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Metabolism and Enzymology

Immunocytochemical Localization of Glutamine Synthetase in Organs of Phaseolus vulgaris L. ¹

Department of Agronomy and the Center for the Study of Nitrogen Fixation, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Ackert Hall, Manhattan, Kansas 66506

Glutamine synthetase was localized in nodules, roots, stems, and leaves of red kidney bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) by immunocytochemistry. Affinity purified antibodies reactive with glutamine synthetase were prepared using purified nodule-enhanced glutamine synthetase. Immunogold labeling was observed in the cell cytoplasm in each plant organ. In nodules, the labeling was more intense in the infected cells than in the uninfected cells. No labeling was observed in nodule bacteroids, peribacteroid spaces, or in peribacteroid membranes, while previous reports of glutamine synthetase immunolabeling of legume nodules showed labeling in the bacteroid fraction. Significant labeling was observed in nodule proplastids which contained starch granules. Substantial labeling was also observed in leaf chloroplasts. No labeling was observed in other organelles including mitochondria, peroxisomes, and endoplasmic reticulum. Preimmune IgGs did not bind to any structure in the tissues examined.

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