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Regulation of Lysine Metabolism and Endosperm Protein Synthesis by the Opaque-5 and Opaque-7 Maize Mutations.

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  • Ricardo A. Azevedo
  • Peter John Lea
  • Catherine Damerval
  • Jacques Landry
  • Cláudia M. Bellato
  • Lyndel W. Meinhardt
  • Martine Le Guilloux
  • Sonia Delhaye
  • Vanderlei A Varisi
  • Salete A. Gaziola
  • Priscila Lupino Gratão
  • Alejandro A. Toro
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<mark>Journal publication date</mark>2004
<mark>Journal</mark>Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
Issue number15
Volume52
Number of pages7
Pages (from-to)4865-4871
Publication StatusPublished
<mark>Original language</mark>English

Abstract

Two high lysine maize endosperm mutations, opaque-5 (o5) and opaque-7 (o7), were biochemically characterized for endosperm protein synthesis and lysine metabolism in immature seeds. Albumins, globulins, and glutelins, which have a high content of lysine, were shown to be increased in the mutants, whereas zeins, which contain trace concentrations of lysine, were reduced in relation to the wild-type lines B77xB79+ and B37+. These alterations in the storage protein fraction distribution possibly explain the increased concentration of lysine in the two mutants. Using two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of proteins of mature grains, variable amounts of zein polypeptides were detected and considerable differences were noted between the four lines studied. The analysis of the enzymes involved in lysine metabolism indicated that both mutants have reduced lysine catabolism when compared to their respective wild types, thus allowing more lysine to be available for storage protein synthesis.