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By placing leaf segments first in CO2 in the dark, then in pure nitrogen either in the dark and afterwards in the light or immediately in the light, the existence of internal CO2 pools which can be used for photosynthesis had been demonstrated. In Zea mays L. there are two such pools: one which in
Two Gram-stain-positive bacterial strains, designated as 5L6T and 6L6, isolated from seeds of hybrid maize (Zea mays L., Jingke 968) were investigated using a polyphasic taxonomic approach. The cells were aerobic, motile, endospore-forming and rod-shaped. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene
In a previous study (Melzer and O'Leary, 1987, Plant Physiol. 84, 58-60), we used isotopic methods to show that a substantial fraction of protein-bound aspartic acid in tobacco is derived from anaplerotic synthesis via phosphoenolpyruvate (PEP) carboxylase. Similar studies in soybean (Glycine max
In excised pro(1-1) mutant and corresponding normal type roots of Zea mays L. the uptake and interconversion of [(14)C]proline, [(14)C]glutamic acid, [(14)C]glutamine, and [(14)C]ornithine and their utilization for protein synthesis was measured with the intention of finding an explanation for the
The free amino acid content of the pollen grains and the style from three single cross hybrids (Wf9 x H55, Ky49 x Ky27, K64 x K55) and two inbred lines (Oh43, H55) was determined. No tyrosine was detected in the pollen grains of any genotype. Significant differences between pollen genotypes were
Proline was the most abundant amino acid with a mean value of 186.28 μ moles/mg dry pollen. The other amino acids tested were below 33 μ moles/mg dry pollen. The mutant wx significantly increased aspartic acid, valine, histidine and an unknown but significantly decreased α aminobutyric acid. The
Pollen grains containing either the Wx, wx, Su 1, su 1, Sh 2 or sh 2 alleles were stored at 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 days at 2 °C. After each storage period, a portion of pollen from each genotype was analyzed for free amino acid content. Over all genotypes, storage significantly altered the content of
Plant glycine-rich RNA-binding proteins (GRRBPs) contain a glycine-rich region at the C-terminus whose structure is quite unknown. The C-terminal glycine-rich part is interposed with arginine and tyrosine (arginine/glycine/tyrosine (RGY)-rich domain). Comparative sequence analysis of forty-one
In maize (Zea mays L.) two leaf-specific ferredoxin (Fd) isoproteins, Fd I and Fd II, are distributed differentially in mesophyll and bundle-sheath cells. A novel cDNA encoding the precursor of Fd II (pFD2) was isolated by heterologous hybridization using a cDNA for Fd I (pFD1) as a probe. The
The free amino acids have been shown by isolational work and choice bioassays to be more important than all other factors evaluated in defining leaf-feeding resistance of corn (Zea mays L.) to fall armyworm (FAW) [(Spodoptera frugiperda J.E. Smith)] larvae. 6-MBOA (6-methoxybenzoxazolinone) and
Homoserine dehydrogenase is associated with the multibranched pathway of amino acid biosynthesis originating with aspartic acid. Like most of the related pathway enzymes, this enzyme is localized in chloroplasts. The activity and regulatory properties of the threonine-sensitive isozyme of homoserine
The extensive charge heterogeneity of maize (Zea mays L.) zeins observed in isoelectric focusing (IEF) (about 15 bands with pI's in the pH range 6-9) has been found to be independent of extraction procedures or of endosperm development. Zeins do not stain for glycoproteins and exhibit only one
Dihydrodipicolinic acid reductase, an enzyme which catalyzes the pyridine nucleotide-linked reduction of dihydrodipicolinic acid to tetrahydrodipicolinic acid in the biosynthetic pathway leading to l-lysine, has been partially purified from maize (Zea mays cv Pioneer 3145) kernels. The crude maize
The auxin-binding protein ABP1 has been postulated to mediate auxin-induced cellular changes associated with cell expansion. This protein contains the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) retention signal, the tetrapeptide lysine-aspartic acid-glutamic acid-leucine (KDEL), at its carboxy terminus, consistent
Studies on uptake and assimilation of nitrate in plants are confounded by differences in cell function associated with anatomical features of roots as well as by problems inherent with growing plants without nitrate. To circumvent these problems, a Zea mays L. embryo cell line was grown in