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Hormonal Regulation of the Lectin Biosynthesis in Callus Culture of the Phaseolus vulgaris Plant ¹

Department of Pure and Applied Biochemistry, University of Lund, Lund, Sweden

Callus cultures established from Phaseolus vulgaris seedlings were used to investigate hormonal influence on lectin biosynthesis. The plant tissue cultures were initiated using defined levels of both a cytokinin (kinetin) and an auxin (2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid) and were then transferred to media containing different amounts of these hormones. The lectin content of each callus culture was determined using an enzyme immunoassay specific for the seed lectin of the P. vulgaris plant. The lectin biosynthesis was directly affected by the levels of auxin and cytokinin in the culture media and no lectin was detected in hormone-free medium. This enabled us to compose culture media yielding a maximal or minimal lectin content of the callus cultures, illustrating the ability to induce an enhancement or suppression of the in vitro lectin biosynthesis. The lectin level of callus tissue during the growth cycle of a culture was, furthermore, related to the cellular growth rate which might indicate an involvement of the lectin in cellular events during rapid cell division.

¹ Supported by a grant from Magnus Bergvall Foundation.