O efeito da temperatura na ação da xiloglucano endo-beta-transglicosilase sobre xiloglucanos de reserva

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2002

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Xyloglucan is a cell wall polysaccharide structurally based on a backbone of p-1,4 linked glucosyl residues (similar to cellulose), which is branched with xylose (at a0-6 position) in a fairly regular formo Xyloses at certain positions are branched with galactosyl residues at p-0-2 positions and further with fucosyl or arabinosyl residues are attached to certain galactoseso This branching pattern renders solubility to the polysaccharide and the distributions of galactoses and fucose appear to be related to the capacity that xyloglucan has to orient cellulose microfibrils during cell growth As starch, in the presence of iodine (l2/KI) xyloglucan solutions become blue and this property is thought to be due to the fact that Xg has a helicoidal conformation similar to starch Using xyloglucans from seeds and cell tissue culture, we studied the effect of pH and temperature on the stability of the Xg-iodine complexes. In ali cases, pH had a minor effect whereas under changing temperature X_ releasedlrecaptured iodine between 30 and 45°C. During ascending cycles recapture of iodine was slower than release (hysterese) suggesting that in certain cases the reorganisation of the molecules requires slightly more energy. In a study of the system of xyloglucan degradation in cotyledons of Hymenaea courbaril, we found that the surface temperature of the organ varied from 20 to 41°C during one day period Also, a preliminary study of temperature optima for the enzyme xyloglucan endo-p-transglycosilase (one of the principal enzymes responsible for xyloglucan mobilisation) from the same cotyledons resulted in loss of activity with transition very similar to the changes in xyloglucan conformation Our results suggest that degradation of xyloglucan in the cell wall might be controlled by temperature so that metabolism is shut down during the day (higher temperatures) and active overnight (Lower temperature). As under such conditions mobilisation of carbon of Xg from cotyledons to the growing plantlet would not overlap with photosynthesis, it is possible that this temperature control renders a higher efficiency in carbon use by the growing plantlet

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temperatura polissacarideos carboidratos

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