Paper · 1976 · PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Metabolism of Poly(A) in Plant Cells

Desh Pal S. Verma; Gordon A. Maclachlan

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Abstract

In the subapical region of dark-grown pea epicotyls about 40% of the total polysomes are associated with membranes. The presence of poly(A) in polysomal mRNA was detected by hybridization of unlabeled RNA with (3)H-poly(U). Both free mRNA and messenger ribonucleoprotein particles in polysomes hybridize with (3)H-poly(U) quantitatively. The binding of (3)H-poly(U) to polysomes is increased by treatment with the detergent sodium dodecyl sulfate. Since detergent influenced the (3)H-poly(U) binding more in membrane-bound polysomes than in free, there may be more protein(s) associated with the poly(A) portion of the mRNA in membrane-bound polysomes. Analysis of the poly(A) segments isolated from the mRNA of these two classes of polysomes indicates that there are discrete classes of poly(A) and they appear to be differentially associated with free and membrane-bound polysomes. Mean size distribution of poly(A) in free polysomes is larger than in membrane-bound polysomes.Following treatment (2 days) with the plant growth hormone indoleacetic acid, there is a gradual decrease in the mean length of total poly(A), which appears to correspond to a decrease in the size of the polysomes and their associated mRNA.

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Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

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About 40% of total polysomes in the subapical region of dark-grown pea epicotyls are associated with membranes.

Organ / stage
subapical region of dark-grown pea epicotylse0
Outcome
associated with membranese0
Value
40%e0

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Lathyrus oleraceus
Lathyrus oleraceus · TaxonRenee Comet (photographer) AV Number: AV-9400-4164 · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“In the subapical region of dark-grown pea epicotyls about 40% of the total polysomes are associated with membranes”

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Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Poly(A) was detected in polysomal mRNA of pea epicotyls by hybridization with (3)H-poly(U).

Outcome
presence of poly(A) in polysomal mRNAe1

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Lathyrus oleraceus
Lathyrus oleraceus · TaxonRenee Comet (photographer) AV Number: AV-9400-4164 · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“In the subapical region of dark-grown pea epicotyls about 40% of the total polysomes are associated with membranes”

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“The presence of poly(A) in polysomal mRNA was detected by hybridization of unlabeled RNA with (3)H-poly(U)”

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Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Free mRNA and messenger ribonucleoprotein particles in polysomes both hybridize quantitatively with (3)H-poly(U).

Outcome
hybridize with (3)H-poly(U) quantitativelye2

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Lathyrus oleraceus
Lathyrus oleraceus · TaxonRenee Comet (photographer) AV Number: AV-9400-4164 · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“In the subapical region of dark-grown pea epicotyls about 40% of the total polysomes are associated with membranes”

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“Both free mRNA and messenger ribonucleoprotein particles in polysomes hybridize with (3)H-poly(U) quantitatively”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Sodium dodecyl sulfate increased (3)H-poly(U) binding to polysomes in pea epicotyls.

Treatment
detergent sodium dodecyl sulfatee3
Outcome
binding of (3)H-poly(U) to polysomese3
Direction
increasede3

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Lathyrus oleraceus
Lathyrus oleraceus · TaxonRenee Comet (photographer) AV Number: AV-9400-4164 · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“In the subapical region of dark-grown pea epicotyls about 40% of the total polysomes are associated with membranes”

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“The binding of (3)H-poly(U) to polysomes is increased by treatment with the detergent sodium dodecyl sulfate”

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Associationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

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Mean poly(A) size on free polysomes is larger than on membrane-bound polysomes in pea.

Outcome
Mean size distribution of poly(A)e5
Direction
largere5
Comparator
membrane-bound polysomese5

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Lathyrus oleraceus
Lathyrus oleraceus · TaxonRenee Comet (photographer) AV Number: AV-9400-4164 · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“In the subapical region of dark-grown pea epicotyls about 40% of the total polysomes are associated with membranes”

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“Mean size distribution of poly(A) in free polysomes is larger than in membrane-bound polysomes”

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Observationauthor interpretationoriginal resultmeasured

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Poly(A) occurs in discrete classes that appear to be differentially associated with free and membrane-bound polysomes.

Outcome
discrete classes of poly(A)e4

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Lathyrus oleraceus
Lathyrus oleraceus · TaxonRenee Comet (photographer) AV Number: AV-9400-4164 · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“In the subapical region of dark-grown pea epicotyls about 40% of the total polysomes are associated with membranes”

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“there are discrete classes of poly(A) and they appear to be differentially associated with free and membrane-bound polysomes”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Indoleacetic acid treatment for 2 days gradually decreased the mean length of total poly(A) in pea.

Treatment
indoleacetic acide6
Outcome
mean length of total poly(A)e6
Direction
decreasee6

Not reportedComparator

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Lathyrus oleraceus
Lathyrus oleraceus · TaxonRenee Comet (photographer) AV Number: AV-9400-4164 · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“In the subapical region of dark-grown pea epicotyls about 40% of the total polysomes are associated with membranes”

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“Following treatment (2 days) with the plant growth hormone indoleacetic acid, there is a gradual decrease in the mean length of total poly(A)”

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Associationauthor interpretationoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

The decrease in poly(A) length after indoleacetic acid appears to correspond to a decrease in polysome size and their associated mRNA.

Treatment
indoleacetic acide6
Outcome
size of the polysomes and their associated mRNAe7
Direction
decreasee7

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Lathyrus oleraceus
Lathyrus oleraceus · TaxonRenee Comet (photographer) AV Number: AV-9400-4164 · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“In the subapical region of dark-grown pea epicotyls about 40% of the total polysomes are associated with membranes”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 0–114 · show in text ↑
e6

“Following treatment (2 days) with the plant growth hormone indoleacetic acid, there is a gradual decrease in the mean length of total poly(A)”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 979–1120 · show in text ↑
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“which appears to correspond to a decrease in the size of the polysomes and their associated mRNA”

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