Abstract
The synthesis of cell wall mannan and the activities of guanosine-diphosphate-mannose-pyrophosphorylase (EC2.7.7.13) and mannan synthetase were studied during the development of nucleate and enucleated cells of the alga Acetabularia mediterranea. The activities of both enzymes are relatively high as long as the cells grow and synthesize mannans. With termination of growth and mannan synthesis, the activities of both enzymes, but especially of mannan synthetase, drop to a low value. Furthermore, the activities of both enzymes are distributed in the cell along an apical-basal gradient. High activities are present in the apical regions of the cell where growth and mannan synthesis mainly occur, whereas in the basal region, growth, mannan synthesis and the activity of the two enzymes are slight. Since the in vitro activity of GDP-Man-pyr is at least 100 times higher than that of mannan synthetase, it was concluded that mannan synthetase activity is the limiting factor in mannan synthesis. This conclusion is supported by the determined pool sizes of Fru 6-P, Man 6-P, Man 1-P and GDP-Man during the development of the cells. The control of mannan synthesis and with it cell wall formation and growth through the regulation of mannan synthetase activity is discussed.
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Abbreviations
- DD:
-
dark-dark regime
- Fru 6-P:
-
fructose-6-phosphate
- GDP-Man:
-
guanosine-diphosphate-mannose
- GDP-Manpyr:
-
GDP-diphosphate-mannose-pyrophosphorylase
- GTP:
-
guanosine-triphosphate
- LD:
-
light-dark regime
- Man 1-P:
-
mannose-1-phosphate
- Man 6-P:
-
mannose-6-phosphate
- TCA:
-
trichloracetic acid
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Bachmann, P., Zetsche, K. A close temporal and spatial correlation between cell growth, cell wall synthesis and the activity of enzymes of mannan synthesis in Acetabularia mediterranea . Planta 145, 331–337 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00388357
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