Glucan-rich diet is digested and taken up by the carnivorous sundew (Drosera rotundifolia L.): Implication for a novel role of plant β-1,3-glucanases

Planta

Volumn 238, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 715-725

  Michalko, Jaroslav ^a   Socha, Peter ^a   Mészáros, Patrik ^b   Blehová, Alžbeta ^c   Libantová, Jana ^a   Moravčíková, Jana ^a   Matušíková, Ildikó ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^b Constantine the Philosopher University ^*  (Slovakia)

^c Physics and Informatics   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Carnivory; Cost of carnivory; Digestion; Droseraceae; Hydrolases; PR proteins

Indexed keywords

DROSERA; DROSERA ROTUNDIFOLIA; DROSERACEAE; FUNGI; HEXAPODA;

BETA GLUCAN; GLUCAN 1,3 BETA GLUCOSIDASE; LAMINARAN; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CARNIVORY; DROSERA; ENZYMOLOGY; HYDROLYSIS; METABOLISM; PLANT LEAF; PROTEIN DEGRADATION;

ANIMALS; BETA-GLUCANS; CARNIVORY; DROSERA; GLUCAN 1,3-BETA-GLUCOSIDASE; HYDROLYSIS; PLANT LEAVES; POLYSACCHARIDES; PROTEOLYSIS;

EID: 84884674273     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: 14322048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00425-013-1925-x     Document Type: Article

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