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Influence of the Axis on the Enzymes of Protein and Amide Metabolism in the Cotyledons of Mung Bean Seedlings ¹

Department of Biology, C-016, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093

The growth of the mung bean (Vigna radiata) seedling is accompanied by the biosynthesis and accumulation of the endopeptidase vicilin peptidohydrolase and the catabolism of the reserve proteins in the cotyledons. If the axis is removed from the dry seeds and the cotyledons incubated on moist sand the accumulation of vicilin peptidohydrolase is reduced by 77% and the catabolism of reserve proteins slowed to 25% of the rate in intact seedlings. The cotyledons and the cotyledon exudate are rich in asparagine and this amino acid accounts for more than half of the reduced nitrogen exported from the cotyledons. Glutamine synthetase and asparagine synthetase, two key enzymes in the pathway of asparagine synthesis, are under temporal control in the cotyledons. Their activities increase 3.5- and 10-fold, respectively, then decline again. These increases in enzyme activity occur to the same extent in excised cotyledons and are prevented when the cotyledons are incubated in 5 micromolar cycloheximide. The results indicate that the axis may control certain key metabolic events in the cotyledons, such as the synthesis of vicilin peptidohydrolase, while many other anabolic activities may not depend on a growing axis.

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