Host-Pathogen Interactions
Author(s) -
Noboru Yamazaki,
Stephen C. Fry,
Alan G. Darvill,
Peter Albersheim
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
plant physiology
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.554
H-Index - 312
eISSN - 1532-2548
pISSN - 0032-0889
DOI - 10.1104/pp.72.3.864
Subject(s) - plasmolysis , bioassay , hydrolysis , acer pseudoplatanus , cell wall , biochemistry , chemistry , leucine , pectin , starch , chromatography , biology , amino acid , genetics
A bioassay to measure the incorporation of [(14)C]leucine into acid-precipitable polymers of suspension-cultured sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus L.) cells is described. Using this assay, cell wall fragments solubilized from sycamore cell walls by partial acid hydrolysis are shown to contain components that inhibit the incorporation of [(14)C]leucine into the acid-precipitable polymers. This inhibition was not attributable to a suppression of [(14)C]leucine uptake. The effectiveness of the wall fragments in inhibiting [(14)C]leucine incorporation was substantially relieved by plasmolysis of the cells. Fragments released from starch and citrus pectin are shown not to possess such inhibitory activities.
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