scholarly journals UDP-glucose dehydrogenases of maize: a role in cell wall pentose biosynthesis

2005 ◽  
Vol 391 (2) ◽  
pp. 409-415 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Kärkönen ◽  
Alain Murigneux ◽  
Jean-Pierre Martinant ◽  
Elodie Pepey ◽  
Christophe Tatout ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cell Wall ◽  
Sequence Similarity ◽  
Glucose Dehydrogenase ◽  
Soya Bean ◽  
Amino Acid Sequences ◽  
Cell Wall Polysaccharide ◽  
Polysaccharide Biosynthesis ◽  
Polysaccharide Synthesis ◽  
Ethanol Dehydrogenase ◽  
Adh Activity

UDPGDH (UDP-D-glucose dehydrogenase) oxidizes UDP-Glc (UDP-D-glucose) to UDP-GlcA (UDP-D-glucuronate), the precursor of UDP-D-xylose and UDP-L-arabinose, major cell wall polysaccharide precursors. Maize (Zea mays L.) has at least two putative UDPGDH genes (A and B), according to sequence similarity to a soya bean UDPGDH gene. The predicted maize amino acid sequences have 95% similarity to that of soya bean. Maize mutants with a Mu-element insertion in UDPGDH-A or UDPGDH-B were isolated (udpgdh-A1 and udpgdh-B1 respectively) and studied for changes in wall polysaccharide biosynthesis. The udpgdh-A1 and udpgdh-B1 homozygotes showed no visible phenotype but exhibited 90 and 60–70% less UDPGDH activity respectively than wild-types in a radiochemical assay with 30 μM UDP-glucose. Ethanol dehydrogenase (ADH) activity varied independently of UDPGDH activity, supporting the hypothesis that ADH and UDPGDH activities are due to different enzymes in maize. When extracts from wild-types and udpgdh-A1 homozygotes were assayed with increasing concentrations of UDP-Glc, at least two isoforms of UDPGDH were detected, having Km values of approx. 380 and 950 μM for UDP-Glc. Leaf and stem non-cellulosic polysaccharides had lower Ara/Gal and Xyl/Gal ratios in udpgdh-A1 homozygotes than in wild-types, whereas udpgdh-B1 homozygotes exhibited more variability among individual plants, suggesting that UDPGDH-A activity has a more important role than UDPGDH-B in UDP-GlcA synthesis. The fact that mutation of a UDPGDH gene interferes with polysaccharide synthesis suggests a greater importance for the sugar nucleotide oxidation pathway than for the myo-inositol pathway in UDP-GlcA biosynthesis during post-germinative growth of maize.

Brefeldin A: a specific inhibitor of cell wall polysaccharide biosynthesis in oat coleoptile segments

1999 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabriella Piro ◽  
Anna Montefusco ◽  
Daniela Pacoda ◽  
Giuseppe Dalessandro
Keyword(s):  
Cell Wall ◽  
Specific Inhibitor ◽  
Brefeldin A ◽  
Cell Wall Polysaccharide ◽  
Polysaccharide Biosynthesis

Radioautographic and Chemical Studies of Incorporation into Sycamore Vascular Tissue Walls

1968 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-80
Author(s):  
F. B. P. WOODING
Keyword(s):  
Cell Wall ◽  
Vascular Tissue ◽  
Golgi Body ◽  
Cell Wall Polysaccharide ◽  
Polysaccharide Synthesis ◽  
Chemical Studies

Chemical and radioautographic studies on sycamore seedling stems have shown an involvement of the Golgi body in cell-wall polysaccharide synthesis from tritiated glucose. Tritiated phenylalanine is shown to be incorporated only into lignin after short incubation times. The patterns of labelling are compared and discussed for the two precursors.

Barrientosiimonas humi gen. nov., sp. nov., an actinobacterium of the family Dermacoccaceae

2013 ◽  
Vol 63 (Pt_1) ◽  
pp. 241-248 ◽  
Author(s):  
Learn-Han Lee ◽  
Yoke-Kqueen Cheah ◽  
Shiran Mohd Sidik ◽  
Qing-Yi Xie ◽  
Yi-Li Tang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cell Wall ◽  
16S Rrna ◽  
16S Rrna Gene ◽  
Sequence Similarity ◽  
Taxonomic Status ◽  
Rrna Gene ◽  
Cell Wall Polysaccharide ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Link Type ◽  
The Family

Three novel actinobacteria, strains 39T, 40 and 41, were isolated from soil collected from Barrientos Island in the Antarctic. The taxonomic status of these strains was determined using a polyphasic approach. Comparison of 16S rRNA gene sequences revealed that strain 39T represented a novel lineage within the family Dermacoccaceae and was most closely related to members of the genera Demetria (96.9 % 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity), Branchiibius (95.7 %), Dermacoccus (94.4–95.3 %), Calidifontibacter (94.6 %), Luteipulveratus (94.3 %), Yimella (94.2 %) and Kytococcus (93.1 %). Cells were irregular cocci and short rods. The peptidoglycan type was A4α with an l-Lys–l-Ser–d-Asp interpeptide bridge. The cell-wall sugars were galactose and glucose. The major menaquinone was MK-8(H4). The polar lipids were diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylinositol, phosphoglycolipid, two glycolipids and one unknown phospholipid. The acyl type of the cell-wall polysaccharide was N-acetyl. The major cellular fatty acids were anteiso-C17 : 0 (41.97 %), anteiso-C17 : 1ω9c (32.16 %) and iso-C16 : 0 (7.68 %). The DNA G+C content of strain 39T was 68.4 mol%. On the basis of phylogenetic and phenotypic differences from other genera of the family Dermacoccaceae , a novel genus and species, Barrientosiimonas humi gen. nov., sp. nov., is proposed; the type strain of the type species is 39T ( = CGMCC 4.6864T  = DSM 24617T).

scholarly journals Cell wall polysaccharide biosynthesis and related metabolism in elicitor-stressed cells of French bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.)

1995 ◽  
Vol 306 (3) ◽  
pp. 745-750 ◽  
Author(s):  
D Robertson ◽  
B A McCormack ◽  
G P Bolwell
Keyword(s):  
Cell Wall ◽  
Phaseolus Vulgaris ◽  
Time Course ◽  
Glucose Dehydrogenase ◽  
French Bean ◽  
Primary Cell Wall ◽  
Cell Wall Polysaccharide ◽  
Phaseolus Vulgaris L ◽  
Glucan Synthase ◽  
Elicitor Treatment

Enzyme activities involved in quantitative and qualitative flux of sugars into cell wall polysaccharides were determined following elicitor treatment of suspension cultured cells of French bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.). Two subsets of activities were examined: the first were involved in synthesis and metabolism of UDP-glucose and the provision of the pool of UDP-sugars, and the second a selection of membrane-bound glycosyltransferases involved in the synthesis of pectins, hemicelluloses and glucans of the primary cell wall. Of the first group, only UDP-glucose dehydrogenase (EC 1.1.1.22) showed any significant induction in response to elicitor treatment, sucrose synthase (EC 2.4.1.13), UDP-glucuronate decarboxylase (EC 4.1.1.35), UDP-glucose and UDP-xylose 4-epimerases (EC 5.1.3.2 and EC 5.1.3.5 respectively) did not change in activity significantly over the time course. In contrast, enzymes of the second group showed a more complex response. Callose synthase (glucan synthase II, EC 2.4.1.12) increased in activity, as has been shown in other systems, while arabinan synthase (EC 2.4.1.-), xylan synthase (EC 2.4.1.72), xyloglucan synthase (EC 2.4.1.72) and glucan synthase I (EC 2.4.1.12) activities were rapidly depleted from membranes within 3 h following elicitor action. This rapid turnover of activity was striking, indicating that the half-life of such enzymes can be short and that elicitor action causes substantial perturbation of some membrane activities. Glucan synthase I activity appears to increase in the later stages over the time period measured, indicating some recovery of this metabolism.

Cell Wall Polysaccharide Synthesis

2009 ◽  
pp. 94-187 ◽  
Author(s):  
Debra Mohnen ◽  
Maor Bar-Peled ◽  
Chris Somerville
Keyword(s):  
Cell Wall ◽  
Cell Wall Polysaccharide ◽  
Polysaccharide Synthesis

scholarly journals Changes in enzymic activities of nucleoside diphosphate sugar interconversions during differentiation of cambium to xylem in pine and fir

1977 ◽  
Vol 162 (2) ◽  
pp. 281-288 ◽  
Author(s):  
G Dalessandro ◽  
D H Northcote
Keyword(s):  
Cell Wall ◽  
Protein Fraction ◽  
Glucuronic Acid ◽  
Glucose Dehydrogenase ◽  
Preceding Paper ◽  
Polysaccharide Synthesis ◽  
Cell Wall Development ◽  
Specific Activities ◽  
Cambial Cells

A protein fraction [precipitate obtained between 40 and 65% (NH4)2SO4 satn.] prepared from cambial cells, differentiating xylem cells and differentiated xylem cells of pine and fir trees contained all the enzymes required for the nucleoside diphosphate sugar interconversions. By using UDP-D-[U-14C]glucose or UDP-D-[U-14C]galactose, UDP-D-[U-14C-]glucuronic acid and UDP-D-[U-14C]xylose as substrates, the activities of UDP-D-galactose 4-epimerase (DC 5.1.3.2), UDP-D-xylose 4-epimerase(EC 5.1.3.5), UDP-D-glucose dehydrogenase (EC 1.1.1.22) and UDP-D-glucuronate 4-epimerase (EC5.1.3.6), UDP-d-glucuronate decarboxylase (EC 4.1.1.35) were measured at different stages of cell-wall development. The specific activities and the activities per cell of these enzymes varied during differentiation of cambium to xylem according to the type polysaccharide synthesized. Variations were also found between the two species investigated. These data, compared with those obtained in out previous work on angiosperms [see the preceding paper, Dalessandro & Northcote (1977) Biochem. J. 162, 267-279], suggest that some control of polysaccharide synthesis operates at the level of the formation of the precursors of pectin and hemicellulose syntheses.

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