Azetidine-2-carboxylic Acid and Lily Pollen Tube Elongation |
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Authors: | DASHEK W V; MILLS R R |
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Institution: | 1Department of Biology, West Virginia University Morgantown, West Virginia 26506, U.S.A.
2Department of Biology, Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, Virginia 23284, U.S.A. |
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Abstract: | Azetidine-2-carboxylic acid (AZC), which occurs naturally inLiliaceous plants, is reported to be a proline (pro) analoguePlant cell walls contain extensin, which is richin hydroxyproline (hyp). Peptidyl hyp arises through hydroxylationof peptidyl pro followed by glycosylation (arabinose attachment)of hyp Because AZC replaces peptidyl prolyl residues, it maybe a useful tool for evaluating the significance of hyp-o-arabinoselinkages in cell elongation. Therefore, we determined the effectof AZC on 14C]pro uptake, incorporation and conversion to wall-bound14C]hyp in relation to elongation of lily pollen tubes whosewalls consist, in part, of hyp-containing glycopeptides TheAZC suppressed pollen germination 942 per cent (110mM) and subsequent tube elongation 4054 per cent (0·11mM without affecting respiration In contrast, similar hyp concentrationswere without effect on tube elongation Whereas uptake of 14C]prowas 16·56·2 per cent of the control at0·11 mM AZC, 14C]leucine uptake was 8525per cent of the control. Light microscope radioautography revealedfewer silver grains over tubes elongated in 0·11mM AZC than in its absence. Incorporation of 14C]pro into tnchloroaceticacid (TCA)-precipitable cytoplasm was reduced by only 10 percent at 0·011 mM but 43 per cent at 10 mM AZCGel filtration of cytoplasm from pollen germinated without AZCbut with 14C]pro resulted in labelled void volume (V) and threeretarded peaks (RIIII) Incorporation into V and RI wasinhibited at both 0·01 and 1 mM AZC These AZC concentrationsreduced conversion of 14C]pro to wall-bound hyp by 20 percent However, total incorporation of 14C]pro into salt-water-purifiedwall fractions was suppressed 4753 per cent (0·11mM AZC). Lilium longiflorum, lily, hydroxyproline, proline, azetidine-2-carboxylic acid, pollen, pollen tube elongation |
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