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Plant cell wall synthesis: Function of a probable beta-linkage polysaccharide synthase

Reference	D19624
Principal Investigator / Supervisor	Professor Paul Dupree
Co-Investigators / Co-Supervisors	Dr Florence Goubet
Institution	University of Cambridge
Department	Biochemistry
Funding type	Research
Value (£)	287,996
Status	Completed
Type	Research Grant
Start date	01/07/2003
End date	30/06/2006
Duration	36 months

Abstract

The cell wall composition of fruits, vegetables and cereals affects their quality as food ingredients. Polysaccharides with a beta- linkage sugar backbone constitute a large fraction of plant cell walls and influence wall properties. Despite this, the genetic factors that control their synthesis are essentially unknown. Our studies of an Arabidopsis mutant and gene indicate that the encoded enzyme is a probable non-cellulosic polysaccharide synthase. We propose to use heterologous expression and specific analysis of wall polysaccharides in mutant plants to determine the activity of the polysaccharide synthase. The approach takes advantage of a recently developed highly sensitive fluorescence- based technology of polysaccharide analysis.

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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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