ReviewPectins: structure, biosynthesis, and oligogalacturonide-related signaling
Our current level of understanding of the structure, biosynthesis and function of the plant cell wall polysaccharide pectin is reviewed.
Section snippets
Acknowledgements
We thank Jason Sterling for critical reading of the manuscript and our colleagues at the CCRC for their helpful discussions. This work was supported in part by NSF grant No. INT-9722509, NRI competitive USDA award 98-35304-6772, NIH grant 5R01GM39583, DOE grant DE-FG02-96ER20220 and DOE-funded center grant DE-FG05-93-ER20097.
References (352)
- et al.
Isolation and structural characterization of β-d-glucosyluronic acid and 4-O-methyl β-d-glucosyluronic acid-containing oligosaccharides from the cell-wall pectic polysaccharide, rhamnogalalcturonan I
Carbohydr. Res.
(1994) - et al.
Defense related reactions of seedling roots of Norway spruce to infection by Heterobasidion annosum (Fr.) Bref
Physiol. Mol. Plant Pathol.
(1994) Chemistry of cell wall polysaccharides
- et al.
Structure and function of plant cell walls
- et al.
High-resolution atomic force microscopy of native Valonia cellulose I microcrystals
J. Struct. Biol.
(1997) - et al.
Inhibition of the hypersensitive response in tobacco by pectate lyase digests of cell wall and of polygalacturonic acid
Physiol. Mol. Plant Pathol.
(1990) - et al.
A facile enzymatic synthesis of uridine diphospho-[14C]galacturonic acid
Anal. Biochem.
(2000) - et al.
[2-1H] mannose incorporation in cultured plants cells — investigation of l-galactose residues of the primary cell wall
J. Plant Physiol.
(1988) - et al.
Localisation of methyltransferases involved in glucuronoxylan and pectin methylation in the Golgi apparatus in etiolated pea epicotyls
J. Plant Physiol.
(1999) - et al.
Isolation and characterization of the proteinase inhibitor-inducing factor from tomato leaves
J. Biol. Chem.
(1984)
Comparison of the effects of cryptogein and oligogalacturonides on tobacco cells and evidence of different forms of desensitization induced by these elicitors
Plant Sci.
(1998)
The quantitative analysis of uronic acid polymers by infrared spectroscopy
Carbohydr. Res.
(1975)
Decrease of polygalacturonic acid synthase during xylem differentiation in sycamore
Phytochemistry
(1985)
Novel approaches to the analysis of polysaccharide structures
Curr. Opin. Struct. Biol.
(1999)
Biosynthesis in vitro of pectic (1-4)-β-d-galactan
Detection and homogeneity of cell wall pectic polysaccharides of Lemna minor
Carbohydr. Res.
(1997)
Analysis of partially methyl-esterified galacturonic acid oligomers by high-performance anion-exchange chromatography and matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry
Anal. Biochem.
(1998)
Cell surface receptors
Curr. Opin. Struct. Biol.
(2000)
Synergy between enzymes from Aspergillus involved in the degradation of plant cell wall polysaccharides
Carbohydr Res.
(2000)
Elicitor-active components from French bean hypocotyls
Physiol. Mol. Plant Path.
(1989)
Rhamnogalacturonan II, a dominant polysaccharide in juices produced by enzymic liquefaction of fruits and vegetables
Carbohydr. Res.
(1997)
A novel function for a ubiquitous plant enzyme pectin methylesterase: the host-cell receptor for the tobacco mosaic virus movement protein
FEBS Letters
(1999)
A pectic polysaccharide from cell walls of tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) mesophyll
Carbohydr. Res.
(1986)
Cell wall microcapsules with different porosity from suspension cultured Chenopodium album
Phytochemistry
(1992)
Cell wall mutants
Plant Physiol. Biochem.
(2000)
Oligosaccharide signaling in plants. Specificity of oligouronide-enhanced plasma membrane protein phosphorylation
J. Biol. Chem.
(1991)
Sugar nucleotide transformations in plants
Investigation of the occurrence of pectic–xylan–xyloglucan complexes in the cell walls of cauliflower stem tissues
Carbohydr. Polym.
(1999)
High-resolution NMR using selective excitation
J. Mol Struct.
(1992)
Oligogalacturonides stimulate pericycle cell wall thickening and cell divisions leading to stoma formation in tobacco leaf explants
Planta
(1998)
A historical account of NMR in the solid state
Prog. Nuc. Mag. Spec.
(1995)
The backbone of the pectic polysaccharide rhamnogalacturonan I is cleaved by an endohydrolase and an endolyase
Glycobiology
(1995)
Pectins as mediators of wall porosity in soybean cells
Planta
(1988)
Cell-wall lysing enzymes and product of cell-wall digestion elicit ethylene in citrus
Physiol. Plant.
(1988)
The structure of plant cell walls II. The hemicellulose of the walls of suspension-cultured sycamore cells
Plant Physiol.
(1973)
The immobility of pectic substances in injured tomato leaves and its bearing on the identity of the wound hormone
Planta
(1985)
Oligogalacturonides inhibit the formation of roots on tobacco explants
Plant J.
(1993)
Oligogalacturonides prevent rhizogenesis in rolB-transformed tobacco explants by inhibiting auxin-induced expression of the rolB gene
Plant Cell
(1996)
Extracellular H2O2 induced by oligogalacturonides is not involved in the inhibition of the auxin-regulated rolB gene expression in tobacco leaf explants
Plant Physiol.
(2000)
Polypeptide signaling for plant defense genes exhibits analogies to defense signaling in animals
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA
(1996)
A wound- and systemin-inducible polygalacturonase in tomato leaves
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA
(1999)
Polygalacturonase-inhibiting protein accumulates in Phaseolus vulgaris L. in response to wounding, elicitors and fungal infection
Plant J.
(1994)
Proteinase inhibitor-inducing factor activity in tomato leaves resides in oligosaccharides enzymatically released from cell walls
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA
(1981)
Role of active oxygen species and NO in plant defense responses
Curr. Opin. Plant Biol.
(1999)
A bifunctional epimerase-reductase acts downstream of the MUR1 gene product and completes the de novo synthesis of GDP-l-fucose in Arabidopsis
Plant J.
(2000)
The MUR1 gene of Arabidopsis thaliana encodes an isoform of GDP-mannose-4,6-dehydratase, catalyzing the first step in the de novo synthesis of GDP-l-fucose
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA
(1997)
Elicitors and suppressors of hydroxyproline-rich glycoprotein accumulation are solubilized from plant cell walls by endopolygalacturonase
Eur. J. Biochem.
(1995)
Rhamnogalacturonans I and II are pectic substrates for flax-cell methyltransferases
Plant Physiol. Biochem.
(1997)
Cited by (1594)
Purification and structural characterization of two polysaccharides with anti-inflammatory activities from Plumbago zeylanica L.
2024, International Journal of Biological MacromoleculesSuppressing the rhamnogalacturonan lyase gene FaRGLyase1 preserves RGI pectin degradation and enhances strawberry fruit firmness
2024, Plant Physiology and BiochemistryPreparation of β-galacto-oligosaccharides using a novel endo-1,4-β-galactanase from Penicillium oxalicum
2024, International Journal of Biological MacromoleculesFull utilization of the yellow passion fruit peel: Chemical characterization and valorization to reduce biomass waste
2023, Industrial Crops and Products
Copyright © 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.