The chromosomal locations of the structural genes for secalin storage proteins in Secale cereale and S. montanum were determined by electrophoresis of grain proteins from wheat–rye addition and substitution lines. The use of several different extraction procedures and high-resolution electrophoretic systems (one and two dimensional) enabled us to demonstrate that the genes for all the high molecular weight secalins are present on chromosome IRL, and for all the ω-secalins and at least some of the γ-secalins with a relative molecular mass (Mr) of 40 000 on chromosome IRS of both species. In contrast, the genes for the γ-secalins (Mr = 75 000) are located on 2RcS in S. cereale but 6Rm in S. montanum. These observations are discussed in relation to evolution of prolamins and their genes in Secale and related members of the Triticeae.
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