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We have investigated the substrate subsite recognition requirement of the xyloglucan endo-transglycosylase/xyloglucan-specific endo-(1→4)-β-d-glucanase (NXET) from the cotyledons of nasturtium seedlings. Seed xyloglucans are composed almost entirely of the Glc4 subunits XXXG, XLXG, XXLG and XLLG, where G represents an unsubstituted glucose residue, X a xylose-substituted glucose residue and L a galactosyl-xylose-substituted glucose residue. Thus in the xyloglucan sequence shown below, the xylose (Xyl) residues at the backbone glucose (Glc) residues numbered — 3,— 2, + 2 and + 3 may be galactose-substituted, and NXET cleaves between the unsubstituted glucose at — 1 and the xylose-substituted glucose at + 1, which never carries a galactosyl substituent. We have isolated the xyloglucan oligosaccharides XXXGXXXG and XLLGXLLG from NXET digests of tamarind seed xyloglucan, have modified them enzymatically using a pure xyloglucan oligosaccharide-specific α-xylosidase from nasturtium seeds to give GXXGXXXG and GLLGXLLG, and have identified and compared the products of NXET action on XXXGXXXG, GXXGXXXG, XLLGXLLG and GLLGXLLG. We have also compared the molar proportions of XXXG, XLXG, XXLG and XLLG in native tamarind and nasturtium seed xyloglucans with those in NXET digests of these polysaccharides. Using these and existing data we have demonstrated that NXET action does not require xylosesubstitution at glucose residues — 4, — 2, + 1 and + 3 and that xylose substitution at + 2, is a requirement. There may also be a requirement for xylose substitution at — 3. We have demonstrated also that galactosyl substitution of a xylose residue at + 1 prevents, and at — 2 modifies, chain-cleavage. A partial model for the minimum substrate binding requirement of NXET is proposed.
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Abbreviations
- G:
-
unsubstituted glucose residue
- X:
-
xylose-substituted glucose residue
- L:
-
galactosylxylose-substituted glucose residue
- F:
-
fucosyl-galactosylxylose-substituted glucose residue
- Gal:
-
galactose
- Glc:
-
glucose
- HPAE:
-
high-performance anion-exchange chromatography
- NXET:
-
nasturtium xyloglucan endo-transglycosylase or xyloglucan-specific endo-(1→4)-β-d-glucanase
- Xyl:
-
xylose
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This work was funded jointly by Unilever UK and the Department of Trade and Industry (UK) via the “LINK” initiative “Agro-Food Quality”.
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Fanutti, C., Gidley, M.J. & Reid, J.S.G. Substrate subsite recognition of the xyloglucan endo-transglycosylase or xyloglucan-specific endo-(1→4)-β-d-glucanase from the cotyledons of germinated nasturtium (Tropaeolum majus L.) seeds. Planta 200, 221–228 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00208312
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