The cell wall stiffening mechanism inPinus pinaster Aiton: regulation by apoplastic levels of ascorbate and hydrogen peroxide
✍ Scribed by Zarra, Ignacio; S�nchez, Mar�a; Queijeiro, Eva; Pe�a, Mar�a Jes�s; Revilla, Gloria
- Book ID
- 101225091
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 125 KB
- Volume
- 79
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-5142
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✦ Synopsis
The peroxidase activity associated with cell walls from hypocotyls of Pinus pinaster Aiton seedlings grown in the absence of light as well as cell wall content of ferulic acid, cell wall extensibility and apoplastic ascorbate and hydrogen peroxide contents are reviewed in relation to the cell wall stiþ ening mechanism and growth cessation. Phenolic cross-linking, mainly 8,8º-dehydrodiferulate, between wall polysaccharides formed by the action of wall peroxidase is the main factor involved in the wall stiþ ening mechanism. A regulatory mechanism for stiþ ening based on the relative content of ascorbate and hydrogen peroxide in the apoplast is proposed.