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- Title
Growth capacity and molecular mass distribution of cell wall polysaccharides along the hypocotyl of Pinus pinaster.
- Authors
Lorences, Ester P.; Revilla, Gloria; Acebes, José Luis; Zarra, Ignacio
- Abstract
The changes in the endogenous growth as well as in the cell wall composition were studied along the hypocotyl of Pinus pinaster Aiton. Cell elongation decreased as the distance from the cotyledonary node increased. Pectic polysaccharides underwent an important depolymerization accompanied by a decrease in their uronic acid content from the apical to basal region of the hypocotyl. Additionally, the molecular mass of pectic polysaccharides strongly decreased from the apical to the basal regions. Watersoluble hemicellulosic polysaccharides extracted with 4% KOH decreased notably from the cotyledonary node towards the base, while water-soluble polysaccharides extracted with 24% KOH showed few differences along the hypocotyl. The molecular mass of xyloglucan present in both hemicellulosic fractions was lower in the upper hypocotyl region as compared with the basal region. These findings are in agreement with an active xyloglucan depolymerization in the upper region as would be expected in a region exhibiting very active growth.
- Subjects
CLUSTER pine; PLANT cell walls; POLYSACCHARIDES; ATOMIC mass; PARTITION coefficient (Chemistry); MOLECULAR biology
- Publication
Physiologia Plantarum, 1990, Vol 79, Issue 3, p563
- ISSN
0031-9317
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1399-3054.1990.tb02118.x