Article
Ester Cross-Link Profiling of the Cutin Polymer of Wild-Type and Cutin Synthase Tomato Mutants Highlights Different Mechanisms of Polymerization.
Plant physiology - 1 Feb 2016
Philippe Glenn, Gaillard Cédric, Petit Johann, Geneix Nathalie, Dalgalarrondo Michèle, Bres Cécile, Mauxion Jean-Philippe, Franke Rochus, Rothan Christophe, Schreiber Lukas, Marion Didier, Bakan Bénédicte
Abstract excerpt
Cuticle function is closely related to the structure of the cutin polymer. However, the structure and formation of this hydrophobic polyester of glycerol and hydroxy/epoxy fatty acids has not been fully resolved. An apoplastic GDSL-lipase known as CUTIN SYNTHASE1 (CUS1) is required for cutin deposition in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) fruit exocarp. In vitro, CUS1 catalyzes the self-transesterification of...
Topics
- Esterification
- Esters
- Ethyl Methanesulfonate
- Fatty Acids
- Fruit
- Glycerol
- Lipase
- Solanum lycopersicum
- Membrane Lipids
- Mutation
