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The Prolamins of Maize

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Prolamins are the principal seed storage proteins of cereals. These proteins are soluble in alcohol and function in storage of nitrogen and amino acids for the germinating seedling (Osborne, 1908; Osborne and Mendel, 1914). Maize prolamins are called zeins, and they form accretions or protein bodies within the lumen of the rough endoplasmic reticulum (RER) of endosperm cells. Zeins are structurally distinct from the prolamins of the more distantly related cereals, wheat, barley, oats and rice (see chapters 3, 4 and 5), but they are very similar to the prolamins of the other panacoid cereals, e.g. sorghum, millet and Coix (see chapter 7).

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