Plant Physiology 80:628-634 (1986)
© 1986 American Society of Plant Biologists
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Separation and Characterization of Two Endopeptidases from Cotyledons of Germinating Vigna mungo Seeds 1
Wataru Mitsuhashi,
Tomokazu Koshiba and
Takao Minamikawa
Department of Biology, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 158, Japan
Two major endopeptidases were present in cotyledons of germinating Vigna mungo seeds, as detected by the zymogram after polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. They were not detectable in cotyledons of dry seeds, but their intensities on the zymogram increased during germination. During incubation of detached cotyledons, however, the activities showed only a slight increase for 5 days. These two endopeptidases could be separated by Sephacryl S-200 column chromatography. One of them was found to be a serine-endopeptidase as judged by phenylmethylsulfonylfluoride and diisopropyl fluorophosphate inhibition. The other was a sulfhydryl-endopeptidase because of its dependency on 2-mercaptoethanol and inhibition by leupeptin, chymostatin, and antipain. Analysis by sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis indicatd that the two endopeptidases digested the Vigna mungo seed globulin subunits at different rates. The serine enzyme digested the 56 kilodalton subunit at first, but the sulfhydryl enzyme digested the 54 kilodalton peptide more efficiently than the 56 kilodalton peptide. The pattern of digestion of globulin by the combination of the serine- and sulfhydryl-endopeptidases was similar to that using crude enzyme extracts.
1 Supported in part by Ito Science Foundation (1981) and by a grant from the Ministry of Education (No. 593400).
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