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Plant Physiology 66:466-470 (1980)
© 1980 American Society of Plant Biologists

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Effect of Temperature on the Synthesis and Secretion of {alpha}-Amylase in Barley Aleurone Layers 1

Ahmed Fadeel2, Benjamin A. Moll and Russell L. Jones

Department of Botany, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720

The effect of temperature on {alpha}-amylase synthesis and secretion from barley (c.v. Himalaya) half-seeds and aleurone layers is reported. Barley half-seeds incubated at 15 C in gibberellic acid (GA) concentrations of 0.5 and 5 micromolar for 16 hours do not release {alpha}-amylase. Similarly, isolated aleurone layers of barley do not release {alpha}-amylase when incubated for 2 or 4 hours at temperatures of 15 C or below following 12 hours incubation at 25 C at GA concentrations from 50 nanomolar to 50 micromolar. There is an interaction between temperature and GA concentration for the process of {alpha}-amylase release from aleurone layers; thus, with increasing GA concentration, there is an increase in the Q10 of this process. A thermal gradient bar was used to resolve the temperature at which the rate of {alpha}-amylase release changes; thermal discontinuity was observed between 19 and 21 C. The time course of the response of aleurone tissue to temperature was determined using a continuous monitoring apparatus. Results show that the effect of low temperature is detectable within minutes, whereas recovery from exposure to low temperature is also rapid. Although temperature has a marked effect on the amount of {alpha}-amylase released from isolated aleurone layers, it does not significantly affect the accumulation of {alpha}-amylase within the tissue. At all GA concentrations above 0.5 nanomolar, the level of extractable {alpha}-amylase is unaffected by temperatures between 10 and 28 C. It is concluded that the effect of temperature on {alpha}-amylase production from barley aleurone layers is primarily on the process of enzyme secretion.

2 Permanent address: Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Kuwait University, Kuwait.

1 This work was supported by National Science Foundation Grant PCM-78-13286 (to R. L. J.).






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