Polygalacturonase-mediated dissolution and depolymerization of pectins in solutions mimicking the pH and mineral composition of tomato fruit apoplast
Polygalacturonase-mediated dissolution and depolymerization of pectins in solutions mimicking the pH and mineral composition of tomato fruit apoplast
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DOI:
10.1016/j.plantsci.2007.03.008
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发表时间:
2007-06-01
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5.2
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Huber, Donald J.
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Almeida, Domingos P. F.;Huber, Donald J.
The effects of polygalacturonase, (PG) on pectin dissolution and depolymerization were examined in cell walls from mature-green tomato fruit incubated in a conventional (C) buffer (30 mM sodium acetate, 150 mM NaCl, pH 4.5) and in buffers mimicking the apoplastic solution of mature-green (MG) and ripe fruit (R). Pectin dissolution from cell walls was much higher in C-buffer than in NIG- or R-buffers. Buffered phenol inactivated cell walls incubated in C-buffer released 4.9 mu g mg- I pectin, which increased to 86.4 pg mg(-1) when PG was added. In the R-buffer, PG increased the pectin dissolution from inactive cell walls from 0.5 to 18.3 mu g mg(-1). However, when the assay was conducted in buffer mimicking mature-green fruits, added PG did not increase pectin dissolution. The release of uronic acids from active cell walls in C-buffer and R-buffer was consistently lower than that from inactive walls due to the activity of pectinmethylesterase. Gel filtration profiles of CDTA-soluble pectins extracted from cell walls previously incubated in C-buffer or R-buffer with PG reveal that the enzyme is capable of hydrolyzing insoluble, ionically bound, pectins. These data support the idea that pH and mineral composition of the fruit apoplast provide a means for biochemical regulation of cell wall metabolism. (C) 2007 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.