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The total activity of aspartate-alpha-ketoglutarate transaminase in the cotyledons of cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) seeds increased 17-fold during the first 2 days of germination in darkness and then declined gradually to 20% of the peak activity after 10 days. Exposure of the seedlings to light at day 3 accelerated the decline. The enzyme in the cotyledon extracts from seedlings at various ages was resolved into six distinct isozymes by starch gel electrophoresis. Isozymes 1 and 2 were glyoxysomal isozymes with different developmental patterns. Isozyme 1 followed the developmental pattern of the total enzyme activity in darkness, and was rapidly eliminated upon illumination. Isozyme 2 increased in activity to a peak at day 2 and declined rapidly thereafter, and disappeared completely at day 6; this developmental pattern was independent of light. No major difference in the optimal pH for activity, substrate specificity, and reversibility was observed between isozymes 1 and 2. The combined developmental pattern of isozymes 1 and 2 during germination correlated with that of the glyoxysomes. Isozyme 3 was located in the cytosol and its developmental pattern followed that of the total activity. Isozymes 4,5, and 6 were plastid isozymes and appeared only after 2 days of germination. Unlike many other chloroplast enzymes, the appearance of the chloroplast transaminase isozymes was under temporal control and was independent of illumination. No enzyme activity was detected in isolated mitochondria. The findings illustrate a complicated cellular control system for the appearance of various organelle-specific transaminase isozymes and thus the amino acid metabolism during germination.

Subcellular Localization and Developmental Changes of Aspartate-α-Ketoglutarate Transaminase Isozymes in the Cotyledons of Cucumber Seedlings