Arabinoxylan biosynthesis:: Identification and partial characterization of β-1,4-xylosyltransferase from wheat

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Porchia, AC [1 ]
Scheller, HV [1 ]
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[1] Royal Vet & Agr Univ, Dept Plant Biol, Plant Biochem Lab, DK-1871 Frederiksberg C, Denmark
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10.1034/j.1399-3054.2000.1100309.x
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Q94 [植物学];
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071001 ;
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The biosynthesis of arabinoxylan was investigated using microsomal membranes isolated from wheat seedlings. Incubation of the microsomes with UDP-[C-14]-D-xylose resulted in incorporation of radioactivity into polymeric product. Incorporation reached a maximum at day 3 during development of the seedlings. Treatment of the radiolabeled product with Aspergillus niger xylanase A released about 70% of the radioactivity to a 65% ethanol-soluble fraction. The released radioactivity was shown to be in the form of xylobiose, xylotriose and xylotetraose, which are the expected hydrolysis products of endo-xylanases. The synthesized xylan had an apparent molecular mass larger than 500 kDa.
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