DCB-adapted plant cells possess unique wall structure
- Hebrew Univ., Jerusalem (Israel)
- Hebrew Univ., Jerusalem (Israel) Michigan State Univ., East Lansing (USA)
- Michigan State Univ., East Lansing (USA)
Suspension-cultured cells of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum VF 36) haven been adapted to growth on high concentrations of 2,6-dichloro-benzonitrile (DCB), an herbicide which inhibits cellulose biosynthesis. The mechanism of adaptation appears to rest largely on the ability of thee cells to divide and expand in the virtual absence of a cellulose-xyloglucan network. Walls of adapted cells growing on DCB also differ from non-adapted cells by having reduced levels of hydroxyproline in protein, both in bound and salt-elutable form, and in having a much higher proportion of homogalacturonon and rhamnogalacturonan-like polymers. Most of these latter polymers are apparently cross-linked in the wall via phenolic-esters and/or phenolic ether linkages, and these polymers appear to represent the major load-bearing network in thee unusual cell walls. The surprising finding that plant cells can survive in the virtual absence of a major load-bearing network in their primary cell walls indicates that plants possess remarkable flexibility for tolerating changes in wall composition.
- OSTI ID:
- 5840890
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9007196-; CODEN: PPYSA
- Journal Information:
- Plant Physiology, Supplement; (USA), Vol. 93:1; Conference: Annual meeting of the American Society of Plant Physiologists, Indianapolis, IN (USA), 29 Jul - 2 Aug 1990; ISSN 0079-2241
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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