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Isolation of Amyloplasts from Developing Maize Endosperm ¹

Department of Horticulture, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802

Methods for the formation of protoplasts from developing maize endosperm and for the aqueous isolation of intact amyloplasts from such protoplasts are described. Protoplasts were obtained after incubating endosperm slices in a medium containing cellulase and pectolyase for 5 days at 4°C or 5 hours at 30°C. After purification in a Ficoll density gradient, the protoplasts were reptured by forcing the suspension through a Nitex mesh (20 micrometer) positioned at the lower end of a modified disposable syringe. The resulting filtrate was layered on a discontinuous Ficoll density gradient of 30, 15, and 10%. Each Ficoll solution contained 0.7 molar sucrose, 10 millimolar arginine, 10 millimolar DL-dithiothreitol, 50 millimolar 2-(N-morpholino)ethanesulfonic acid (pH 5.6), and 2 millimolar CaCl₂. After 3 hours in the cold, an amyloplast fraction 50 to 93% intact and free from cytoplasmic, mitochondrial, and glyoxysomal contamination was recovered in the 15% Ficoll layer. Amyloplast intactness was estimated by fluorescent microscopy and activity of certain amyloplast marker enzymes before and after rupture of the amyloplast membrane. Starch branching enzyme, ADPG-pyrophosphorylase, and nitrite reductase were used as amyloplast marker enzymes.

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