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Cell-Wall (bio)chemistry in relation to tissue mechanical properties

Reference	BBS/E/F/00041224
Principal Investigator / Supervisor	Professor Keith Waldron
Co-Investigators / Co-Supervisors
Institution	Quadram Institute Bioscience
Department	Quadram Institute Bioscience Department
Funding type	Research
Value (£)	451,733
Status	Completed
Type	Institute Project
Start date	01/04/2000
End date	31/03/2005
Duration	60 months

Abstract

Cinnamic acids and lignin are thought to confer thermal stability of texture through covalent cross-linking of wall polymers. However, there is a paucity of information on the chemistry of cross-links in relation to wall localisation. We will investigate the cell-wall chemistry of Chinese water chestnut and other selected species (such as sugar beet). Purified fragments of wall polymers produced using chemical and biochemical techniques including those substituted with phenolic moieties, will be characterised and used in raising antibodies for localisation studies (see (b) below). The role of phenylpropanoid cross-links in modifying polymer interaction will be studied by peroxidatively synthesising cross-links in native walls and extracted polymers, and relating the thermal stability of mechanical properties (Project 1) to changes in polymer chemistry

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Committee	Closed Committee - Agri-food (AF)
Research Topics	X – not assigned to a current Research Topic
Research Priority	X – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative	X - not in an Initiative
Funding Scheme	X – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme

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