The production of β-glucosidase in cultured cells of Trifolium repens L.

Abstract Evidence is presented that β-glucosidase activity in white clover cells suspended in a liquid medium containing glucose, is lower than the β-glucosidase activity of cells from a non-sugar medium. This difference is not due to differences in the extraction of enzyme activity. The production of β-glucosidase in cultured cells is demonstrated in a number of genetically different clones of tissue and is not dependent on the presence of functional alleles at the Li locus.