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Cross-Linking of Soluble Extensin in Isolated Cell Walls ¹

Plant Biology Program, Department of Biology, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130

The extensin component of primary cell walls has generally been considered to be an intrinsically insoluble cell wall glycoprotein. Recent data have established that cell wall extensin is in fact secreted in a soluble monomeric form which slowly becomes insolubilized in the cell wall probably through the oxidative formation of isodityrosine cross-links. We now show that isolated cell walls from aerated root slices of Daucus carota have the capacity to insolubilize extensin through the formation of isodityrosine. This in vitro cross-linking is specific for the extensin glycoprotein, as other wall proteins are not cross-linked by the isolated wall system. Although extensin can be cross-linked in solution by peroxidase and H₂O₂, dityrosine and not isodityrosine is the phenolic cross-link formed. Wall-catalyzed cross-linking of soluble extensin is inhibited by L-ascorbate, and both the initial rate and total extent of cross-linking are inhibited by acidic pH in the physiological range (pH 4 to 6). We suggest several mechanisms by which acid might inhibit cross-linking and propose that cytoplasmic factors (ascorbate and/or hydrogen ions) may regulate the solubility of extensin in vivo.

¹ Supported by the National Science Foundation (PCM 8104516) and by a research contract from the Monsanto Company.

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