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HINZ, GISELBERT - GEORG-AUGUST UNIV GERMANY |
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HERMAN, ELIOT |
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Submitted to: Annual Plant Reviews
Publication Type: Book / Chapter Publication Acceptance Date: 3/1/2003 Publication Date: 5/1/2003 Citation: HINZ, G., HERMAN, E.M. SORTING OF STORAGE PROTEINS IN THE PLANT GOLGI APPARATUS. ANNUAL PLANT REVIEWS. 2003. V. 9. p. 141-164. Interpretive Summary: Technical Abstract: In this review, the biology of protein storage organelles and the cellular processes involved in the accumulation of storage proteins are discussed. Seed storage proteins are primarily accumulated in vacuoles of terminally-differentiated storage cells of the embryo and endosperm, and in protein bodies directly assembled by the endoplasmic reticulum. Storage protein synthesis and the formation of specialized vacuoules occurs after cell division of the seed cells is complete and when all further growth occurs only through cell expansion and accumulation of storage substances. There have been significant recent advances of knowledge on the functional role of the Golgi apparatus in processing, targeting, and assembling storage protein oligomers into transport vesicles for vacuole deposition. |
