title: Activities associated with the presence of ribosome-inactivating proteins increase in senescent and stressed leaves.
abstract: The ribosome-inactivating proteins (RIPs) from Hura crepitans and Phytolacca americana release adenine from herring sperm DNA. Leaf extracts from these plants show the same enzymatic activities as the RIPs. The translation inhibitory activity and the activity on DNA are both increased in the leaves of both plants during senescence or when subjected to heat or osmotic stress. It is proposed that a physiological role of RIPs could be to intervene in the death of plant cells.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Patologia sperimentale dell'Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Stirpe
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Barbieri
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gorini
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Valbonesi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bolognesi
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Polito
mesh_terms: D000225:Adenine / Q000378:metabolism*; D000241:Adenosine / Q000378:metabolism; D002457:Cell Extracts; D004247:DNA / Q000378:metabolism; D006358:Hot Temperature; D009997:Osmotic Pressure; D018515:Plant Leaves / Q000737:chemistry; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D010944:Plants / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis; D011500:Protein Synthesis Inhibitors / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D002457:Cell Extracts; D010940:Plant Proteins; D011500:Protein Synthesis Inhibitors; D004247:DNA; D000225:Adenine; D000241:Adenosine