Homogalacturonans and Hemicelluloses in the External Glands of <i>Utricularia dichotoma</i> Traps.

ABSTRACT: The Utricularia (bladderworts) species are carnivorous plants that prey mainly on invertebrates using traps (bladders) of leaf origin. On the outer surfaces of the trap, there are dome-shaped glands (capitate trichomes). Each such trichome consists of a basal cell, a pedestal cell, and a terminal cell. During the maturation of these external glands, there are changes in the cell wall of the terminal cell of the gland (deposited layers of secondary wall material). Thus, due to changes in the cell wall, these glands are excellent models for studying the specialization of cell walls. The main aim of this study was to check whether different cell wall layers in terminal gland cells have a different composition in the case of homogalacturonans (low-methylesterified HGs, fully de-esterifi

SUBMITTER: Plachno BJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11642213 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature