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Cell wall regeneration and galactomannan biosynthesis in protoplasts from carob

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Protoplast isolation from endosperms of developing carob (Ceratonia siliqua L.) seeds is reported for the first time. These protoplasts regenerated cell walls within 12 h. In order to assess their potential for galactomannan biosynthesis, the incorporation of radioactivity in the regenerated cell wall polysaccharides (CWP) and extracellular polysaccharides (ECP), after feeding these protoplasts with D-[U-14C]glucose or D-[U-14C]mannose was studied. The pattern of the radioactive label distribution in the neutral sugars of the trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) hydrolysate of CWP was different from that of the ECP. In the TFA hydrolysis products of the CWP, immediately after protoplast isolation, the greatest level of radioactivity (approximately 90%) was detected in glucose, galactose and mannose. After 2 days protoplast culture, the label in mannose increased. In contrast, immediately after protoplast isolation, approximately 90% of radioactivity of the ECP was detected in galactose and mannose. However, during culture, the radioactivity incorporation in mannose dropped to one third, while that in galactose and arabinose increased significantly. Hydrolysis of the CWP and ECP with α-galactosidase and endo-β-mannanase confirmed that, at least part of mannose and galactose belonged to galactomannan molecules. These results were compared with those obtained upon feeding developing endosperm tissue with D-[U-14C]mannose. From our results we concluded that protoplasts from endosperm tissues of developing carob seeds, retained the ability of their original explant to synthesize galactomannan, making protoplasts candidates for the study of galactomannan biosynthesis.

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Sotiriou, P., Spyropoulos, C.G. Cell wall regeneration and galactomannan biosynthesis in protoplasts from carob. Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture 71, 15–22 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1016562127658

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