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. 1989 Aug;90(4):1252-5.
doi: 10.1104/pp.90.4.1252.

Preferential Loss of an Abundant Storage Protein from Soybean Pods during Seed Development

P E Staswick  1
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Preferential Loss of an Abundant Storage Protein from Soybean Pods during Seed Development

P E Staswick. Plant Physiol. 1989 Aug.

Abstract

A temporary vegetative storage protein, composed of similar 25 kilodalton and 27 kilodalton subunits, was found to be abundant in soybean (Glycine max (L.) Herr. var Hobbit) leaves, stems, pods, flower petals, germinated cotyledons, and less abundant in roots, nodules and seeds. Total pod protein was highest at 3 weeks after flowering and declined by 37% within 3 weeks during seed development. During this time the vegetative storage protein declined from 18% to 1.5% of the total pod protein and accounted for 45% of the protein lost from pods. This indicates that the vegetative storage protein makes a significant contribution to the pool of nutrients mobilized from pods for transport to developing seeds.

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