Abstract
Cell walls of Chlamydomonas gymnogama, shed during sexual mating, were collected and analyzed. Ultrastructural examination indicates that the walls are free of cytoplasmic contamination and that they exhibit a regular lamellate structure. The walls are composed of glycoprotein rich in hydroxyproline. The hydroxyproline is linked glycosidically to a mixture of heterooligosaccharides composed of arabinose and galactose. Altogether, the glycoprotein complex accounts for at least 32% of the wall. The amino acid composition of the walls is extraordinarily similar in widely different plant species. The implications of these similarities as well as the widespread occurrence of these glycoproteins are discussed.
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Created | 21 years, 3 months ago (May 14, 2004, 6:01 p.m.) |
Deposited | 2 years, 1 month ago (July 24, 2023, 2:25 a.m.) |
Indexed | 1 year ago (Aug. 11, 2024, 5:07 p.m.) |
Issued | 50 years, 9 months ago (Nov. 1, 1974) |
Published | 50 years, 9 months ago (Nov. 1, 1974) |
Published Online | 50 years, 9 months ago (Nov. 1, 1974) |
Published Print | 50 years, 9 months ago (Nov. 1, 1974) |
@article{Miller_1974, title={THE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF THE CELL WALL OF CHLAMYDOMONAS GYMNOGAMA AND THE CONCEPT OF A PLANT CELL WALL PROTEIN}, volume={63}, ISSN={0021-9525}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1083/jcb.63.2.420}, DOI={10.1083/jcb.63.2.420}, number={2}, journal={The Journal of Cell Biology}, publisher={Rockefeller University Press}, author={Miller, David H. and Mellman, Ira Seth and Lamport, Derek T. A. and Miller, Maureen}, year={1974}, month=nov, pages={420–429} }