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Metabolism and Enzymology

Warm Growth Temperatures Decrease Soybean Cholinephosphotransferase Activity

U. S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Northern Regional Research Center, Seed Biosynthesis Research Unit, Peoria, Illinois 61604

The activity of cytidine 5'-diphosphate (CDP) choline: 1,2-diacylglycerol cholinephosphotransferase (EC 2.7.8.2) in developing soybean (Glycine max L. var Williams 82) seeds was 3 to 5 times higher in cotyledons grown at 20°C than in those grown at 35°C. Some characteristics of the enzyme from cotyledons cultured at 20 and 35°C were compared. In preparations from both growth temperatures, the enzyme showed a pH optimum of 7, K_m of 7.0 micromolar for CDP-choline, and an optimum assay temperature of 45°C. Both enzyme preparations were stimulated by increasing concentrations of Mg²⁺ or Mn²⁺, up to 10 millimolar and 50 micromolar, respectively, though Mn²⁺ produced lower activities than Mg²⁺. Enzymes from both 20 and 35°C show the same specificity for exogenous diacylglycerol. No metabolic effectors were detected by addition of heat treated extracts to the assay mixture. The above findings suggest that the higher enzyme activity at 20°C can be attributed to a higher level of the enzyme rather than to the involvement of isozymes or metabolic effectors. Enzyme activity decreased rapidly during culture at 35°C, indicating a rapid turnover of the enzyme. The level of temperature modulation was found to be a function of seed developmental stage.

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