Spatio-Temporal Accumulation and Activity of Calcium-Dependent Protein Kinases during Embryogenesis, Seed Development, and Germination in Sandalwood

Anil, Veena S and Harmon, Alice C and Rao, Sankara K (2000) Spatio-Temporal Accumulation and Activity of Calcium-Dependent Protein Kinases during Embryogenesis, Seed Development, and Germination in Sandalwood. In: Plant Physiology, 122 (4). pp. 1035-1043.

PDF Spatio-Temporal_Accumulation_and_Activity_of_Calcium-Dependent_Protein_Kinases_during_Embryogenesis,_Seed_Development,_and_Germination_in_Sandalwood.pdf Restricted to Registered users only Download (3MB) | Request a copy

Abstract

Western-blot analysis and protein kinase assays identified two $Ca^{2+}$-dependent protein kinases (CDPKs) of 55 to 60 kD in soluble protein extracts of embryogenic cultures of sandalwood (Santalum album L.). However, these sandalwood CDPKs (swCDPKs) were absent in plantlets regenerated from somatic embryos. swCDPKs exhibited differential expression (monitored at the level of the protein) and activity in different developmental stages. Zygotic embryos, seedlings, and endosperm showed high accumulation of swCDPK, but the enzyme was not detected in the soluble proteins of shoots and flowers. swCDPK exhibited a temporal pattern of expression in endosperm, showing high accumulation and activity in mature fruit and germinating stages; the enzyme was localized strongly in the storage bodies of the endosperm cells. The study also reports for the first time to our knowledge a post-translational inhibition/inactivation of swCDPK in zygotic embryos during seed dormancy and early stages of germination. The temporal expression of swCDPK during somatic/zygotic embryogenesis, seed maturation, and germination suggests involvement of the enzyme in these developmental processes.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Plant Physiology
Publisher:	American Society of Plant Physiologists
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article belongs to American Society of Plant Physiologists.
Keywords:	Zygotic embryos;somatic embryos;Protein Kinases;Embryogenesis; Seed Development;Germination;Sandalwood
Department/Centre:	Division of Biological Sciences > Biochemistry
Date Deposited:	26 Oct 2007
Last Modified:	19 Sep 2010 04:40
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/12180

Actions (login required)

View Item