College of Wales; Aberystwyth Wales
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Chong S. Overview of cell-free protein synthesis: historic landmarks, commercial systems, and expanding applications. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014; 108:16.30.1-16.30.11. [PMID: 25271714 DOI: 10.1002/0471142727.mb1630s108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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During the early days of molecular biology, cell-free protein synthesis played an essential role in deciphering the genetic code and contributed to our understanding of translation of protein from messenger RNA. Owing to several decades of major and incremental improvements, modern cell-free systems have achieved higher protein synthesis yields at lower production costs. Commercial cell-free systems are now available from a variety of material sources, ranging from "traditional" E. coli, rabbit reticulocyte lysate, and wheat germ extracts, to recent insect and human cell extracts, to defined systems reconstituted from purified recombinant components. Although each cell-free system has certain advantages and disadvantages, the diversity of the cell-free systems allows in vitro synthesis of a wide range of proteins for a variety of downstream applications. In the post-genomic era, cell-free protein synthesis has rapidly become the preferred approach for high-throughput functional and structural studies of proteins and a versatile tool for in vitro protein evolution and synthetic biology. This unit provides a brief history of cell-free protein synthesis and describes key advances in modern cell-free systems, practical differences between widely used commercial cell-free systems, and applications of this important technology.
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Chen D, Sarid S, Katchalski E. Studies on the nature of messenger RNA in germinating wheat embryos. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2010; 60:902-9. [PMID: 16591664 PMCID: PMC225137 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.60.3.902] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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- D Chen
- DEPARTMENT OF BIOPHYSICS, THE WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE, REHOVOTH, ISRAEL
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WEIR EM, RIEZMAN H, GRIENENBERGER JM, BECKER WM, LEAVER CJ. Regulation of Glyoxysomal Enzymes during Germination of Cucumber. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1980.tb06109.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Moreno A, Mendez R, de Haro C. Characterization of cell-free protein-synthesis systems from undeveloped and developing Artemia embryos. Biochem J 1991; 276 ( Pt 3):809-16. [PMID: 2064615 PMCID: PMC1151076 DOI: 10.1042/bj2760809] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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We have developed and characterized translationally active cell-free systems from Artemia embryos at different developmental times. The optimized lysates from 16 h-developed embryos incorporated radiolabelled amino acids into polypeptides for up to 120 min. The polypeptides synthesized ranged in Mr from 150,000 to 10,000, suggesting that the endogenous mRNA was capable of directing the synthesis of complete polypeptides. Similar results were obtained by using lysates from early developmental stages; even the cell-free system prepared from 1 h-developed embryos was partially active in protein synthesis. Furthermore, all these lysates were capable of re-initiation, as demonstrated by inhibition of initiation with the inhibitors edeine and 7-methylguanosine 5'-triphosphate. Because we found no endogenous protein-synthetic activity in the corresponding lysates from undeveloped embryos, we have used cell-free translation systems from 0 h- and 16 h-developed Artemia embryos to analyse the mechanisms limiting protein synthesis at very early developmental stages. Undeveloped-embryo lysates supplemented with nuclease-treated reticulocyte lysate were capable of translating endogenous mRNAs to give products with a wide spectrum of Mr values, but lysates of 16 h-developed embryos supplemented in this way were not further stimulated. The nuclease-treated lysate appeared to be unnecessary 5 h after resumption of development. These results suggested that a component(s) limiting translation in the undeveloped-embryo lysate was provided by the nuclease-treated reticulocyte lysate, and that this component(s) no longer limited protein synthesis after development. In view of these results, partially fractionated reticulocyte lysates were tested for restoration of protein-synthetic activity in the undeveloped embryo lysate. A high-salt ribosomal wash devoid of ribosomal subunits, which is considered a crude polypeptide-initiation-factor preparation, also restored translation activity in the undeveloped embryo lysate and made it capable of directing the synthesis of both endogenous mRNAs and exogenous (globin) mRNA.
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- A Moreno
- Centro de Biología Molecular, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas-Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain
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Peumans WJ, Carlier AR, Caers LI. Botanical aspects of cell-free protein synthesizing systems from cereal embryos. PLANTA 1980; 147:307-311. [PMID: 24311080 DOI: 10.1007/bf00379838] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/1979] [Accepted: 09/17/1979] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Some botanical aspects of cell-free protein synthesizing systems from cereal embryos have been investigated. The composition of the starting material determines both the stability and translation fidelity of the cell-free extracts. The active components of the extracts originate exclusively from the primary axes. Contamination with scutellum fragments does not affect the initial activity but results in a reduced stability. The presence of endosperm particles in the starting material leads to a strong decrease of the overall activity of the extracts and a loss of the capacity to synthesize large polypeptides.
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- W J Peumans
- Laboratorium voor Plantenbiochemie, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Vaartstraat 24, B-3000, Leuven, Belgium
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Čapková-Balatková V, Hrabětová E, Tupý J. Effects of cycloheximide on, pollen of Nicotiana tabacum in Culture. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1980. [DOI: 10.1016/s0015-3796(80)80027-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Peumans WJ, Carlier AR, Caers LI. Sedimentation properties of preformed messenger particles in dry rye embryo extracts. PLANTA 1978; 140:171-176. [PMID: 24414474 DOI: 10.1007/bf00384917] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/1977] [Accepted: 02/13/1978] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Two classes of messenger containing particles can be distinguished in cell-free extracts from dry rye (Secale cereale, L.; var. Celestijner) embryos. A part of the endogenous template activity is associated with large structures, even during in vitro translation. Treatment with detergents results in a partial solubilization of the messenger particles from the large, presumably membranous structures. The sedimentation behavior of the "soluble" mRNP particles (about 75% of the total endogenous template activity) is strongly influenced by the composition of the homogenization medium. At high Mg(2+) or Ca(2+) concentrations, and at low pH, the soluble mRNP particles form aggregates sedimenting at low centrifugal forces. This peculiar behavior is of partical interest with respect to the preparation of cell-free extracts with low endogenous template activity.
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- W J Peumans
- Laboratorium voor Plantenbiochemie, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Vaartstraat 24, B-3000, Leuven, Belgium
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Peumans WJ, Carlier AR. Messenger ribonucleoprotein particles in dry wheat and rye embryos : In vitro translation and size distribution. PLANTA 1977; 136:195-201. [PMID: 24420391 DOI: 10.1007/bf00385985] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/1977] [Accepted: 06/15/1977] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Extracts prepared from dry wheat (Triticum aestivum L.; var. Cama) and rye (Secale cereale L.; var. Celestijner) embryos exhibit relatively high endogenous messenger activities in an in vitro protein synthesizing system: up to 400 pmol leucine are incorporated per 50 μl reaction mixture; the messenger/ribosome ratio is estimated at about 0.03. Sucrose gradient analysis of the incubation mixture during cellfree protein synthesis shows a progressive in vitro polysome formation with the native endogenous mRNPs. The translation of these messengers, although dependent on initiation, follows linear kinetics. The native mRNP particles can be separated on sucrose gradients in 6 distinct size classes with sedimentation values varying from 25 S to 104 S. Their size is strongly reduced after deproteinization so that the naked mRNAs sediment in a range between 8 S and 35 S. The molecular weights of the proteins synthesized under direction of the native RNA particles range from 12,000 to 70,000 as estimated by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis.
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- W J Peumans
- Laboratorium voor Plantenbiochemie, K.U. Leuven, Vaartstraat 24, B-3000, Leuven, Belgium
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Tao KL, Khan AA. Differential effects of actinomycin d and cordycepin in lettuce seed germination and RNA synthesis. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 1976; 58:769-72. [PMID: 16659763 PMCID: PMC542305 DOI: 10.1104/pp.58.6.769] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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Intact lettuce seed germination was inhibited by cordycepin but not by actinomycin D; however, when seeds were clipped at the cotyledonary end, actinomycin D partially inhibited germination. Uptake studies with intact seeds using (3)H-actinomycin D showed that it was unable to reach the embryo prior to radical protrusion. (3)H-Cordycepin uptake studies using intact seeds showed that cordycepin was able to reach the embryo during the first 3 hours of incubation and at subsequent times. The pericarp and endosperm offered resistance to penetration of cordycepin into the embryo. In contrast to actinomycin D, cordycepin markedly inhibited (3)H-uridine incorporation into RNA of intact seeds during the first 10 and 12 hours of incubation. About 60% of (3)H-adenosine incorporation into poly A-RNA was inhibited by cordycepin during 12 hours of incubation, whereas actinomycin D had little effect. RNA synthesis appears to be essential for seed germination.
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- K L Tao
- New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Cornell University, Geneva, New York 14456
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Dykes CW, Kay J, Harwood JL. Incorporation of choline and ethanolamine into phospholipids in germinating soya bean. Biochem J 1976; 158:575-81. [PMID: 988830 PMCID: PMC1164012 DOI: 10.1042/bj1580575] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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1. Incorporation of [Me-14C]choline and [2-14C]ethanolamine into lipids was studied in germinating soya bean (Glycine max L.) seeds. The precursors are only incorporated into phosphatidylcholine and into phosphatidylethanolamine respectively. 2. Base-labelling via a phospholipase-D type of reaction was eliminated as a significant factor. 3. Cyclo heximide inhibited labelling of phosphatidylcholine from [Me-14C]choline but did not affect labelling of the aqueous choline pool. It had no effect on [2-14C]ethanolamine uptake or incorporation into phosphatidylethanolamine. 4. Hemicholinium-15 at 10mM concentrations decreased uptake and lipid labelling from the both bases. 5. There was no evidence for base competition. 6. The endogenous pool of choline was much larger than that of ethanolamine, which resulted in higher specific radioactivities for phosphatidyl-ethanolamine than for phosphatidylcholine. 7. The results can be interpreted as indicating that the kinase and phosphoryltransferase enzymes of the CDP-base pathways are separate for each phospholipid.
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Bray CM, Dasgupta J. Ribonucleic acid synthesis and loss of viability in pea seed. PLANTA 1976; 132:103-108. [PMID: 24424986 DOI: 10.1007/bf00388890] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/1976] [Accepted: 05/20/1976] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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RNA synthesis and protein synthesis in embryonic axis tissue of viable pea (Pisum arvense L. var. N.Z. maple) seed commences during the first hour of germination. Protein synthesis in axis tissue of non-viable pea seed is barely detectable during the first 24 h after the start of imbibition. Nonviable axis tissue incorporates significant levels of [(3)H]uridine into RNA during this period but the level of incorporation does not increase significantly over the first 24 h of imbibition. In axis tissue of non-viable seed during the first hour of imbibition most of the [(3)H]uridine was incorporated into low molecular weight material migrating in advance of the 4S and 5S RNA species in polyacrylamide gels but some radioactivity was incorporated into a discrete species of RNA having a molecular weight of 2.7×10(6). After 24 h, non-viable axis tissue incorporates [(3)H]uridine into ribosomal RNA, the low molecular weight material migrating in advance of the 4S and 5S RNA peak in polyacrylamide gels and a heterogeneous RNA species of molecular weight ranging from 2.2×10(6) to 2.7×10(6). No 4S or 5S RNA synthesis is detectable after 24 h of imbibition in non-viable axis tissue. Axis tissue of viable pea seed synthesises rRNA, 4S and 5S RNA, the low molecular weight material migrating in advance of the 4S and 5S RNA peak in polyacrylamide gels and the rRNA precursor species at both periods of germination studied. Loss of viability in pea seed appears to be accompanied by the appearance of lesions in the processing of rRNA precursor species and a significant loss of RNA synthesising activity.
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- C M Bray
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Manchester, M13 9PL, Manchester, U.K
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Gordon ME, Payne PI. In vitro translation of the long-lived messenger ribonucleic acid of dry seeds. PLANTA 1976; 130:269-273. [PMID: 24424639 DOI: 10.1007/bf00387832] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/1976] [Accepted: 02/16/1976] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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The total RNA extracted from rye embryos (Secale cereale) and seed of the broad bean (Vicia faba), pea (Pisum sativum) and oil-seed rape (Brassica napus) exhibits low levels of template activity when incubated in a wheat-germ cell-free protein-synthesising system. The RNA from pea, rapeseed and rye embryos was fractionated by chromatography on oligo dT-cellulose columns. Most of the template-active RNA bound to the column at high ionic strength, indicating that it is polyadenylated. The remainder would not bind, even when passed through the column several times. The proteins synthesised in vitro from the template-active RNA migrated as numerous bands in polyacrylamide gels and ranged in molecular weight from 10,000 to 70,000. The banding patterns obtained were quite different for the three species of seed tested. It is concluded that dry seeds contain a store of intact, long-lived mRNA.
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- M E Gordon
- Agricultural Research Council Unit of Developmental Botany, 181A Huntingdon Road, CB3 ODY, Cambridge, UK
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mRNA methylation and protein synthesis in extracts from embryos of brine shrimp, Artemia salina. J Biol Chem 1975. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(19)40648-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Sen S, Payne PI, Osborne DJ. Early ribonucleic acid synthesis during the germination of rye (Secale cereale) embryos and the relationship to early protein synthesis. Biochem J 1975; 148:381-7. [PMID: 1200984 PMCID: PMC1165555 DOI: 10.1042/bj1480381] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Incorporation studies with radioactive precursors showed that synthesis of protein and RNA is initiated in germinating embryos of rye within the first hour of imbibition of water. By polyacrylamide-gel fractionations of radioactive nucleic acid components, the appearance of products of transcription of the genome was shown to follow the sequence: heterogeneous (ribonuclease-sensitive) RNA, 4S and 5S RNA by 20min, 31S and 25S rRNA by 40min, and 18S RNA by 60min. "Fingerprint' analysis of T1-ribonuclease digests show that all the large oligonucleotides present in 25S and 18S RNA are present in the 31S species, indicating that 31S RNA is the precursor rRNA molecule to both 25S and 18S RNA. The importance of these early RNA syntheses and in particular the possible template function of the heterogeneous RNA is discussed in relation to the concept of long-lived mRNA and the coding for protein synthesis in the first hours of germination.
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Marcus A, Spiegel S, Brooker JD. Preformed mRNA and the programming of early embryo development. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 1975; 62:1-19. [PMID: 1081815 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4684-3255-8_1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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A significant feature of the early development of fertilized echinoderm and amphibian eggs and germinating seed embryos is the utilization of genetic information that has been previously transcribed during oogenesis and seed ripening. When RNA synthesis is suppressed in the early developing embryos by actinomycin D, cordycepin, or alpha-amanitin, there is no effect on the translation of the "preformed mRNA", only a limited number have been thus far identified; microtubule and histone proteins in the fertilized sea urchin egg and carboxypeptidase and isocritric lyase in germinating cottonseed. Data obtained on the protein synthetic pattern at different times after the onset of development suggest that preformed mRNAs are made available to the translational system in a gradual process, thereby providing a molecular basis for the regulation of development. The possibility is considered that polyadenylation of mRNA, a reaction known to occur early after sea urchin fertilization, is responsible for regulating the release of preformed mRNA. It is shown that this reaction (polyadenylation) can be completely suppressed with little effect on the function of preformed mRNA. Finally, it is suggested, at least for the seed embryo system, that the formation of ATP may be a prerequisite for the activation of protein synthesis.
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Obendorf RL, Marcus A. Rapid Increase in Adenosine 5'-Triphosphate during Early Wheat Embryo Germination. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 1974; 53:779-81. [PMID: 16658790 PMCID: PMC541446 DOI: 10.1104/pp.53.5.779] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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The ATP content of isolated wheat (Triticum aestivum L. var. Polk) embryos increases 5-fold during the first 30 minutes and 10-fold during the first hour of germination to 80% of maximum. The ATP level remains at approximately 800 nanomoles per gram of tissue during the next 15 hours. ADP, AMP, and total adenosine phosphates decrease between 1 and 6.5 hours, while adenylate energy charge increases from 0.6 to 0.8 and remains constant. The rapid increase in ATP during imbibition is consistent with the energy requirement for polyribosome formation and protein synthesis during the first hours of germination. A method for determining nanomole quantities of ATP in tissue extracts by isotopic dilution of gamma-(32)P-ATP in the hexokinase reaction is outlined.
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- R L Obendorf
- The Institute for Cancer Research, Fox Chase Center for Cancer and Medical Sciences, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19111
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Malhotra SS, Spencer M. Structural Development during Germination of Different Populations of Mitochondria from Pea Cotyledons. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 1973; 52:575-9. [PMID: 16658608 PMCID: PMC366549 DOI: 10.1104/pp.52.6.575] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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The crude mitochondrial fraction from pea cotyledons can, from days 1 to 7 of germination, be separated into three fractions by sucrose density gradient centrifugation. When seeds were grown in water (control) or cycloheximide (120 micrograms per milliliter of medium) for 4 days, the originally different populations of mitochondria acquired a uniform density and separated together in band 1 (density, 1.205 grams per milliliter). The oxidative and phosphorylative activities of mitochondria obtained from 4-day-old control and 4-day-old cycloheximide-treated pea seeds were the same. However, mitochondria from pea seeds that were grown in d-threo-chloramphenicol (1.5 milligrams per milliliter of medium) or erythromycin (0.5 milligram per milliliter of medium) for 4 days separate into three bands (fully developed mitochondria in the top band [band 1] and partially developed mitochondria in the lower two bands [bands 2 and 3]). Separation patterns and oxidative and phosphorylative activities were the same for mitochondria separated from 4-day-old cotyledons treated with d-threo-chloramphenicol or erythromycin and from 1-day-old cotyledons grown in water. This indicated that these inhibitors prevented the partially developed mitochondria originally in bands 2 and 3 from developing further. In contrast, cycloheximide did not seem to interfere with the mitochondrial structural development. These results along with those obtained from the experiments on the effects of d-threo-chloramphenicol, erthromycin, and cycloheximide on (14)C-leucine incorporation into mitochondrial membrane proteins suggest that the increase in mitochondrial activity during germination may be a result of structural development (membrane synthesis) in pre-existing mitochondria.
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- S S Malhotra
- Plant Biochemistry, South Laboratory, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Malhotra SS, Solomos T, Spencer M. Effects of cycloheximide, D-threo-chloramphenicol, erythromycin and actinomycin D on De-novo synthesis of cytoplasmic and mitochondrial proteins in the cotyledons of germinating pea seeds. PLANTA 1973; 114:169-184. [PMID: 24458721 DOI: 10.1007/bf00387474] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/1973] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Inhibitors of, and radioactive substrates for, protein synthesis were introduced into germinating pea (Pisum sativum L.) seeds, and protein synthesis was allowed to proceed in vivo. Subsequent analyses of subcellular fractions showed the following: Cycloheximide strongly inhibited the incorporation of [(14)C]leucine into both mitochondrial and cytoplasmic proteins. D-Threo-chloramphenicol and erythromycin did not affect cytoplasmic protein synthesis, but partially inhibited mitochondrial protein synthesis. These results suggest that most of the new mitochondrial proteins were originally synthesized in the cytoplasm. Actinomycin D did not appreciably affect the initial incorporation of [(14)C]leucine into either mitochondrial or cytoplasmic proteins, suggesting that information (mRNA) concerning the initially synthesized proteins may be present in the quiescent seeds. The lack of appreciable incorporation of [(3)H]thymidine into mitochondrial DNA supported our previons report that mitochondria may not be synthesized de novo in pea cotyledons.
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- S S Malhotra
- Plant Biochemistry, South Laboratory, University of Alberta, T6G 2E1, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Favelukes G, Sorgentini D, Bard E, Martone de Borrajo C. Intermediate stages in the ribosomal cycle of reticulocytes. BASIC LIFE SCIENCES 1973; 1:393-409. [PMID: 4589687 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4684-0877-5_31] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Frankland B, Jarvis BC, Cherry JH. RNA synthesis and the germination of light-sensitive lettuce seeds. PLANTA 1971; 97:39-49. [PMID: 24493168 DOI: 10.1007/bf00388404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/1970] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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The germination of lettuce seeds is inhibited by the nucleotide base analogue 6-methylpurine. RNA synthesis has been measured during imbibition and germination as (32)P-phosphate incorporation into RNA species as fractionated by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Seeds were surface sterilized and imbibed in the presence of various antibiotics. RNA preparations from lettuce seeds were coelectrophoresed with (3)H-RNA prepared from bacteria to check for bacterial contamination of the seeds. There is a much higher rate of RNA synthesis in illuminated, germinating seeds as compared to dark, non-germinating seeds. This difference does not develop until after 12 hours of imbibition at 27°, which is the time of onset of germination and radicle growth.
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- B Frankland
- Horticulture Department, Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana, USA
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App AA, Bulis MG, McCarthy WJ. Dissociation of ribosomes and seed germination. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 1971; 47:81-6. [PMID: 16657584 PMCID: PMC365816 DOI: 10.1104/pp.47.1.81] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Ribosomes from rice embryos (Oryza sativa) were dissociated into ribosomal subunits in vitro by systematic reduction of the Mg(2+) concentration. Ribosomes from imbibed (28 C) embryos were more easily dissociated than those from nonimbibed embryos. This was not observed with ribosomes from either imbibed, nonviable embryos, or from embryos imbibed at 0 C. Ribosomes from embryos which had been imbided and subsequently dehydrated resembled ribosomes from nonimbibed embryos in their resistance to dissociation. The change in the resistance to dissociation was essentially complete after the first 20 minutes of imbibition at 28 C, and accompanied activation in vivo of protein synthesis as determined by amino acid incorporation in vitro. Ribosomes from either imbibed or nonimbibed embryos could be dissociated into subunits by 0.5 m KCl. These subunits were separated by density gradient centrifugation, and, if recombined, were active for polyphenylalanine synthesis in vitro. The individual subunits prepared from nonimbibed embryos could be replaced by the corresponding subunit fraction from imbibed embryos without loss of capacity to support polyphenylalanine synthesis. The change in the ease of dissociation of ribosomes appears to be a physiological process, and its possible relationship to the initiation of protein synthesis during seed germination is discussed.
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- A A App
- Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, Yonkers, New York 10701
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The Mechanism by which Cycloheximide and Related Glutarimide Antibiotics Inhibit Peptide Synthesis on Reticulocyte Ribosomes. J Biol Chem 1971. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)62546-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 355] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Ellis RJ, Macdonald IR. Specificity of cycloheximide in higher plant systems. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 1970; 46:227-32. [PMID: 16657440 PMCID: PMC396568 DOI: 10.1104/pp.46.2.227] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Although cycloheximide is extremely inhibitory to protein synthesis in vivo in higher plants, the reported insensitivity of some plant ribosomes suggests that it may not invariably act at the ribosomal level. This suggestion is reinforced by results obtained with red beet storage tissue disks, the respiration of which is stimulated by cycloheximide at 1 microgram per milliliter. Inorganic ion uptake by these disks is inhibited by cycloheximide at 1 microgram per milliliter while the uptake of organic compounds, by comparison, is unaffected. Ion uptake by all nongreen tissues tested is inhibited by cycloheximide, but leaf tissue is unaffected, indicating that the ion absorption mechanism in the leaf may differ fundamentally from that in the root. It is concluded that cycloheximide can affect cellular metabolism other than by inhibiting protein synthesis and that the inhibition of ion uptake may be due to disruption of the energy supply.
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- R J Ellis
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Aberdeen, and Department of Plant Physiology, The Macaulay Institute for Soil Research, Aberdeen, Scotland
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Marcus A. Tobacco Mosaic Virus Ribonucleic Acid-dependent Amino Acid Incorporation in a Wheat Embryo System in Vitro. J Biol Chem 1970. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)63274-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Hadziyev D, Zalik S. Amino acid incorporation by ribosomes and polyribosomes from wheat chloroplasts. Biochem J 1970; 116:111-24. [PMID: 5411422 PMCID: PMC1185330 DOI: 10.1042/bj1160111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Sucrose-gradient and analytical ultracentrifugation showed that chloroplast polyribosomes from 4-day-old seedlings had mono-, di-, tri-, tetra- and traces of penta-ribosomes, in contrast with those from 7-day-old seedlings in which only the mono-, di- and traces of tri-ribosomes were present. Without Mg(2+) the polyribosomes dissociated into ribosomal subunits. The rate of l-[U-(14)C]phenylalanine incorporation was threefold greater for preparations from 4- than from 7-day-old seedlings. Incorporation by the latter was stimulated by polyuridylic acid. The rates of incorporation were similar whether the reaction mixture contained chloroplast or wheat-germ transfer RNA and amino acid synthetases purified on methylated albumin-on-kieselguhr and Sephadex G-75 columns respectively. The cofactor requirement was the same as for isolated intact chloroplasts. Osmotic rupture of chloroplasts with and without Triton X-100 revealed the presence of free and bound ribosomes. Free single ribosomes isolated by osmotic shrinkage or prepared by pancreatic ribonuclease digestion of chloroplast polyribosomes had negligible incorporation activity. This activity was increased by washing or by polyuridylic acid, but was still only a fraction of that given by polyribosomes. A comparison of incorporation activity of chloroplast polyribosomes with those from the surrounding cytoplasm showed the former to be 20 times more active.
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1. Both the acid-soluble fraction and the nucleic acid fraction of wheat embryos were extensively labelled after incubation for 6hr. in the presence of [8-(14)C]adenine. Subsequent incubation in the absence of labelled adenine resulted in no loss of radioactivity to the medium during a 48hr. period. Radioautography indicated that during this period there was a continuous increase in the radioactivity present in the acid-insoluble fractions of the root and leaf tissues relative to that present in the coleorhiza and coleoptile. 2. During incubation at 25 degrees there was a 26-fold increase in the activity of 3'-nucleotidase between 4hr. and 24hr.; the activities of enzymes hydrolysing AMP and IMP increased to a smaller extent. The activities of adenine phosphoribosyltransferase and hypoxanthine phosphoribosyltransferase increased three- to five-fold during incubation at 25 degrees for 24hr. 3. Adenosine kinase, inosine phosphorylase and 5-phosphoribosyl pyrophosphate synthetase activities were high in extracts from dry embryos and did not increase during 48hr. at 25 degrees . 4. The increase in 3'-nucleotidase activity was prevented by cycloheximide, cryptopleurine or incubation at 4 degrees , but not by actinomycin D; these treatments did not depress the activity of the other enzymes measured. 5. The results are discussed in relation to RNA translocation within the wheat embryo during germination.
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Marcus A, Luginbill B, Feeley J. Polysome formation with tobacco mosaic virus RNA. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1968; 59:1243-50. [PMID: 5240027 PMCID: PMC224858 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.59.4.1243] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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Zucker M. Sequential Induction of Phenylalanine Ammonia-lyase and a Lyase-inactivating System in Potato Tuber Disks. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 1968; 43:365-74. [PMID: 16656772 PMCID: PMC1086847 DOI: 10.1104/pp.43.3.365] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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The light induced synthesis of phenylalanine ammonia-lyase in disks cut from potato tubers is very sensitive to cycloheximide. Synthesis is inhibited 50% in disks cultured on 5 mum cycloheximide instead of water and almost completely in disks aged in the presence of 10 mum inhibitor. Inhibition is irreversible. Fresh disks exposed only 1 hour to 10 mum cycloheximide do not synthesize enzyme during the subsequent 24 hours.Normally a maximal enzyme activity develops in disks about 24 hours after being cut from the tuber. Thereafter enzyme activity declines. The disappearance of enzyme is not affected by concentrations of cycloheximide sufficient to inhibit the synthesis of enzyme initially. No disappearance of enzyme is noted during the initial phase of induction if enzyme synthesis is inhibited by cycloheximide. However, enzyme does disappear from the tissue if more than half the maximal enzyme content is allowed to form before synthesis is inhibited. If cycloheximide at a concentration 10-fold that needed to inhibit synthesis completely is added to disks after they have attained a maximal enzyme level, then subsequent loss of enzyme activity from the tissue is prevented. The initial stability of the enzyme in the absence of further synthesis and the inhibition of enzyme disappearance by high concentrations of cycloheximide suggest A) that early phases of induction involve synthesis of enzyme protein in the absence of turnover, B) that a system capable of degrading or inactivating the lyase subsequently forms in the tissue, and C) that the formation of the degrading or inactivating system requires protein synthesis.The effect of cycloheximide on uptake and incorporation of l-isoleucine-U-(14)C into soluble and insoluble proteins of tuber disks was also examined. During induction the rate of uptake increased 3 to 4-fold, and the rate of incorporation into protein, corrected for change in uptake, increased 25-fold. Cycloheximide inhibited incorporation of isoleucine-(14)C into proteins of fresh disks more than 80%. It did not prevent activation of general protein synthesis during induction and inhibited incorporation in induced disks only 20%. At all times incorporation of amino acid into the soluble, lyase-rich, protein fraction was more sensitive to cycloheximide than the insoluble fraction.
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- M Zucker
- Department of Plant Pathology and Botany, The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, New Haven, Connecticut 06504
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Ellis RJ, Macdonald IR. Activation of protein synthesis by microsomes from aging beet disks. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 1967; 42:1297-302. [PMID: 16656652 PMCID: PMC1086717 DOI: 10.1104/pp.42.9.1297] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Microsomal fractions isolated from sterile, aged disks of red beetroot incorporate leucine into protein when supplemented with the supernatant fraction, ATP, GTP, and KCl; the incorporation is sensitive to RNase and is not due to bacteria. The microsomal activity is inhibited by puromycin and cycloheximide but is virtually insensitive to both d-threo and l-threo-chloramphenicol, as predicted from physiological studies.Microsomes isolated from fresh disks have much lower incorporating ability than those from disks aged for 1 or 2 days; maximal activity occurs when the rate of protein synthesis by the intact disks is highest. The low activity of fractions from fresh disks is attributable to a deficiency in the microsomal fraction and not to the supernatant fraction; it is not due to a dissociable inhibitor. The RNA content of the microsomal fraction increases with aging and so the increase in incorporating ability may be due to a synthesis of messenger RNA induced by slicing, rather than to an activation of pre-existing messenger. These results support the view that the aging phenomenon involves a derepression of gene activity.
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- R J Ellis
- Department of Botany, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland
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