Bark and Leaf Lectins of Sophora japonica Are Sequestered in Protein-Storage Vacuoles 1

AUTOR(ES)

Herman, Eliot M.

RESUMO

The leguminous tree Sophora japonica contains a family of closely related, but distinct, lectins. Different members of this family are independently expressed in seeds, leaves, and bark (CN Hankins, J Kindinger, LM Shannon 1987 Plant Physiol 83: 825-829; 1988 Plant Physiol 86: 67-10). The inter-, and intracellular distribution of the bark and leaf lectins was studied by indirect postembedding immunogold electron microscopy. Aldehyde fixed bark and leaves postifixed with OsO4 and embedded in LR White resin permitted sensitive and specific immunogold labeling while maintaining cellular ultrastructure. The leaf and bark tissue cells contain protein-filled storage vacuoles which occupy most the cell's interior volume. The leaf and bark vacuoles closely resemble the protein bodies, or protein storage vacuoles, of seed cotyledons. The leaf and bark lectins were found to be exclusively sequestered in the protein-storage vacuoles of these tissues.

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