Plant mitochondria can incorporate amino acids into protein (1, 2), but the details of the process are lacking, although the situation is somewhat clearer with mitochondria from animal source (3-6). The present paper is concerned with the incorporation of amino acids by the mitochondria from the seedlings of Vigna &ens-is (Linn.) Savi and also with the role of the microsomal fraction in this pr...

Clinical and consumer market interest is increasingly directed toward the use of plant-based proteins as dietary components aimed at preserving or increasing skeletal muscle mass. However, recent evidence suggests that the ingestion of the plant-based proteins in soy and wheat results in a lower muscle protein synthetic response when compared with several animal-based proteins. The possible low...

From September 14 to 16, 2011 the 12th symposium on Plant Protein Phosphorylation was held in Tübingen, Germany. The topic is as broad as the name suggests and covers all aspects of this important means of protein modification in plants. I have had the pleasure of attending the 2007 and the 2011 symposia. The interesting concept behind these meetings is to hear about the same biochemical mechan...

in order to study the yield and forage quality of intercropping barley (hordeum vulgare) and mustard (sinapis alba) in different planting dates, a factorial experiment based on randomized completely block design with three replications was carried out at farm research station, gonbad -e- qabus university. factors were included as three planting dates (15 november, 6 and 20 december 2006) and fo...