Eleetronmicroscopic Demonstration of Peroxidase Activitiesin Phaseolus vulgaris after Infection with Uromyces phaseoli typica Summary. Peroxidase activity in Phaseolus vulgaris (cultivar Favorit), infected with Uromyces phaseoli typica, was studied with the help of an electronmicroscope.The plant material was prefixed three days after inoculation and 3,3-diaminobenzidine was used as a substrate to detect the enzyme activity.The mitochondrial membranes showed an enhanced enzyme activity (due to a cytochrome oxidase or possibly due to a cytochrome peroxidase) in the infected ceil. There was no change in the structure and catalase activity of peroxisomes of the host. No catalase activity was detected in the fungus.A layer with evident peroxidase activity is seen outside the cell wall. This layer is sometimes thickened especially when it is in touch with intercellular hyphae.The penetration site of the haustorium has been intensively studied. Activity was observed in the neck region (from the penetration site of the haustorium to the neckband) in the zone between the host plasmalemma and the plasmalemma of the fungus. Some activity was also seen on the cisternae of the endoplasmic reticulum surrounding the neck. In a few preparations, activity was also found between sheath and wall of the haustorium.ZusammeuJassung. Bei der Wirt-Parasit-Kombination Phaseolus vulgaris (cv. Favorit) und Uromyces phaseoli typica wird die Aktivit/it peroxydatischer Enzyme am dritten Tag nach Infektion elektronenmikroskopisch dargestellt. Die Aktivit/it in den Mitochondrien (m6glicherweise eine Cytochromoxydase oder Cytochromperoxydase) ist in der infizierten Zelle erh5ht. Die Peroxisomen (sic enthalten eine Katalase) bleiben in der infizierten Zelle unver~ndert. Im Pilz wird keine Katalaseaktivit~t gefunden.Die Schicht mit peroxydatischer Aktivit~t auf der AuBenseite der Zellwand (Zellwandperoxydase) ist an der Beriihrungsstelle Hyphe --Wirtswand oft verdickt. An der Eintrittsstelle des Hanstoriums in die Zelle wird Aktivit~tt auf der Wand des Haustoriumhalses und auf den Cisternen des benachbarten ribosomenbesetzten endoplasmatischen getieulums beobaehtet. Manehmal finder man aueh eine Sehieht mit peroxydatischer Aktivit~t zwischen Scheide und Wand des ttaustoriums.Bei verschiedenen Wirt-Parasit-Kombinationen wird nach Infektion ein Anstieg der Peroxydaseaktivit/~t beobachtet (Wood, 1967;Kosuge, 1969). Nach Auftrennung in Isoenzyme zeigen jedoeh nieht
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