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Wang M, Yu A, Hu W, Zhang Z, Wang Z, Meng Y, Yang B, Kuang H. Extraction, purification, structural characteristic, health benefit, and product application of the polysaccharides from bamboo shoot: A review. Int J Biol Macromol 2024; 271:132581. [PMID: 38797301 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2024.132581] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2024] [Revised: 05/08/2024] [Accepted: 05/20/2024] [Indexed: 05/29/2024]
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Bamboo shoot is a kind of widely distributed natural green vegetable, which has a long history of consumption and cultivation, and has edible, nutritional and economic value. Bamboo shoot is nutrient-rich food with carbohydrates, fats, proteins, polysaccharides, flavonoids, alkaloids and other chemical components, can meet the body's needs. Notably, bamboo shoot polysaccharides are the most attractive saccharides, most of which are water-soluble polysaccharides, and their various biological activities have been paid more attention by researchers. With the deepening of research on bamboo shoot polysaccharides, they have been found to have anti-diabetic, anti-oxidant, anti-inflammatory, anti-complement activities, immunomodulatory, etc. Further research on bamboo shoot polysaccharides, their sources, molecular weights, chemical structures, monosaccharide compositions and structural characteristics are constantly explored. In order to better research and development of bamboo shoot polysaccharides, it is necessary to carry on a comprehensive arrangement. Here, the extraction and purification methods, structural characteristics, health benefits, structure-activity relationships and product applications of bamboo shoot polysaccharides were systematically reviewed. This article will deepen the understanding of bamboo shoot polysaccharides, provide knowledge base for further research on bamboo shoot polysaccharides, and expand the vision for developing related products.
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- Meng Wang
- Key Laboratory of Basic and Application Research of Beiyao (Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine), Ministry of Education, Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine, Harbin, 150000, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Basic and Application Research of Beiyao (Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine), Ministry of Education, Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine, Harbin, 150000, China
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- Key Laboratory of Basic and Application Research of Beiyao (Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine), Ministry of Education, Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine, Harbin, 150000, China
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- Key Laboratory of Basic and Application Research of Beiyao (Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine), Ministry of Education, Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine, Harbin, 150000, China
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- Key Laboratory of Basic and Application Research of Beiyao (Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine), Ministry of Education, Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine, Harbin, 150000, China
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- Key Laboratory of Basic and Application Research of Beiyao (Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine), Ministry of Education, Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine, Harbin, 150000, China
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- Key Laboratory of Basic and Application Research of Beiyao (Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine), Ministry of Education, Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine, Harbin, 150000, China
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- Key Laboratory of Basic and Application Research of Beiyao (Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine), Ministry of Education, Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine, Harbin, 150000, China.
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Alvarez VMZ, Fernández PV, Ciancia M. A novel substitution pattern in glucuronoarabinoxylans from woody bamboos. Carbohydr Polym 2024; 323:121356. [PMID: 37940262 DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2023.121356] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2023] [Revised: 08/08/2023] [Accepted: 08/28/2023] [Indexed: 11/10/2023]
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(1 → 4)-β-D-Xylans are the second most abundant plant biopolymers on Earth after cellulose. Although their structures have been extensively studied, and industrial applications have been found for them and their derivatives, they are still investigated due to the diversity of their structures and uses. In this work, hemicellulose fractions obtained previously with 1 M KOH from two species of woody bamboos, Phyllostachys aurea and Guadua chacoensis, were purified, and the structures of the glucuronoarabinoxylans (GAX) were studied by chemical and spectroscopic methods. In both cases, major amounts of α-L-arabinofuranose residues were linked to C3 of the xylose units of the backbone, and also α-D-glucuronic acid residues and their 4-O-methyl-derivatives were detected in minor quantities, linked to C2 of some xylose residues. Methylation analysis of the carboxyl-reduced derivative from GAX from P. aurea indicated the presence of terminal and 5-linked arabinofuranose units. NMR spectroscopy showed the presence of disaccharidic side chains of 5-O-α-l-arabinofuranosyl-L-arabinofuranose for the GAX from P. aurea, while for those of G. chacoensis, only single side chains were found. To the best of our knowledge, this disaccharide was not found before as side chain of xylans.
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- Víctor Martín Zelaya Alvarez
- Universidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Agronomía, Departamento de Biología Aplicada y Alimentos, Cátedra de Química de Biomoléculas, Av. San Martín 4453, C1417DSE Buenos Aires, Argentina; CONICET-Universidad de Buenos Aires, Centro de Investigación de Hidratos de Carbono (CIHIDECAR), Ciudad Universitaria - Pabellón 2, C1428EHA Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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- Universidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Agronomía, Departamento de Biología Aplicada y Alimentos, Cátedra de Química de Biomoléculas, Av. San Martín 4453, C1417DSE Buenos Aires, Argentina; CONICET-Universidad de Buenos Aires, Centro de Investigación de Hidratos de Carbono (CIHIDECAR), Ciudad Universitaria - Pabellón 2, C1428EHA Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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- Universidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Agronomía, Departamento de Biología Aplicada y Alimentos, Cátedra de Química de Biomoléculas, Av. San Martín 4453, C1417DSE Buenos Aires, Argentina; CONICET-Universidad de Buenos Aires, Centro de Investigación de Hidratos de Carbono (CIHIDECAR), Ciudad Universitaria - Pabellón 2, C1428EHA Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Dai HF, Jiang B, Zhao JS, Li JC, Sun QM. Metabolomics and Transcriptomics Analysis of Pollen Germination Response to Low-Temperature in Pitaya ( Hylocereus polyrhizus). FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 13:866588. [PMID: 35646022 PMCID: PMC9134753 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.866588] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2022] [Accepted: 03/31/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Cross-pollination can improve the percentage of fruit set and fruit weight for most red flesh varieties in pitaya. The technology of pollen storage was very important for successful cross-pollination. However, till present, the technology of pollen storage is unsatisfactory in pitaya production. In this study, pitaya pollen stored at low temperature was taken as the research object, and its physicochemical indexes, metabolomics, and transcriptomics were studied. The results showed that in vitro pollen germination rate decreased significantly with the increase in storage time. Soluble sugar and soluble protein content of pollen peaked on the first day of storage, whereas its relative conductivity, and manlondialdehyde (MDA) and proline contents increased gradually during storage. At the same time, the antioxidant enzyme system of pollen was also affected. Superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity decreased, while the activities of catalase (CAT) and peroxidase (POD) increased and superoxide anion generation rate increased gradually during storage. According to the metabolomics results, amino acid, peptide, nucleotide, plant hormone, terpene, alcohol, phenol, flavonoid, sterol, vitamin, ester, sphingolipid, and ketone contents increased significantly during storage, whereas flavonoid and pigment contents declined gradually. During pollen storage, the gene expressions related to carbohydrate metabolism, protein metabolism, acid and lipid metabolism, sterol metabolism, plant hormone metabolism, and signal transductions were significantly downregulated. With KEGG pathway analysis, isoquinoline alkaloid biosynthesis, tyrosine metabolism, alanine, aspartate, and glutamate metabolism of pollen were affected significantly during low-temperature storage. Correlation analysis showed that the gene expression patterns of HuRP2, HuUPL1, and HuAAT2 had significant effects on pollen germination. D-arabinose 5-phosphate and myricetin were positively correlated with pollen germination rate, which was valuable for studying preservation agents. In this study, the changes in pollen during low-temperature storage were described from the level of metabolites and genes, which could provide theoretical support for the research and development of pollen long-term storage technology in pitaya.
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- Hong-fen Dai
- Key Laboratory of South Subtropical Fruit Biology and Genetic Resource Utilization (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs), Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Tropical and Subtropical Fruit Tree Research, Institute of Fruit Tree Research, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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- Vegetable Research Institute, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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- Center of Agricultural Science and Technology Promotion, Maoming, China
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- Key Laboratory of South Subtropical Fruit Biology and Genetic Resource Utilization (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs), Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Tropical and Subtropical Fruit Tree Research, Institute of Fruit Tree Research, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of South Subtropical Fruit Biology and Genetic Resource Utilization (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs), Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Tropical and Subtropical Fruit Tree Research, Institute of Fruit Tree Research, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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Wang Y, Chen J, Wang D, Ye F, He Y, Hu Z, Zhao G. A systematic review on the composition, storage, processing of bamboo shoots: Focusing the nutritional and functional benefits. J Funct Foods 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jff.2020.104015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Glucuronoarabinoxylans and other cell wall polysaccharides from shoots of Guadua chacoensis obtained by extraction in different conditions. Carbohydr Polym 2019; 226:115313. [DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2019.115313] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2019] [Revised: 09/06/2019] [Accepted: 09/09/2019] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Zelaya VM, Fernández PV, Vega AS, Mantese AI, Federico AA, Ciancia M. Glucuronoarabinoxylans as major cell walls polymers from young shoots of the woody bamboo Phyllostachys aurea. Carbohydr Polym 2017; 167:240-249. [DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2017.03.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2016] [Revised: 03/01/2017] [Accepted: 03/07/2017] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Zhang B, Fu GQ, Niu YS, Peng F, Yao CL, Sun RC. Variations of lignin–lignin and lignin–carbohydrate linkages from young Neosinocalamus affinis bamboo culms. RSC Adv 2016. [DOI: 10.1039/c5ra24819a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Three lignin–carbohydrate complex (LCC) preparations were isolated to elucidate the variations of chemical linkages during growth in the early development stages of Neosinocalamus affinis bamboo culms.
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- Bing Zhang
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Lignocellulosic Chemistry
- Beijing Forestry University
- Beijing 100083
- China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Lignocellulosic Chemistry
- Beijing Forestry University
- Beijing 100083
- China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Lignocellulosic Chemistry
- Beijing Forestry University
- Beijing 100083
- China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Lignocellulosic Chemistry
- Beijing Forestry University
- Beijing 100083
- China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Lignocellulosic Chemistry
- Beijing Forestry University
- Beijing 100083
- China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Lignocellulosic Chemistry
- Beijing Forestry University
- Beijing 100083
- China
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Wang CZ, Zhang HY, Li WJ, Ye JZ. Chemical constituents and structural characterization of polysaccharides from four typical bamboo species leaves. Molecules 2015; 20:4162-79. [PMID: 25751781 PMCID: PMC6272521 DOI: 10.3390/molecules20034162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2014] [Revised: 01/14/2015] [Accepted: 02/12/2015] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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In order to find bamboo leaves with high contents of bioactive polysaccharides, 32 samples were chosen to analyze their polysaccharide content by GC and sulfuric acid-anthrone colorimetric assays. Purified polysaccharides (BLPS) were separated from the four varieties P. nigra (Lodd.) Munro (PN), P. vivax McClure (PV), Chimonobambusa quadrangularis (Fenzi) Makino (CQ), and P. bambussoides cv. Tanakae (PB) by ultrasound extraction, solution precipitation, ion exchange resin, DEAE-52 and Sephadex G-100 chromatography. BLPS structural characterization was accomplished by HPLC-GPC, Fourier transform infra-red spectroscopy (FTIR) and NaIO4-HIO4 oxidation reactions. The results showed that the total polysaccharides of the bamboo leaves in samples 1–32 ranged between 1.4% and 5.4%, Samples No. 29–No. 32 (PN, PV, CQ, and PB) contained 2–3 fold more polysaccharides than No. 1~No. 28 among the 32 different species, particularly the content of galactose was in a range of 21.5%–34.1% for these four typical bamboo species leaves, which was also more than 2–3 fold higher than in No. 1–No. 28. Sugar analysis indicated that PN-PBLPS-1, PV-PBLPS-1, CQ-PBLPS-1 and PB-PBLPS-1 from the four varieties were homogeneous polysaccharides with molecular weights of 2.04 × 104, 1.15 × 104, 8.75 × 104 and 1.48 × 104 Da, respectively. PB-PBLPS-1 was a mixture of α-galactopyranose and β-d-glucopyranose linkages with α-(1→6) or β-(1→6)glycosidic bonds, while PN-PBLPS-1, PV-PBLPS-1, and CQ-PBLPS-1 had α galactopyranose linkages with α-(1→6) glycosidic bonds.
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- Cheng-Zhang Wang
- Institute of Chemical Industry of Forest Products, CAF, Nanjing 210042, China.
- National Engineering Laboratory for Biomass Chemical Utilization, Nanjing 210042, China.
- Key Laboratory of Biomass Energy and Material, Nanjing 210042, China.
- Institute of New Technology of Forestry, CAF, Beijing 100091, China.
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- Institute of Chemical Industry of Forest Products, CAF, Nanjing 210042, China.
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- Institute of Chemical Industry of Forest Products, CAF, Nanjing 210042, China.
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- Institute of Chemical Industry of Forest Products, CAF, Nanjing 210042, China.
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Peng P, She D. Isolation, structural characterization, and potential applications of hemicelluloses from bamboo: a review. Carbohydr Polym 2014; 112:701-20. [PMID: 25129800 DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2014.06.068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2014] [Revised: 06/17/2014] [Accepted: 06/18/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Bamboo is one of the mostly fast growing natural resources and has great potential to be used as a valuable feedstock for biorefinery. The hemicelluloses, next to cellulose, represent a diverse group of polysaccharides in plant cell wall. Elucidation and understanding of the hemicelluloses from bamboo play an important role in the efficient conversion of bamboo into biofuels and bioproducts. This review summarized the recent reports on hemicelluloses from bamboo, including immunohistochemical localization, focused on extraction and purification methods, chemical components, characterization of structural features, as well as physicochemical properties. In addition, attention was also paid to derivatives prepared from bamboo hemicelluloses and to potential applications of bamboo hemicelluloses in a variety of areas such as biomaterials, biofuel, and food.
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- Pai Peng
- College of Forestry, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Soil Erosion and Dryland Farming on the Loess Plateau, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China; Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, CAS&MWR, Yangling 712100, China.
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Zhang Z, Wang X, Yu S, Zhao M. Isolation and antioxidant activities of polysaccharides extracted from the shoots of Phyllostachys edulis (Carr.). Int J Biol Macromol 2011; 49:454-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2011.05.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2011] [Revised: 04/30/2011] [Accepted: 05/18/2011] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Wu SC, Halley JE, Luttig C, Fernekes LM, Gutiérrez-Sanchez G, Darvill AG, Albersheim P. Identification of an endo-beta-1,4-D-xylanase from Magnaporthe grisea by gene knockout analysis, purification, and heterologous expression. Appl Environ Microbiol 2006; 72:986-93. [PMID: 16461639 PMCID: PMC1392926 DOI: 10.1128/aem.72.2.986-993.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Magnaporthe grisea, a destructive ascomycetous pathogen of rice, secretes cell wall-degrading enzymes into a culture medium containing purified rice cell walls as the sole carbon source. From M. grisea grown under the culture conditions described here, we have identified an expressed sequenced tag, XYL-6, a gene that is also expressed in M. grisea-infected rice leaves 24 h postinoculation with conidia. This gene encodes a protein about 65% similar to endo-beta-1,4-D-glycanases within glycoside hydrolase family GH10. A M. grisea knockout mutant for XYL-6 was created, and it was shown to be as virulent as the parent strain in infecting the rice host. The proteins secreted by the parent strain and by the xyl-6Delta mutant were each fractionated by liquid chromatography, and the collected fractions were assayed for endo-beta-1,4-D-glucanase or endo-beta-1,4-D-xylanase activities. Two protein-containing peaks with endo-beta-1,4-D-xylanase activity secreted by the parent strain are not detectable in the column eluant of the proteins secreted by the mutant. The two endoxylanases (XYL-6alpha and XYL-6beta) from the parent were each purified to homogeneity. N-terminal amino acid sequencing indicated that XYL-6alpha is a fragment of XYL-6beta and that XYL-6beta is identical to the deduced protein sequence encoded by the XYL-6 gene. Finally, XYL-6 was introduced into Pichia pastoris for heterologous expression, which resulted in the purification of a fusion protein, XYL-6H, from the Pichia pastoris culture filtrate. XYL-6H is active in cleaving arabinoxylan. These experiments unequivocally established that the XYL-6 gene encodes a secreted endo-beta-1,4-D-xylanase.
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- Sheng-Cheng Wu
- Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, 315 Riverbend Rd., Athens, GA 30602-4712, USA.
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Kerr EM, Fry SC. Pre-formed xyloglucans and xylans increase in molecular weight in three distinct compartments of a maize cell-suspension culture. PLANTA 2003; 217:327-339. [PMID: 12684788 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-003-1027-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2002] [Accepted: 02/28/2003] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Cultured cells of maize ( Zea mays L.) were pulse-labelled with l-[1-(3)H]arabinose (Ara) and then monitored for 7 days. The (3)H-hemicelluloses present in three compartments (protoplasm, cell wall and culture medium) were size-fractionated and the fractions assayed for [(3)H]xyloglucans and [(3)H]xylans. Protoplasmic [(3)H]xylans and [(3)H]xyloglucans initially (15 min after [(3)H]Ara-feeding) had weight-average relative molecular masses ( M(w)) approximately 0.5x10(6) and 0.3x10(6), respectively, both rising to 2x10(6) by 30 min. Thus, newly formed hemicellulose molecules were joined to other polymers, or to each other, presumably within Golgi vesicles. New (3)H-hemicelluloses very rapidly bound to the cell wall; however, after 1 day, some [(3)H]xyloglucan and [(3)H]xylan was sloughed from the wall into the medium. The wall-bound [(3)H]xyloglucans were present in the form of extremely large complexes, of M(w)>17x10(6), even as early as 15 min after [(3)H]Ara-feeding. This M(w) is >70-fold greater than that observed by similar methods in cultures of a dicotyledon ( Rosa sp.). Thus, during wall-binding, newly secreted xyloglucans greatly increased in size, possibly by transglucosylation. Some modest degradation (trimming) of wall-bound [(3)H]xyloglucan occurred later. The earliest wall-bound [(3)H]xylan had M(w) approximately 2x10(6), similar to the protoplasmic [(3)H]xylan; this increased to approximately 4x10(6) by 6 h. For the first 2 days after [(3)H]Ara-feeding, the soluble extracellular (3)H-hemicelluloses present in the culture medium had M(w) approximately 1x10(6)-2x10(6), comparable to the protoplasmic hemicelluloses. However, between 2 and 3 days after [(3)H]Ara-feeding, the M(w) of the soluble extracellular [(3)H]xylans increased abruptly to approximately 10x10(6); the soluble extracellular [(3)H]xyloglucans underwent a similar but more gradual increase in M(w). Maize (3)H-hemicelluloses thus underwent increases in M(w) in three episodes: (i) intra-protoplasmically, (ii) during wall-binding (especially xyloglucans), and (iii) after sloughing into the medium. Possible mechanisms and roles of these increases are discussed.
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- Ellen M Kerr
- The Edinburgh Cell Wall Group, Institute of Cell and Molecular Biology, The University of Edinburgh, Daniel Rutherford Building, The King's Buildings, EH9 3JH, Edinburgh, UK
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