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Planta ; 219(2): 369-78, 2004 Jun.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-15048571

ABSTRACT

Pectin methylesterases (PMEs) are ubiquitous enzymes present in the plant cell wall. They catalyse the demethylesterification of homogalacturonic acid units of pectins, which, in turn, can be associated with different physiological phenomena. In this study, different flax (Linum usitatissimum L.) PME isoforms were observed: neutral (pI 7.0 and 7.5, MW: 110 kDa), basic (pI 8.3 and 8.5, MW: 110 kDa) and very basic (pI>9.5, MW: 38 kDa). In an attempt to identify most of the expressed cell wall LuPME isoforms, polyclonal antibodies were raised against a conserved region of PME. These antibodies allowed the purification of the very basic PME isoform (pI 9.5, MW: 36 kDa) from flax cells, designated LuPME5. This isoform corresponds to the Lupme5 cDNA isolated, at the same time, from flax hypocotyls, by using the RACE-PCR technique. Semi-quantitative PCR experiments showed that the Lupme5 transcript was highly expressed in the hypocotyl zones where elongation is being achieved. Thus, this enzyme may be involved in cell wall stiffening.


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Carboxylic Ester Hydrolases/chemistry , Cell Wall/enzymology , Flax/enzymology , Amino Acid Sequence , Base Sequence , Carboxylic Ester Hydrolases/metabolism , Cell Wall/chemistry , Cell Wall/metabolism , Cells, Cultured , Flax/genetics , Gene Expression , Hypocotyl/chemistry , Hypocotyl/enzymology , Hypocotyl/metabolism , Isoenzymes/chemistry , Molecular Sequence Data , Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
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