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Journal of Experimental Botany, doi:10.1093/jxb/erg139
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Received October 15, 2002; accepted January 24, 2003
© 2003 Society for Experimental Biology

RESEARCH PAPER

A germin-like protein of wheat leaf apoplast inhibits serine proteases

Carmen Inés Segarra 1*, Claudia Anahí Casalongué 1, Marcela Lilian Pinedo 2, Virginia Paola Ronchi 2, Rubén Danilo Conde 2

1 Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, CC 1245, B7600GTQ, Mar del Plata, Argentina; Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, CC 1245, B7600GTQ, Mar del Plata, Argentina
2 Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, CC 1245, B7600GTQ, Mar del Plata, Argentina

* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: segarra{at}mdp.edu.ar.


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A protein resistant to heat and proteolysis that inhibits serine proteases was isolated from wheat leaf apoplasts. Based on trypsin inhibition, its more active form was a 66-69 kDa oligomer. It was dissociated in an 18-21 kDa monomer having an amino terminal sequence identical to the Box A of germins and germin-like proteins. Like these proteins, it was glycosylated and showed manganese superoxide dismutase activity. The monomer displayed three forms when examined by 2D western blot: two of 19 kDa, pI 5.8 and 6.2; and one of 21 kDa, pI 5.8. It was found that the protein controls serine protease activity in the apoplast of plants challenged with the fungus Septoria tritici.

Key words: Apoplast, germin, serine protease inhibitor, wheat leaf.


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