Relationship between Fatty Acid Composition of Phospholipid from Leaves and Cold Tolerance of Rice Plants

벼의 내냉성과 잎조직인지질의 지방산 조성과의 상관관계

  • Jung, Jin (Department of Agriculture, College of Agriculture Seoul National University) ;
  • Kim, Young-Kee (Department of Agriculture, College of Agriculture Seoul National University) ;
  • Park, Sang-Gyu (Department of Agriculture, College of Agriculture Seoul National University)
  • 정진 (서울대학교 농과대학 농화학과) ;
  • 김영기 (서울대학교 농과대학 농화학과) ;
  • 박상규 (서울대학교 농과대학 농화학과)
  • Published : 1983.03.31

Abstract

The fatty acid composition of phospholipid from the leaves of rice plants grown at $28^{\circ}C$ and harvested at the 3-4 leaf stage was determined for 8 cultivars. Change among cultivars observed in the composition has been found to be correlative to the chilling susceptivity of the plants at the given leaf-stage. The chilling-resistant cultivars contain phospholipid with higher degree of unsaturation and larger relative proportion of unsaturated fatty acids than the chilling-sensitive ones. The indices for unsaturation of phospholipid from a cultic-ar are well in accordance with its resistance to cold damage. clearly demonstrating that the fluidity of biomembrane which is generally regarded as the prerequisite for a cell to maintain its membrane-related physiological activity at a low temperature is exclusively controlled by the fatty acid composition of phospholipid. Also identified were the components of phospholipid, which are phosphatidyl serine and phosphatidyl coline as major components and phosphatidyl inositol as minor component plus 3 phospholipids in trace proportion, from every cultivar at the early growth-stage.

$28^{\circ}C$에서 자란 $3{\sim}4$엽기 벼잎조직의 인지질지방산분석을 통해 벼품종별 상대적내냉성정도와 인지질지방산조성간에 성립되는 밀접한 상관관계를 확인하였다. 즉 내냉성이 강한 품종일수록 불포화도 및 불포화지방산의 구성비가 노은 인지질을 함유하고 있다. 인지질의 불포화상태를 나타내는 모든 지표들이 각품종의 냉해저항성과 잘 일치된다는 사실은, 곧 식물세포가 저온에서 생체막과 관련된 생리적활성을 유지하는데 있어서 필수조건으로 알려진 '생체막의 유동성'은 인지질지방산조성에 의해 절대적으로 지배받는다는 것을 분명히 나타낸다. 한편 벼의 인지질은 최소한 유묘기의 잎에서는 모든 품종에서 공히 phosphatidyl serine과 phosphatidyl choline을 주성분으로 phosphatidyl inositol을 부성분으로, 그밖에 3종의 미량성분을 포함하고 있으며, 인지질의 종류 및 조성은 내냉성과 무관한 것으로 판단된다.

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