Making and breaking of boron bridges in the pectic domain rhamnogalacturonan-II at apoplastic pH in vivo and in vitro
Making and breaking of boron bridges in the pectic domain rhamnogalacturonan-II at apoplastic pH in vivo and in vitro
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10.1111/tpj.16112
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发表时间:
2023-02-08
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7.2
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Fry,Stephen C.
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Begum,Rifat Ara;Messenger,David J.;Fry,Stephen C.
Cross‐linking of the cell‐wall pectin domain rhamnogalacturonan‐II (RG‐II) via boron bridges between apiose residues is essential for normal plant growth and development, but little is known about its mechanism or reversibility. We characterized the making and breaking of boron bridgesin vivoandin vitroat ‘apoplastic’ pH. RG‐II (13–26 μm) was incubated in livingRosacell cultures and cell‐free media with and without 1.2 mmH3BO3and cationic chaperones (Ca2+, Pb2+, polyhistidine, or arabinogalactan‐protein oligopeptides). The cross‐linking status of RG‐II was monitored electrophoretically. Dimeric RG‐II was stable at pH 2.0–7.0in vivoandin vitro.In‐vitrodimerization required a ‘catalytic’ cation at all pHs tested (1.75–7.0); thus, merely neutralizing the negative charge of RG‐II (at pH 1.75) does not enable boron bridging. Pb2+(20–2500 μm) was highly effective at pH 1.75–4.0, but not 4.75–7.0. Cationic peptides were effective at approximately 1–30 μm; higher concentrations caused less dimerization, probably because two RG‐IIs then rarely bonded to the same peptide molecule. Peptides were ineffective at pH 1.75, their pH optimum being 2.5–4.75.d‐Apiose (>40 mm) blocked RG‐II dimerizationin vitro, but did not cleave existing boron bridges.Rosacells did not take upd‐[U‐14C]apiose; therefore, exogenous apiose would block onlyapoplasticRG‐II dimerizationin vivo. In conclusion, apoplastic pH neither broke boron bridges nor prevented their formation. Thus boron‐starved cells cannot salvage boron from RG‐II, and ‘acid growth’ is not achieved by pH‐dependent monomerization of RG‐II. Divalent metals and cationic peptides catalyse RG‐II dimerization via co‐ordinate and ionic bonding respectively (possible and impossible, respectively, at pH 1.75). Exogenous apiose may be useful to distinguish intra‐ and extra‐protoplasmic dimerization.