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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-6-29
pubmed:abstractText
The distribution of the glucosides of trans- and cis-2-hydroxy cinnamic acid and of the beta-glucosidase which hydrolyzes the latter glucoside was examined in preparations of epidermal and mesophyll tissue obtained from leaves of sweet clover (Melilotus alba Desr.). The concentrations of glucosides in the two tissues were about equal when compared on the basis of fresh or dry weight. Inasmuch as the epidermal layers account for no more than 10% of the leaf volume, the mesophyll tissue contains 90% or more of the glucosides. Vacuoles isolated from mesophyll protoplasts contained all of the glucosides present initially in the protoplasts.The specific activities of the beta-glucosidase in the two tissues were also similar; thus, most of the enzyme is contained in mesophyll tissue. However, the amount of enzyme in mesophyll protoplast extracts amounts to only 1 to 2% of the activity present in leaf homogenates when chlorophyll was the basis for comparison. (This small amount of coumarin-beta-glucosidase present in protoplasts is not associated with chlorophyll-containing fractions.) In contrast, 90% of the uridine diphosphate glucose-o-coumaric acid glucosyl transferase activity present in leaf homogenate was recoverable in protoplasts prepared from intact leaves. Such results indicate that most of the coumarin-beta-glucosidase in M. alba leaves is located in the extracytoplasmic space. Only a small fraction (7%) of this extra cytoplasmic beta-glucosidase was associated with individual cells or cell clusters isolated from clover leaves.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:status
PubMed-not-MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0032-0889
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
68
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1359-63
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-9-15
pubmed:year
1981
pubmed:articleTitle
Subcellular Localization of 2-(beta-d-Glucosyloxy)-Cinnamic Acids and the Related beta-glucosidase in Leaves of Melilotus alba Desr.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, Davis, California 95616.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article