Abstract: The Golgi vesicles isolated from the pollen of Corylus avellana were incubated with the microtubules polymerized from highly purified calf brain tubulin. After ultracentrifugation on a layer of 1.5 mol/L sucrose, the pellets were assayed with SDS-PAGE and negative staining. The results showed that, in vitro, the pollen Golgi vesicles were able to bind onto calf brain microtubules. The microtubule-binding ability was suppressed by 10 mmol/L ATP and 0. 5 mol/L KCI, but not by 5 mmol/L AMP-PNP, suggesting that the binding may result from some ATP-related peripheral membrane proteins.

Key words: Pollen, Golgi vesicles, Microtubule-binding in vitro