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Plant Physiol, August 2001, Vol. 126, pp. 1698-1705
Formation of Rhamnogalacturonan II-Borate Dimer in Pectin
Determines Cell Wall Thickness of Pumpkin
Tissue1
Tadashi
Ishii,*
Toshiro
Matsunaga, and
Noriko
Hayashi
Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, P.O. Box 16, Tsukuba Norin Kenkyu Danchinai, Ibaraki 305-8687, Japan (T.I., N.H.);
and National Agricultural Research Center for Kyushu Okinawa Region,
Nishigoshi, Kumamoto 861-1192, Japan (T.M.)
Boron (B) deficiency results in inhibition of pumpkin
(Cucurbia moschata Duchesne) growth that is accompanied
by swelling of the cell walls. Monomeric rhamnogalacturonan II (mRG-II)
accounted for 80% to 90% of the total RG-II in B-deficient walls,
whereas the borate ester cross-linked RG-II dimer (dRG-II-B) accounted for more than 80% of the RG-II in control plants. The results of
glycosyl residue and glycosyl linkage composition analyses of the RG-II
from control and B-deficient plants were similar. Thus, B deficiency
does not alter the primary structure of RG-II. The addition of
10B-enriched boric acid to B-deficient plants resulted
within 5 h in the conversion of mRG-II to dRG-II-10B.
The wall thickness of the 10B-treated plants and control
plants was similar. The formation and possible functions of a borate
ester cross-linked RG-II in the cell walls are discussed.
1
This work was supported by the Ministry of
Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries (Research Grant no.
BDP-01-II-2).
*
Corresponding author; e-mail tishii{at}ffpri.affrc.go.jp; fax
81-298-74-3720.
© 2001 American Society of Plant Physiologists
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