Table 1. Cell wall composition analysis of the irx9 and irx14 plants expressing rice GT43 genes.
| Sample | Xylose | Glucose | Mannose | Galactose | Arabinose | Rhamnose |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wild type | 115.3 ± 0.4 | 413.1 ± 5.3 | 21.0 ± 0.4 | 16.8 ± 0.4 | 15.1 ± 0.7 | 13.0 ± 2.8 |
| irx9 | 60.8 ± 0.3 | 337.9 ± 0.4 | 39.0 ± 0.1 | 38.4 ± 1.3 | 28.6 ± 0.2 | 16.4 ± 0.6 |
| irx9 + OsGT43A | 92.0 ± 4.0 | 394.0 ± 7.0 | 19.8 ± 1.6 | 13.2 ± 2.3 | 12.6 ± 2.7 | 10.9 ± 1.5 |
| irx9 + OsGT43E | 89.1 ± 4.3 | 451.3 ± 4.0 | 22.9 ± 1.1 | 14.7 ± 1.0 | 14.2 ± 1.3 | 11.8 ± 0.4 |
| irx9 + OsGT43H | 66.5 ± 2.0 | 330.4 ± 3.0 | 30.0 ± 1.2 | 31.3 ± 0.9 | 22.3 ± 2.2 | 12.8 ± 0.3 |
| irx9 + OsGT43J | 60.5 ± 1.6 | 338.3 ± 6.8 | 33.6 ± 1.9 | 24.1 ± 1.7 | 14.6 ± 1.9 | 11.2 ± 1.5 |
| irx14 | 52.5 ± 5.0 | 335.0 ± 8.4 | 26.2 ± 0.7 | 31.6 ± 2.9 | 14.4 ± 1.5 | 14.4 ± 0.9 |
| irx14 + OsGT43A | 58.2 ± 0.6 | 330.9 ± 6.3 | 28.3 ± 1.1 | 20.8 ± 1.5 | 13.3 ± 2.2 | 10.6 ± 1.1 |
| irx14 + OsGT43E | 53.6 ± 1.9 | 329.5 ± 17.7 | 26.1 ± 1.4 | 19.2 ± 1.2 | 12.1 ± 1.3 | 10.0 ± 0.2 |
| irx14 + OsGT43H | 57.3 ± 3.1 | 321.1 ± 9.7 | 24.8 ± 2.1 | 25.3 ± 0.6 | 11.0 ± 0.7 | 11.7 ± 1.8 |
| irx14 + OsGT43J | 110.3 ± 3.2 | 395.3 ± 7.7 | 18.4 ± 0.9 | 13.7 ± 1.8 | 11.4 ± 2.1 | 10.4 ± 0.5 |
The wall residues for cell wall composition analysis were prepared from a pool of mature inflorescence stems of 8 independent transgenic lines for each construct. The data are means (mg/g dry cell wall) ± SE of 2 technical replicates.