Abstract
We report on the stress-independent, tissue-specific expression of the heat-stress protein HSP17 in developing seeds of different plant species and on its intracellular localization. Though HSP17 expression during seed development seems to be a general phenomenon, the isoform patterns, the relative amounts in embryonic tissues and the intracellular localization show species-specific variations. In contrast to the results on the stressinduced protein forming large cytoplasmic aggregates (heat stress granules) the developmentally expressed HSP17 is mainly found in nuclei. But in addition, a considerable part is also detected in protein bodies of mature seeds of Lycopersicon esculentum and Vicia faba, but not of Zea mays. The mechanism of this transition into the vacuolar compartment remains to be investigated.
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Abbreviations
- 2D:
-
two-dimensional
- HSE:
-
heat shock elements
- HSP:
-
heat stress protein
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zur Nieden, U., Neumann, D., Bucka, A. et al. Tissue-specific localization of heat-stress proteins during embryo development. Planta 196, 530–538 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00203653
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