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The Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of Seed Storage Proteins

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Plant Nitrogen

Abstract

Most plants synthesise proteins in their organs of reproduction and propagation, such as seeds of gymnosperms and angiosperms. Storage proteins are usually located in two tissues. In dicotyledonous plants they may be located in the diploid cotyledons (exalbuminous), in the triploid endosperm (albuminous) or, occasionally, in both tissues. In monocotyledonous cereals they are primarily located in the triploid endosperm tissue. They are deposited in high amounts in the seed, in discrete deposits (protein bodies) and survive desiccation for long periods of time. In most cases, storage proteins lack any other biological activity and simply provide a source of nitrogen, sulphur and carbon skeletons for the developing seedling (Shotwell and Larkins 1989; Shewry 1995).

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