Relationship between Photosynthesis and Protein Synthesis in Maize: I. Kinetics of Translocation of the Photoassimilated Carbon from the Ear Leaf to the Seed.

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  • F Moutot
  • J C Huet
  • J F Morot-Gaudry
  • J C Pernollet
چکیده

To gain a better understanding of the biochemical basis for partitioning of photosynthetically fixed carbon between leaf and grain, a (14)CO(2) labeling study was conducted with field-grown maize plants 4 weeks after flowering. The carbon flow was monitored by separation and identification of (14)C assimilates and (14)C storage components within each tissue during the chase period (from 4 to 96 hours) following a 5 minute (14)CO(2) pulse. In the labeled ear leaf, the radioactivity strongly decreased to reach, at the end of the experiment, about 12% of the total incorporated radioactivity, mostly associated with sucrose and proteins. Nevertheless, an unexpected reincorporation of radioactivity was observed either in leaf starch or proteins, the day following the pulse. Conversely, the radioactivity in the grain increased to attain 66% of the total incorporated (14)C after a 96 hour chase. The photosynthates, mostly sucrose, organic and free amino acids, rapidly translocated towards the developing seeds, served as precursors for the synthesis of seed storage compounds, starch, and proteins. They accumulate in free form for 24 hours before being incorporated within polymerized storage components. This delay is interpreted as a necessary prerequisite for interconversions prior to the polycondensations. In the grain, the labeling of the storage molecules, either in starch or in storage protein groups (salt-soluble proteins, zein, and glutelin subgroups), was independent of their chemical nature but dependent on their pool size.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Plant physiology

دوره 80 1  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1986