RNA Metabolism and Membrane-Bound Polysomes in Relation to Globulin Biosynthesis in Cotyledons of Developing Field Beans (Vicia fabaL.)
- 1 May 1979
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in European Journal of Biochemistry
- Vol. 96 (2), 321-329
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1432-1033.1979.tb13043.x
Abstract
In cotyledon cells of developing field beans the RNA content per cell does not change in the second half of developmental period 2, whereas globulin biosynthesis continues. The constant RNA content per cell results from an equilibrium between RNA synthesis and degradation. All types of RNA are synthesized until the end of globulin biosynthesis, but poly(A)-containing RNA was preferentially labelled during maximum globulin formation. During stage 2 of seed development of poly(A)-containing RNA fraction represents a discrete peak in the 12--18-S region on agarose gels and corresponds to the peak of poly(A)-containing RNA isolated from polysomes. alpha-Amanitin inhibits selectively the labelling of poly(A)-containing RNA and concomitantly globulin formation. Translation of total poly(A)-containing RNA, free and membrane-bound polysomes in a cell-free wheat germs demonstrates that the globulins are preferentially produced on membrane-bound polysomes and that poly(A)-containing RNA includes the mRNA for both vicilin and legumin.Keywords
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