Membrane turnover in imbibed dormant embryos of the wild oat (Avena fatua L.)
- 1 January 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Planta
- Vol. 139 (3) , 219-226
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00388633
Abstract
Germinating non-dormant (ND) embryos of wild oat incorporate [3H]glycerol into phospholipid, and a 250% increase in total extractable phospholipid occurs within 72 h. During germination, leveles of phosphatidyl inositol showed the greatest change, increasing approximately 5-fold. Imbibed dormant (D) embryos of the wild oat also incorporate [3H]gycerol into phospholipids, but there is no net synthesis. A continuous turnover of membrane phospholipids could be demonstrated in pulse chase experiments, and although the proportions of most phospholipids does not change, there was a decrease of 50% in phosphatidyl serine. The half-life of [3H]glycerol in the extracted phospholipids of D and ND embryos varies between 35 and 57 h, and in membrane fractions separated on sucrose density gradients the half-lives vary between 26 and 56 h. D embryos induced to germinate with GA and ND embryos in which germination is repressed by ABA show similar phospholipid changes to ND and D embryos respectively, with the exception that the proportion of phosphatidyl serine remained unchanged in the ND-ABA embryos. It is concluded that the continual turnover of membranes of imbibed dormant embryos is consistent with the maintenance of cellular integrity determining the longevity of the seed under natural conditions.Keywords
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