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. 1987 Jul;84(3):753–756. doi: 10.1104/pp.84.3.753

Fucosylation of Xyloglucan: Localization of the Transferase in Dictyosomes of Pea Stem Cells 1

Anne Camirand 1,2, David Brummell 1, Gordon Maclachlan 1
PMCID: PMC1056664  PMID: 16665516

Abstract

Microsomal membranes from elongating regions of etiolated Pisum sativum stems were separated by rate-zonal centrifugation on Renografin gradients. The transfer of labeled fucose and xylose from GDP-[14C] fucose and UDP-[14C]xylose to xyloglucan occurred mainly in dictyosomeenriched fractions. No transferase activity was detected in secretory vesicle fractions. Pulse-chase experiments using pea stem slices incubated with [3H]fucose suggest that xyloglucan chains are fucosylated and their structure completed within the dictyosomes, before being transported to the cell wall by secretory vesicles.

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