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ArticleFrontiers in plant science2014

Loss of Arabidopsis GAUT12/IRX8 causes anther indehiscence and leads to reduced G lignin associated with altered matrix polysaccharide deposition.

Zhangying Hao, Utku Avci, Li Tan, Xiang Zhu, John Glushka, Sivakumar Pattathil, Stefan Eberhard, Tipton Sholes, Grace E Rothstein, Wolfgang Lukowitz and 3 more

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Article in Frontiers in plant science, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers.

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13 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Zhangying HaoDepartment of Plant Biology, University of Georgia Athens, GA, USA ; Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia Athens, GA, USA ; BioEnergy Science Center (BESC), Oak Ridge National Laboratory Oak Ridge, TN, USA.
Utku AvciComplex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia Athens, GA, USA ; BioEnergy Science Center (BESC), Oak Ridge National Laboratory Oak Ridge, TN, USA.
Li TanComplex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia Athens, GA, USA ; BioEnergy Science Center (BESC), Oak Ridge National Laboratory Oak Ridge, TN, USA.
Xiang ZhuComplex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia Athens, GA, USA ; Department of Chemistry, University of Georgia Athens, GA, USA.
John GlushkaComplex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia Athens, GA, USA.
Sivakumar PattathilComplex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia Athens, GA, USA ; BioEnergy Science Center (BESC), Oak Ridge National Laboratory Oak Ridge, TN, USA.
Stefan EberhardComplex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia Athens, GA, USA.
Tipton SholesComplex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia Athens, GA, USA.
Grace E RothsteinComplex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia Athens, GA, USA ; Department of Biology, Lawrence University Appleton, WI, USA.
Wolfgang LukowitzDepartment of Plant Biology, University of Georgia Athens, GA, USA.
Ron OrlandoComplex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia Athens, GA, USA ; Department of Chemistry, University of Georgia Athens, GA, USA.
Michael G HahnDepartment of Plant Biology, University of Georgia Athens, GA, USA ; Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia Athens, GA, USA ; BioEnergy Science Center (BESC), Oak Ridge National Laboratory Oak Ridge, TN, USA.
Debra MohnenComplex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia Athens, GA, USA ; BioEnergy Science Center (BESC), Oak Ridge National Laboratory Oak Ridge, TN, USA ; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Georgia Athens, GA, USA.
University of Georgia · USOak Ridge National Laboratory · USLawrence University · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

GAlactUronosylTransferase12 (GAUT12)/IRregular Xylem8 (IRX8) is a putative glycosyltransferase involved in Arabidopsis secondary cell wall biosynthesis. Previous work showed that Arabidopsis irregular xylem8 (irx8) mutants have collapsed xylem due to a reduction in xylan and a lesser reduction in a subfraction of homogalacturonan (HG). We now show that male sterility in the irx8 mutant is due to indehiscent anthers caused by reduced deposition of xylan and lignin in the endothecium cell layer. The reduced lignin content was demonstrated by histochemical lignin staining and pyrolysis Molecular Beam Mass Spectrometry (pyMBMS) and is associated with reduced lignin biosynthesis in irx8 stems. Examination of sequential chemical extracts of stem walls using 2D (13)C-(1)H Heteronuclear Single-Quantum Correlation (HSQC) NMR spectroscopy and antibody-based glycome profiling revealed a reduction in G lignin in the 1 M KOH extract and a concomitant loss of xylan, arabinogalactan and pectin epitopes in the ammonium oxalate, sodium carbonate, and 1 M KOH extracts from the irx8 walls compared with wild-type walls. Immunolabeling of stem sections using the monoclonal antibody CCRC-M138 reactive against an unsubstituted xylopentaose epitope revealed a bi-lamellate pattern in wild-type fiber cells and a collapsed bi-layer in irx8 cells, suggesting that at least in fiber cells, GAUT12 participates in the synthesis of a specific layer or type of xylan or helps to provide an architecture framework required for the native xylan deposition pattern. The results support the hypothesis that GAUT12 functions in the synthesis of a structure required for xylan and lignin deposition during secondary cell wall formation.

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