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ArticleJournal of visualized experiments : JoVE2017

Structural Characterization of Mannan Cell Wall Polysaccharides in Plants Using PACE.

Venkataramana R Pidatala, Amir Mahboubi, Jenny C Mortimer

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Article in Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Venkataramana R PidatalaJoint BioEnergy Institute; Environmental and Systems Biology, BioSciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
Amir MahboubiJoint BioEnergy Institute; Environmental and Systems Biology, BioSciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
Jenny C MortimerJoint BioEnergy Institute; Environmental and Systems Biology, BioSciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; jcmortimer@lbl.gov.
Joint BioEnergy Institute · USLawrence Berkeley National Laboratory · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Plant cell wall polysaccharides are notoriously difficult to analyze, and most methods require expensive equipment, skilled operators, and large amounts of purified material. Here, we describe a simple method for gaining detailed polysaccharide structural information, including resolution of structural isomers. For polysaccharide analysis by gel electrophoresis (PACE), plant cell wall material is hydrolyzed with glycosyl hydrolases specific to the polysaccharide of interest (e.g., mannanases for mannan). Large format polyacrylamide gels are then used to separate the released oligosaccharides, which have been fluorescently labeled. Gels can be visualized with a modified gel imaging system (see Table of Materials). The resulting oligosaccharide fingerprint can either be compared qualitatively or, with replication, quantitatively. Linkage and branching information can be established using additional glycosyl hydrolases (e.g., mannosidases and galactosidases). Whilst this protocol describes a method for analyzing glucomannan structure, it can be applied to any polysaccharide for which characterized glycosyl hydrolases exist. Alternatively, it can be used to characterize novel glycosyl hydrolases using defined polysaccharide substrates.

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Cell WallElectrophoresis, Gel, Two-DimensionalMannansOligosaccharidesPolysaccharidesMannansOligosaccharidesPolysaccharides

Identifiers

PMID29155734
PMCPMC5752419
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