Affiliation:
1. The Edinburgh Cell Wall Group Institute of Molecular Plant Sciences, The University of Edinburgh Daniel Rutherford Building, The King's Buildings, Max Born Crescent Edinburgh EH9 3BF UK
Abstract
SUMMARYCross‐linking of the cell‐wall pectin domain rhamnogalacturonan‐II (RG‐II) via boron bridges between apiose residues is essential for normal plant growth and development, but little is known about its mechanism or reversibility. We characterized the making and breaking of boron bridges in vivo and in vitro at ‘apoplastic’ pH. RG‐II (13–26 μm) was incubated in living Rosa cell cultures and cell‐free media with and without 1.2 mm H3BO3 and cationic chaperones (Ca2+, Pb2+, polyhistidine, or arabinogalactan‐protein oligopeptides). The cross‐linking status of RG‐II was monitored electrophoretically. Dimeric RG‐II was stable at pH 2.0–7.0 in vivo and in vitro. In‐vitro dimerization required a ‘catalytic’ cation at all pHs tested (1.75–7.0); thus, merely neutralizing the negative charge of RG‐II (at pH 1.75) does not enable boron bridging. Pb2+ (20–2500 μm) was highly effective at pH 1.75–4.0, but not 4.75–7.0. Cationic peptides were effective at approximately 1–30 μm; higher concentrations caused less dimerization, probably because two RG‐IIs then rarely bonded to the same peptide molecule. Peptides were ineffective at pH 1.75, their pH optimum being 2.5–4.75. d‐Apiose (>40 mm) blocked RG‐II dimerization in vitro, but did not cleave existing boron bridges. Rosa cells did not take up d‐[U‐14C]apiose; therefore, exogenous apiose would block only apoplastic RG‐II dimerization in vivo. In conclusion, apoplastic pH neither broke boron bridges nor prevented their formation. Thus boron‐starved cells cannot salvage boron from RG‐II, and ‘acid growth’ is not achieved by pH‐dependent monomerization of RG‐II. Divalent metals and cationic peptides catalyse RG‐II dimerization via co‐ordinate and ionic bonding respectively (possible and impossible, respectively, at pH 1.75). Exogenous apiose may be useful to distinguish intra‐ and extra‐protoplasmic dimerization.
Funder
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
Commonwealth Scholarship Commission
Subject
Cell Biology,Plant Science,Genetics
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