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STRUCTURE, COMPOSITION AND BIOGENESIS OF PRASINOPHYTE SCALES
Author(s) -
Becker B.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
journal of phycology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.85
H-Index - 127
eISSN - 1529-8817
pISSN - 0022-3646
DOI - 10.1046/j.1529-8817.1999.00001-14.x
Subject(s) - biology , biogenesis , glycoprotein , cell wall , protein subunit , flagellum , microbiology and biotechnology , biochemistry , evolutionary biology , gene
The cell body and flagellar surfaces of prasinophytes are covered by non‐mineralyzed scales. Scales consist mainly of acidic polysaccharides containing large amounts of 2‐keto sugar acids. Glycoproteins are minor components and probably mainly involved in mediating scale‐subunit and scale‐membrane interactions. In thecate prasinophytes the cell body scales coalesce to form a rigid cell wall, generally known as a theca. We have studied the polysaccharides and glycoproteins of the thecate prasinophytes Tetraselmis striata and Scherffelia dubia over the last years. New results regarding the structure of carbohydrates and proteins will be presented.