GLOBULIN AND ALBUMIN-2 ASSOCIATED WITH PROTEIN BODIES IN AMARANTHUS-CRUENTUS SEEDS

To examine whether albumin-2, a specific protein found only in amarant h seeds so far, is associated with protein bodies, we isolated protein bodies from Amaranthus cruentus seed embryos by rate-zonal centrifuga tion with a sucrose gradient. Most protein bodies in the final prepara tion were intact when observed by electron microscopy. Profiles by sos -PACE showed that the isolated protein bodies contained globulin and a lbumin-2.