Solubilization of enzymes from glyoxysomes of maize scutellum.
Glyoxysomes isolated from maize scutella (Zea mays L.) were subjected to several disruptive treatments (osmotic shock, resuspension in an alkaline medium, addition of detergent). The damaged glyoxysomes were centrifuged at 89,500g for 40 minutes and several enzymic activities (isocitratase, malate synthetase, catalase, citrate synthetase, malate dehydrogenase) were measured in the supernatant fraction and in the pellet. Isocitratase is the most easily released of all glyoxysomal enzymes closely followed by malate synthetase. Citrate synthetase is in all instances the most insoluble enzyme. All of the enzymes had higher specific activities in the supernatant than in the pellet. These findings suggest that in corn scutellum glyoxysomes none of these enzymes is truly membrane-bound.
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Istituto di Scienze Botaniche dell'Università, Centro di Studio del Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche per la Biologia Cellulare e Molecolare delle Piante, 20133 Milano, Italy.
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