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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-1-10
pubmed:abstractText
Starting with a protocol originally developed for the purification of intact plastids from cauliflower buds [Journet and Douce (1985) Plant Physiol. 79, 458-467] we have modified this method to obtain intact heterotrophic plastids from etiolated barley leaves (Hordeum vulgare) and pea (Pisum sativum) and maize (Zea mays) endosperm. Two subsequent centrifugation steps on Percoll gradients were performed, the first as an isopycnic, the second as zonal, centrifugation step in a swing-out rotor. Percoll density and centrifugation time were adjusted for the various tissues. The obtained plastid preparations are characterized by a low degree of contamination with other cellular components and an intactness of at least 90%. In isolated maize endosperm amyloplasts, starch synthesis is driven by exogenously applied hexose phosphates (glucose 6-phosphate and glucose 1-phosphate) rather than by dihydroxyacetone phosphate. The hexose-phosphate-dependent starch synthesis is strictly dependent upon the intactness of the plastids and is increased up to 9-fold when ATP and 3-phosphoglyceric acid are added to the incubation medium. The occurrence of fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase and malate dehydrogenases in some plastid types is discussed in relation to their possible role in starch synthesis.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0264-6021
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
296 ( Pt 2)
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
395-401
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-9-13
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
Purification of highly intact plastids from various heterotrophic plant tissues: analysis of enzymic equipment and precursor dependency for starch biosynthesis.
pubmed:affiliation
Fachbereich Biologie/Chemie, Universität Osnabrück, Federal Republic of Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't