BIPHASIC STIMULATION OF TRANSLATIONAL ACTIVITY CORRELATES WITH INDUCTION OF TRANSLATION ELONGATION-FACTOR-1 SUBUNIT-ALPHA UPON WOUNDING IN POTATO-TUBERS
Jk. Morelli et al., BIPHASIC STIMULATION OF TRANSLATIONAL ACTIVITY CORRELATES WITH INDUCTION OF TRANSLATION ELONGATION-FACTOR-1 SUBUNIT-ALPHA UPON WOUNDING IN POTATO-TUBERS, Plant physiology, 106(3), 1994, pp. 897-903
Potato (Solanum tuberosum) tubers exhibit an increase in translational
activity in response to mechanical wounding. The response is biphasic
, with an initial stimulation apparent within the first 2 h after woun
ding and a second increase occurring 12 to 24 h after wounding. Increa
sed activity is apparent by measurement of protein synthesis both in v
ivo and in vitro using a cell-free extract. Accumulation of the transl
ational elongation factor 1 subunit alpha (EF-1 alpha) parallels trans
lational activity. Changes in the steady-state level of EF-1 alpha mRN
A, and expression of a chimeric EF-1 alpha promoter/beta-glucuronidase
construct in transgenic potato tubers, indicate that the gene encodin
g EF-1 alpha is transcribed during both periods of translational stimu
lation. These results indicate that stimulation of translational activ
ity is coordinated with increased expression and accumulation of trans
lation factors.