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We examined changes in the absence versus presence patterns of phosphoproteins with respect to the acquisition of embryogenic competence during somatic embryogenensis in carrot (Daucus carota L.). To characterize a possible correlation between the induction of embryogenic competence and protein phosphorylation, we examined the patterns of protein phosphorylation in embryogenic cells (EC) and non-embryogenic cells (NC) that had lost the ability to form somatic embryos. Two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and subsequent autoradiography revealed the presence of 31 phosphoproteins in EC but not in NC. Furthermore, when we examined the induction of somatic embryogenesis by certain stress compounds in the absence of phytohormones, we identified one specific phosphoprotein (ECPP-44). ECPP-44 was found to be induced in all treatments that resulted in embryogenic competence. The partial amino acid and nucleotide sequence of ECPP-44 shows partial homology to two dehydrins (ERD10 and ERD14) from Arabidopsis.
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Received: 1 October 1999 · Accepted: 3 November 1999
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Tan, SK., Kamada, H. Initial identification of a phosphoprotein that appears to be involved in the induction of somatic embryogenesis in carrot. Plant Cell Reports 19, 739–747 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002999900186
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s002999900186