Polygalacturonases: Many genes in search of a function

Plant Physiology

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 337-343

  Hadfield, Kristen A ^a   Bennett, Alan B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PECTIN; POLYGALACTURONASE;

CELL WALL; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; REVIEW;

CELL WALL; PECTINS; PLANTS; POLYGALACTURONASE;

EID: 0032089059     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.117.2.337     Document Type: Article

References (12)

1. Allen RL, Lonsdale DM (1992) Sequence analysis of three members of the maize polygalacturonase gene family expressed during pollen development. Plant Mol Biol 20: 343-345
2. Hartley IM (1978) Exo-polygalacturonase of apple. Phytochemistry 12: 213-216
3. Bennett AB, Chetelat R, Klann E, Lashbrook C, Martin R, Gilchrist D (1993) Physiologically directed molecular approaches to plant improvement. Trans Malaysian Soc Plant Physiol 3:200-209
4. Bonghi C, Rascio N, Ramina A, Casadoro G (1992) Cellulase and polygalacturonase involvement in the abscission of leaf and fruit expiants of peach. Plant Mol Biol 20: 839-848
5. Brown SM, Crouch ML (1990) Characterization of a gene family abundantly expressed in Oenothera organensis pollen that shows sequence similarity to polygalacturonase. Plant Cell 2: 263-274
6. Brummell DA, Labavitch JM (1997) Effect of antisense suppression of endopolygalacturonase activity on polyuronide molecular weight in ripening tomato fruit and in fruit homogenates. Plant Physiol 115: 717-725
7. Caprari C, Mattei B, Basile ML, Salvi G, Crescenzi V, Delorenzo G, Cervone F (1996) Mutagenesis of endopolygalacturonase from Fusarium moniliforme: histidine residue 234 is critical for enzymatic and macerating activities and not for binding to polygalacturonase-inhibiting protein (PGIP). Mol Plant Microb Interact 9: 617-624
8. Carpita NC, Gibeaut DM (1993) Structural models of primary cell walls in flowering plants: consistency of molecular structure with the physical properties of the walls during growth. Plant J 3: 1-30
9. Taylor JE, Webb STJ, Coupe SA, Tucker GA, Roberts JA (1993) Changes in polygalacturonase activity and solubility of polyuronides during ethylene-stimulated leaf abscission in Sambucus nigra. J Exp Bot 44: 93-98
10. Tebbutt SJ, Rogers HJ, Lonsdale DM (1994) Characterization of a tobacco gene encoding a pollen-specific polygalacturonase. Plant Mol Biol 25: 283-297
11. Tucker GA, Schindler BC, Roberts JA (1984) Flower abscission in mutant tomato plants. Planta 160: 164-167
12. Wu Q, Szakacs-Dobozi M, Hemmat M, Hrazdina G (1993) Endopolygalacturonase in apples (Malus domestica) and its expression during fruit ripening. Plant Physiol 102: 219-225