Matrix polysaccharides of oat coleoptile cell walls |
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Authors: | Shunji Wada Peter M Ray |
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Institution: | 1. Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Tohoku University, Sendai 980, Japan;2. Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, U.S.A. |
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Abstract: | Separation of component polysaccharides in extractable fractions of the noncellulosic matrix of Avena sativa coleoptile cell walls shows that the principal classes of polymers present are glucuronoarabinoxylans (GAX) and iodine-negative hemicellulosic β-glucans. Rhamnogalacturonan is a minor component. GAX contains about 5–10% glucuronic acid and its 4-O-methyl ether, arabinose in amount almost equal to xylose, and a small amount of galactose; some subfractions contained appreciable amounts of glucose and galacturonic acid but these may derive from separate, contaminating polysaccharides. From the sedimentation and diffusion coefficients and intrinsic viscosities of one subfraction each of the GAX and of the hemicellulosic glucan that had been purified to apparent homogeneity by criteria of sedimentation and borate electrophoresis, MWs of about 200 000 were calculated by two methods. The viscosity characteristics and gel-forming ability of the hemicellulosic glucan give evidence of appreciable molecular interactions which suggest that this polymer is an important structural component of the cell wall. |
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Keywords: | Gramineae cell wall polysaccharides hemicellulose arabinoxylan glucuronoarabinoxylan mixed-linked glucan |
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