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ANNALS OF BOTANY
卷 96, 期 3, 页码 435-444出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mci192
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galactan; Lupinus angustifolius; exo-beta-galactanase; beta-galactosidase; pectin; enzyme-gold cytochemistry; cell wall porosity
Background and Aims The cotyledons of Lupinus angustifolius contain large amounts of cell wall storage polysaccharide (CWSP) composed mainly of (1 -> 4)-beta-linked d-galactose residues in the form of branches attached to a rhamnogalacturonan core molecule. An exo-(1 -> 4)-beta-galactanase with a very high specificity towards (1 -> 4)-beta-linked d-galactan has been isolated from L. angustifolius cotyledons, and shown to vary (activity and specific protein) in step with CWSP mobilization. This work aimed to confirm the hypothesis that galactan is the main polymer retrieved from the wall during mobilization at the ultrastructural level, using the purified exo-galactanase as a probe. Methods Storage mesophyll cell walls ('ghosts') were isolated from the cotyledons of imbibed but ungerminated lupin seeds, and also from cotyledons of seedlings after the mobilization of the CWSP. The pure exo-(1 -> 4)-beta-galactanase was coupled to colloidal gold particles and shown to be a specific probe for (1 -> 4)-beta-d-galactan. They were used to localize galactan in ultrathin sections of L. angustifolius cotyledonary mesophyll tissue during CWSP mobilization. Key Results On comparing the morphologies of isolated cell walls, the post-mobilization 'ghosts' did not have the massive wall-thickenings of pre-mobilization walls. Compositional analysis showed that the post-mobilization walls were depleted in galactose and, to a lesser extent, in arabinose. When pre-mobilization ghosts were treated with the pure exo-galactanase, they became morphologically similar to the post-mobilization ghosts. They were depleted of approximately 70% of the galactose residues that would have been mobilized in vivo, and retained all the other sugar residues originally present. Sharply defined electron-transparent wall zones or pockets are associated with CWSP mobilization, being totally free of galactan, whereas wall areas immediately adjacent to them were apparently undepleted. Conclusions The exo-(1 -> 4)-beta-galactanase is the principal enzyme involved in CWSP mobilization in lupin cotyledons in vivo. The storage walls dramatically change their texture during mobilization as most of the galactan is hydrolysed during seedling development.
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