The Micromorphology and protein characterization of rubber particles in ficus carica, ficus benghalensis and Hevea brasiliensis (Record no. 70858)

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Personal name Singh A P
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Title The Micromorphology and protein characterization of rubber particles in ficus carica, ficus benghalensis and Hevea brasiliensis
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Name of publisher Journal of Experimental Botany
Year of publication 2003
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Number of Pages 985-992
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Summary, etc Rubber biosynthesis takes place on the surface of rubber particles. These particles are surrounded by a monolayer membrane in which the rubber transferase is anchored. In order to gain better insight into whether rubber particles from different plant species share common structural characteristics, the micromorphology of rubber particles from Ficus carica, Ficus benghalensis, and Hevea brasiliensis was examined by electron microscopy. Rubber particles of all three species wew spherical in shape, and the size of rubber particles of H. brasiliensis was much smaller than those of F. carica and F. benghalensis. In addition, investigations were undertaken to compare the cross-reactivity of the antibody raised against either the H. brasiliensis small rubber particle protein (SRPP) which is suggested to be nvolved in rubber biosynthesis, or the cis-prenyltransferase (CPT) which has an activity similar to rubber tarnsferase. Both western analysis and TEM-immunogold labelling studies showed that rubber particles of F. carica and F. benghalensis do not contain the SRPP. None of the rubber particles in F. carica, F. benghalensis and H. brasiliensi contained the CPT, suggesting that the CPT itself could not catalyse the formation of high molecular weight rubber. These results indicate that rubber particles in the three different plant species investigated share some degree of similarity in architecture, and that the SRPP and CPT themselves are not the core proteins necessary for rubber biosynthesis.
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Topical Term Electron microscopy
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Topical Term Ficus benghalensis
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Topical Term Ficus carica
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Topical Term Hevea brasiliensis
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Topical Term Immunolocalization
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Topical Term Micromorphology
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Topical Term Rubber particle
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Topical Term Rubber particle protein
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Personal name Chung G C
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Personal name Kang H
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Personal name Kim Y S
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Personal name Wi S G
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