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  • Title: Changes in wall-bound polysaccharidase activities during the culture cycle of a Rubus fruticosus cell suspension.
    Author: Faïk A, Chambat G, Joseleau JP.
    Journal: Int J Biol Macromol; 1995 Dec; 17(6):381-6. PubMed ID: 8789344.
    Abstract:
    Several hydrolytic enzyme activities were detected in the wall of developing cells of Rubus fruticosus in suspension culture. The corresponding substrates of the enzymes are mostly polysaccharide wall constituents, except for chitinase activity. The activities measured when the enzymes were in the free state or wall-bound showed the positive influence of the cell wall micro-environment. Changes in the activities during a cell culture cycle demonstrated that those enzymes acting on xyloglucans behaved differently from the others, and suggest that xyloglucans undergo modifications in vivo over a longer period of time during the exponential growth phase. The same activities were identified in the culture medium. Endo-1,4-beta-D-glucanase activities which depolymerized carboxymethylcellulose (CMC) and xyloglucans (XG) were assayed viscosimetrically. It was found that XG oligosaccharides exhibited an inhibitory effect on the depolymerization of xyloglucans but not on that of CMC. This suggests that true xyloglucanases are present in the culture of Rubus cells.
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