Open AccessChanges in proteolytic activity during germination and early development stages of Cucumis sativus
Author(s) -
Grażyna Kłobus
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
acta societatis botanicorum poloniae
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.297
H-Index - 29
eISSN - 2083-9480
pISSN - 0001-6977
DOI - 10.5586/asbp.1980.009
Subject(s) - cucumis , seedling , proteases , germination , biology , proteolytic enzymes , botany , juvenile , biochemistry , enzyme , ecology
The study constitutes an effort to investigate proteolytic activity during the juvenile stages of Cucumis sativus seedling development. The proteases activity evidenced in cotyledonal extracts showed one peak on the fifth day of seedling development. Changes were distinctly correlated with changes in nitrogen compound fractions of the plant organ under investigation. No similar correlations were observed in root extracts