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. 1998 May;10(5):825-36.
doi: 10.1105/tpc.10.5.825.

Transport of storage proteins to protein storage vacuoles is mediated by large precursor-accumulating vesicles

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Transport of storage proteins to protein storage vacuoles is mediated by large precursor-accumulating vesicles

I Hara-Nishimura et al. Plant Cell. 1998 May.

Abstract

Novel vesicles that accumulate large amounts of proprotein precursors of storage proteins were purified from maturing pumpkin seeds. These vesicles were designated precursor-accumulating (PAC) vesicles and had diameters of 200 to 400 nm. They contained an electron-dense core of storage proteins surrounded by an electron-translucent layer, and some vesicles also contained small vesicle-like structures. Immunocytochemical analysis revealed numerous electron-dense aggregates of storage proteins within the endoplasmic reticulum. It is likely that these aggregates develop into the electron-dense cores of the PAC vesicles and then leave the endoplasmic reticulum. Immunocytochemical analysis also showed that complex glycans are associated with the peripheral region of PAC vesicles but not the electron-dense cores, indicating that Golgi-derived glycoproteins are incorporated into the PAC vesicles. These results suggest that the unique PAC vesicles might mediate a transport pathway for insoluble aggregates of storage proteins directly to protein storage vacuoles.

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