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Changes in Phospholipid Composition of a Winter Wheat Cultivar during Germination at 2 C and 24 C ^1,2

M. Kates^b

^a Research Branch, Canada Department of Agriculture, Ottawa, Canada K1A 0C6, Department of Biochemistry, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada K1N 6N5

Evaluation of various solvent systems for lipid extraction of wheat Triticum aestivum L. cv. Rideau seeds showed that boiling 2-propanol followed by the Bligh-Dyer procedure was the most efficient method, with respect to lipid yield and ability to inactivate lipolytic enzymes. Ten phospholipids were identified in dry seeds; the major components being phosphatidylcholine, lysophosphatidylcholine, N-acyl lysophosphatidyl-ethanolamine, N-acylphosphatidylethanolamine, and phosphatidylethanolamine. After growth for 1 week (2 C) or 31 hours (24 C), the proportions of phosphatidylethanolamine + lysophosphatidic acid and phosphatidic acid increased, lysophosphatidylcholine decreased, and the remaining phospholipids showed little change. At 5 weeks (2 C) or 72 hours (24 C), the seedlings showed 5-fold increases in the proportion of phosphatidic acid largely at the expense of phosphatidylcholine, small decreases in N-acyl lysophosphatidylethanolamine and N-acylphosphatidylethanolamine, and significant increases in lysophosphatidylcholine. The changes in phosphatidic acid and phosphatidylcholine are interpreted as being partially due to increasing phospholipase D activity during germination. In general, the phospholipid composition was similar in morphologically equivalent seedlings grown at 2 C or 24 C. The increased membrane content in seedlings grown at 2 C does not reflect any preferential synthesis of individual phospholipids.

² Supported in part by Grant A-5324 (M.K.) from National Research Council, Canada.

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