Cytochemical Demonstration of Malate Synthase and Glycolate Oxidase in Microbodies of Cucumber Cotyledons 1
AUTOR(ES)
Burke, John J.
RESUMO
The cytochemical localizations of malate synthase (glyoxysomal marker) and glycolate oxidase (peroxisomal marker) have been examined in cotyledon segments and sucrose-gradient fractions from germinated cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) seedlings. The seedlings were grown in the dark for 4 days, transferred to 4 hours of continuous light, then returned to the dark for 24 hours. Under these conditions, high specific activities for both glyoxysomal and peroxisomal enzymes are maintained in cotyledon homogenates and microbody-enriched fractions. Electron cytochemistry of the marker enzymes reveals that all or virtually all the microbodies observed in cotyledonary cells and sucrose-gradient fractions contain both enzymes. The staining in gradient fractions was determined from scoring a minimum of 600 photographed microbodies for each enzyme. After correcting for the number of particles stained for catalase reactivity (representing true microbodies), 94 and 97% of the microbodies were found stained for malate synthase and glycolate oxidase activity, respectively.
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