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Auxin-binding Sites of Maize Coleoptiles Are Localized on Membranes of the Endoplasmic Reticulum ¹

^a Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305

Sites in maize (Zea mays L.) coleoptile homogenates that reversibly bind naphthalene-1-acetic acid with high affinity and may represent receptor sites for auxins are located primarily on cellular membranes that show the enzymic and buoyant density characteristics of membranes of the rough endoplasmic reticulum. The sites remain attached to the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) membranes after the ribosomes have been stripped off them. Binding sites for naphthylphthalamic acid, an inhibitor of auxin transport, are located on membranes different from those that carry the naphthalene-1-acetic-acid (NAA)-binding sites, and which are probably plasma membrane. The two kinds of binding sites can be largely separated by appropriate density gradient centrifugation. The results raise the possibility that primary auxin action occurs at ER membranes and could represent facilitation of the transfer of hydrogen ions and nascent secretory protein into the ER lumen followed by secretory transport of these products to the cell exterior via the Golgi system.

¹ This work was supported by grants to R. Hertel from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (SFB 46) and to P. M. R. from the National Science Foundation.

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