Plant Physiology 76:759-762 (1984)
© 1984 American Society of Plant Biologists
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Association between Membrane Phase Properties and Dehydration Injury in Soybean Axes 1
Tissa Senaratna,
Bryan D. McKersie and
Robert H. Stinson
Department of Crop Science, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1 Canada,
Department of Physics, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1 Canada
Axes of soybean seeds are tolerant to dehydration at 6 hours of imbibition, but susceptible to dehydration injury if dried at 36 hours of imbibition. Smooth microsomal membranes were isolated from axes imbibed for 6 hours (dehydration tolerant state) and 36 hours (dehydration susceptible state) before and after dehydration treatment. The phase properties and the lipid composition of the membrane fraction were investigated. Wide angle x-ray diffraction patterns of microsomal membranes from axes imbibed for 6 or 36 hours indicated a liquid-crystalline to gel phase transition at approximately 7°C. Membranes from axes dehydrated at 6 or 36 hours of imbibition and rehydrated for 2 hours exhibited a phase transition at 7°C and 47°C, respectively. Changes in fatty acid saturation did not account for the changes in phase properties. However, the increased phase transition temperature of the membranes from dehydration injured axes was associated with an increase in free fatty acid:phospholipid molar ratio and a decrease in phospholipid:sterol ratio. These results suggests that dehydration prompted a deesterification of the linkage between glycerol and fatty acid side chains of the phospholipid molecules in the membrane. The resultant increase in free fatty acid content in the membrane is thought to alter the fluidity and phase properties of the membrane and contribute to dehydration injury.
1 Supported by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada.
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