The germination process consists of a complex and regulated group of physiologic and biochemical events that happen in the seed soon after beginning water absorption. The restart of the embryo growth due to water absorption involves the reactivation of many enzymes that will hydrolyze reserve substances, to supply redox potential and energy for germination. Plantlet emergence in monocotyledonous depends, principally, on the sowing depth and other factors such as genetic potential and seed vigor, because the embryo is nurtured by the seed stores along. In this study, isoenzimatic patterns of Esterase (EST), Acid Phosphatase (ACP), Malate Dehydrogenase (MDH), Alcohol Dehydrogenase (ADH) and Glutamate Oxalacetate Transaminase (GOT) were analyzed among germination processes at 20 cm in 34 red rice ecotypes and 5 commercial cultivars with the objective of identifying differential expression variations in the isoenzimatic systems analyzed. The five isoenzimatic systems analyzed showed variations in the enzymatic expression, mainly when compared with the patterns of the dry seed with the developing plantlets. From the results obtained it was concluded that ere is differential expression in the isozyme genes Esterase (EST), Acid Phosphatase (ACP), Malate Dehydrogenase (MDH), Alcohol Dehydrogenase (ADH) and Glutamate Oxalacetate Transaminase (GOT), showing participation in the germination process in rice.
Oryza sativa; electrophoresis; protein extraction
