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Cell Surfaces in Plant-Microorganism Interactions

I. A Structural Investigation of Cell Wall Hydroxyproline-rich Glycoproteins Which Accumulate in Fungus-infected Plants ¹

Derek T. A. Lamport^b

^a Université Paul Sabatier, Centre de Physiologie Végétale-LA 241 CNRS, 118 route de Narbonne, 31077 Toulouse, France, ^b MSU-DOE Plant Research Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824

Infection of muskmelon Cucumis melo seedlings by the fungus Colletotrichum lagenarium causes a 10-fold increase in the amount of cell wall hydroxyproline-rich glycoprotein. Evidence for this increase was provided by studying two specific markers of this glycoprotein, namely hydroxyproline and glycosylated serine. The lability of the O-glycosidic linkage of wall-bound glycosylated serine in the presence of hydrazine, was used to determine the amount of serine which is glycosylated.

A large increase in the hydroxyproline content of infected plants is shown, but the ratios of glycosylated serine to hydroxyproline are similar in healthy and infected plants. As far as these markers are concerned, the hydroxyproline-rich glycoproteins secreted into the wall as a result of the disease are similar to those of healthy plants. In addition, the extent of glycosylation of the wall serine, in both healthy and infected plants, decreases as the plant ages.

Serine- and hydroxyproline-rich (glyco)peptides were also isolated after trypsinolysis of the wall. These (glyco)peptides include the galactosyl-containing pentapeptide, serine-hydroxyproline₄. This pentapeptide is characteristic of cell wall protein.

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