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Metabolism and Enzymology

Polysaccharide Fraction from Higher Plants which Strongly Interacts with the Cytosolic Phosphorylase Isozyme ¹

I. Isolation and Characterization

Botanisches Institut der Westfälischen Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Schlossgarten 3, D-4400 Münster, Federal Republic of Germany

From leaves of Spinacia oleracea L. or from Pisum sativum L. and from cotyledons of germinating pea seeds a high molecular weight polysaccharide fraction was isolated. The apparent size of the fraction, as determined by gel filtration, was similar to that of dextran blue. Following acid hydrolysis the monomer content of the polysaccharide preparation was studied using high pressure liquid and thin layer chromatography. Glucose, galactose, arabinose, and ribose were the main monosaccharide compounds. The native polysaccharide preparation interacted strongly with the cytosolic isozyme of phosphorylase (EC 2.4.1.1). Interaction with the plastidic phosphorylase isozyme(s) was by far weaker. Interaction with the cytosolic isozyme was demonstrated by affinity electrophoresis, kinetic measurements, and by ¹⁴C-labeling experiments in which the glucosyl transfer from [¹⁴C]glucose 1-phosphate to the polysaccharide preparation was monitored.

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