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ArticleThe Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology2021

Defining natural factors that stimulate and inhibit cellulose:xyloglucan hetero-transglucosylation.

Klaus Herburger, Lenka Franková, Martina Pičmanová, Anzhou Xin, Frank Meulewaeter, Andrew Hudson, Stephen C Fry

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Article in The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology, 2021. 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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6 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Klaus HerburgerThe Edinburgh Cell Wall Group, Institute of Molecular Plant Sciences, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3BF, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-8014-0844
Lenka FrankováThe Edinburgh Cell Wall Group, Institute of Molecular Plant Sciences, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3BF, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-0887-5843
Martina PičmanováThe Edinburgh Cell Wall Group, Institute of Molecular Plant Sciences, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3BF, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-9366-2884
Anzhou XinThe Edinburgh Cell Wall Group, Institute of Molecular Plant Sciences, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3BF, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-6500-5353
Frank MeulewaeterBBCC Innovation Center Gent - Trait Research, BASF, Gent (Zwijnaarde), 9052, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-3589-6471
Andrew HudsonThe Edinburgh Cell Wall Group, Institute of Molecular Plant Sciences, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3BF, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-9049-0100
Stephen C FryThe Edinburgh Cell Wall Group, Institute of Molecular Plant Sciences, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3BF, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-1820-4867
University of Edinburgh · GB

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/N002458/1Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council PIII057
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Certain transglucanases can covalently graft cellulose and mixed-linkage β-glucan (MLG) as donor substrates onto xyloglucan as acceptor substrate and thus exhibit cellulose:xyloglucan endotransglucosylase (CXE) and MLG:xyloglucan endotransglucosylase (MXE) activities in vivo and in vitro. However, missing information on factors that stimulate or inhibit these hetero-transglucosylation reactions limits our insight into their biological functions. To explore factors that influence hetero-transglucosylation, we studied Equisetum fluviatile hetero-trans-β-glucanase (EfHTG), which exhibits both CXE and MXE activity, exceeding its xyloglucan:xyloglucan homo-transglucosylation (XET) activity. Enzyme assays employed radiolabelled and fluorescently labelled oligomeric acceptor substrates, and were conducted in vitro and in cell walls (in situ). With whole denatured Equisetum cell walls as donor substrate, exogenous EfHTG (extracted from Equisetum or produced in Pichia) exhibited all three activities (CXE, MXE, XET) in competition with each other. Acting on pure cellulose as donor substrate, the CXE action of Pichia-produced EfHTG was up to approximately 300% increased by addition of methanol-boiled Equisetum extracts; there was no similar effect when the same enzyme acted on soluble donors (MLG or xyloglucan). The methanol-stable factor is proposed to be expansin-like, a suggestion supported by observations of pH dependence. Screening numerous low-molecular-weight compounds for hetero-transglucanase inhibition showed that cellobiose was highly effective, inhibiting the abundant endogenous CXE and MXE (but not XET) action in Equisetum internodes. Furthermore, cellobiose retarded Equisetum stem elongation, potentially owing to its effect on hetero-transglucosylation reactions. This work provides insight and tools to further study the role of cellulose hetero-transglucosylation in planta by identifying factors that govern this reaction.

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CelluloseEquisetumGlucansGlycoside HydrolasesGlycosyltransferasesPlant ProteinsPlant ShootsXylansCelluloseGlucansGlycoside HydrolasesGlycosyltransferasesPlant ProteinsXylansxyloglucanxyloglucan - xyloglucosyltransferasecellulosecell wallEquisetum fluviatileexpansinshemicellulosestransglycosylationxyloglucan

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PMID33314395
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