Abstract
The ion-binding and -exchange properties of putrescine, spermidine, and spermine on purified walls of carrot (Daucus carota L.) cell suspensions were investigated by producing ion-exchange isotherms and comparing them with the behavior of Na+, Mg2+, and Ca2+. The cation exchange capacity of the carrot cell walls was 0.8 equivalent kg-1 dry matter, and the ionic selectivity sequence of the walls for polyamines followed the sequence spermine4+ > spermidine3+ [almost equal to] Ca2+ > putrescine2+. The polyamines were subjected to only electroselectivity and probably did not induce any favorable supramolecular conformation of pectin like the one induced by Ca2+. Triangular ion exchanges were also performed with three diamines: ethanediamine, butanediamine, and octanediamine. The shorter the diamine, the higher the total adsorption and selectivity of the exchange. The lower selectivity of the cell wall for putrescine was partly attributed to its inability to access and displace Ca2+ from higher affinity sites within dimerized pectic sequences. The polyamine adsorption and exchange on pectic sequences could result in pectic signal modulation in pathogenesis and in differentiation.
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