Differential effect of Calcium and Magnesium on Mechanical Properties of Pea Stem Cell Walls |
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Authors: | Nakajima Norihiko; Morikawa Hiromichi; Igarashi Susumu; Senda Mitsugi |
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Institution: | Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyoto University Kyoto 606, Japan |
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Abstract: | Replacement of calcium ion with magnesium ion in the cell wallof the pea epicotyl makes the wall more extensible. A possiblerole of this differential effect of Ca2+ and Mg2 in regulatingcell elongation in pea epicotyl is discussed. The ratio of the content of calcium ion to that of magnesiumion (Ca2+/Mg2+) in the walls decreased markedly in the orderof the first > the second > the third internodes of thepea epicotyl. The capacity of the walls for cation exchangeincreased in the same order, whereas the calcium-magnesium ionexchange selectivity of the walls was virtually constant. Ourresults indicate that the changes in the Ca2+/Mg2+ ratio amongthe internodes is not attributable to the ion exchange propertiesof the walk per se, but is due to other physiological conditionswhich regulate the activities of free calcium and magnesiumions in the environment with which the walls are in equilibrium.
1 Present address: Wakayama Research Laboratories, Kao SoapCo., Ltd., Wakayama 640-91, Japan
2 Present address: Foold Development Laboratories, Meiji SeikaKaisha Ltd., Kawasaki 210, Japan (Received May 1, 1981; Accepted August 26, 1981) |
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