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Two exo-β-glucanases (LP-ExoI, 83 kDa and LP-ExoII, 71 kDa) were extracted and partially purified from the cell wall of Lilium longiflorum pollen tubes. Both LP-ExoI and LP-ExoII hydrolyzed laminarin (1,3-β-glucan). These enzymes also exhibited some activity toward 1,3:1,4-β-glucans of Hordeum vulgare and Cetraria islandica and the 1,6-β-glucan of Umbilicaria papullosa. The pH for optimum activity for both exo-β-glucanases was 5.5. Methylation analysis of the reaction products revealed that purified LP-ExoI decreased both 1,3- and 1,4-glucosyl linkages in hemicellulosic polysaccharides isolated from the cell wall of lily pollen tubes. D-gluconolactone and nojirimycin, inhibitors of glucosidase, inhibited activities of both exo-β-glucanases, as well as growth of the lily pollen tubes. These results disclosed that the wall-bound exo-β-glucanases play an important role in the regulation of lily pollen tube growth.
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Received: 3 January 2000 / Revision accepted: 8 March 2000
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Kotake, T., Li, YQ., Takahashi, M. et al. Characterization and function of wall-bound exo-β-glucanases of Lilium longiflorum pollen tubes. Sex Plant Reprod 13, 1–9 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/s004970000036
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s004970000036