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Characterization of the Increased Lysophospholipase Activity in Gibberellic Acid-Treated Barley Aleurone Layers ¹

Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon 97331

A lysophospholipase (LPL) activity appears in the aleurone of barley (Hordeum vulgare L. cv Himalaya) half seeds during imbibition on moist agar. Secretion of LPL by half seeds is promoted by GA₃; the increase in secretory rate is almost linear from 10^–10 to 10^–6 molar GA₃. LPL activity is likewise promoted in isolated aleurone layers by GA₃. Its secretion into the incubation medium requires the continued presence of GA₃ and commences after a 10 to 14 hour lag period when 10 millimolar Ca²⁺ is present. In the absence of Ca²⁺, the lag period remains unchanged but attainment of the maximum secretory rate is delayed. Ca²⁺ alone has very little effect either on LPL activity accumulated in the aleurone layer or in the surrounding medium. However, 50 millimolar Ca²⁺ together with GA₃ dramatically increase the level of secreted activity and of total (accumulated and secreted) activity.

The metabolic inhibitors cycloheximide and actinomycin D inhibit the accumulation of LPL activity in the aleurone and also the secreted activity. Actinomycin D added after the lag period results in a much lower inhibition. The increase in LPL activity in response to GA₃ occurs as a result of de novo synthesis; LPL activity from barley half seeds incubated in 80% D₂O in the presence of GA₃ undergoes a shift to higher density compared with the activity from similar controls incubated in H₂O. The characteristics of the GA₃ enhancement of LPL activity are compared specifically with -amylase and generally with other GA₃-controlled hydrolases.

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