Effects of Pectin Molecular Weight Changes on the Structure, Dynamics, and Polysaccharide Interactions of Primary Cell Walls of
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Phyo, Pyae
Wang, Tuo
Xiao, Chaowen
Anderson, Charles T.
Hong, Mei
Date Issued
September 2017
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Biomacromolecules
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American Chemical Society (ACS)
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Phyo, Pyae et al. “Effects of Pectin Molecular Weight Changes on the Structure, Dynamics, and Polysaccharide Interactions of Primary Cell Walls of Arabidopsis Thaliana: Insights from Solid-State NMR.” Biomacromolecules 18, 9 (August 2017): 2937–2950 © 2017 American Chemical Society
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Abstract
Significant cellulose–pectin interactions in plant cell walls have been reported recently based on 2D ¹³C solid-state NMR spectra of intact cell walls, but how these interactions affect cell growth has not been probed. Here, we characterize two Arabidopsis thaliana lines with altered expression of the POLYGALACTURONASE INVOLVED IN EXPANSION1 (PGX1) gene, which encodes a polygalacturonase that cleaves homogalacturonan (HG). PGX1[superscript AT] plants overexpress PGX1, have HG with lower molecular weight, and grow larger, whereas pgx1-2 knockout plants have HG with higher molecular weight and grow smaller. Quantitative ¹³C solid-state NMR spectra show that PGX1[superscript AT] cell walls have lower galacturonic acid and xylose contents and higher HG methyl esterification than controls, whereas high molecular weight pgx1-2 walls have similar galacturonic acid content and methyl esterification as controls. 1H-transferred ¹³C INEPT spectra indicate that the interfibrillar HG backbones are more aggregated whereas the RG-I side chains are more dispersed in PGX1[superscript AT] cell walls than in pgx1-2 walls. In contrast, the pectins that are close to cellulose become more mobile and have weaker cross peaks with cellulose in PGX1AT walls than in pgx1-2 walls. Together, these results show that polygalacturonase-mediated plant growth is accompanied by increased esterification and decreased cross-linking of HG, increased aggregation of interfibrillar HG, and weaker HG–cellulose interactions. These structural and dynamical differences give molecular insights into how pectins influence wall dynamics during cell growth.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Chemistry
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https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.biomac.7b00888
