PROTEIN PROFILES OF FLAX GENOTROPHS
Protein profiles of partially purified protein extracts from main stem tissue of Durrant's L and S flax (Linum usitatissimum L.) genotrophs were examined with one and two dimensional electrophoresis on acrylamide gels. The purification retained mainly glycoproteins. Among this reduced spectrum of plant proteins, some of the proteins separated had relative mobility (Rm) shifts between L and S. For two proteins, the Rm shifts were demonstrated in two-dimensional separations using mixtures of the L and S extracts. The Rm shifts were all in the same direction, the S protein ran slightly slower than the corresponding L protein, in both dimensions. This shift direction agreed with previous studies on Rm shifts with peroxidase and esterase isozymes and with similar shifts in acid phosphatase isozymes.