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A role for caleosin in degradation of oil-body storage lipid during seed germination.
The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology - 1 Sept 2006
Poxleitner Marianne, Rogers Sally W, Lacey Samuels A, Browse John, Rogers John C
Abstract excerpt
Caleosin is a Ca(2+)-binding oil-body surface protein. To assess its role in the degradation of oil-bodies, two independent insertion mutants lacking caleosin were studied. Both mutants demonstrated significant delay of breakdown of the 20:1 storage lipid at 48 and 60 h of germination. Additionally, although germination rates for seeds were not affected by the mutations, mutant seedlings grew more slowly than...
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