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  • Title: Enzymic Mechanism of Starch Breakdown in Germinating Rice Seeds: III. alpha-Amylase Isozymes.
    Author: Tanaka Y, Ito T, Akazawa T.
    Journal: Plant Physiol; 1970 Nov; 46(5):650-4. PubMed ID: 16657524.
    Abstract:
    The formation of amylase isozymes in germinating rice (Oryza sativa) seeds was studied by isoelectric focusing on polyacrylamide gel disc electrophoresis. Time sequence comparisons of the amylase zymogram were made between extracts from gibberellic acid-treated embryoless and embryo-attached half-endosperm of rice seeds. In both cases, 4 major and 9 to 10 minor isozyme bands were detectable at the maximal stage of the enzyme induction. However, in the embryo-attached half-seeds, bands started to diminish after the 5th day of incubation, in agreement with the results of time sequence analyses of enzyme activities. Nearly identical patterns of amylase isozyme bands on a polyacrylamide gel disc electrophoresis in combination with isoelectric focusing indicate the intrinsic role of gibberellic acid in the starch breakdown in germinating rice seeds. We tentatively assign the newly synthesized enzymes to be alpha-amylases based on experimental results concerning the lability of the preparation on a prolonged treatment at pH 3.3 and the stability on heat treatment for 15 minutes at 70 C.
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