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Rhizobium Lipooligosaccharides Rescue a Carrot Somatic Embryo Mutant.

A. J. De Jong1, R. Heidstra, H. P. Spaink

  • 1Agricultural University Wageningen, Department of Molecular Biology, Dreijenlaan 3, 6703 HA Wageningen, The Netherlands.

The Plant Cell
|June 1, 1993
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Carrot embryos require a specific enzyme for development. Bacterial nodulation factors, containing N-acetylglucosamine, can substitute for this enzyme, suggesting a link between plant embryogenesis and bacterial signaling molecules.

Area of Science:

  • Plant developmental biology
  • Microbiology
  • Biochemistry

Background:

  • Temperature-sensitive (ts) carrot cell mutant ts11 exhibits developmental arrest at the globular stage at nonpermissive temperatures.
  • Wild-type embryo-conditioned medium rescues ts11 embryo development.
  • A 32-kD acidic endochitinase was previously identified as the active component in conditioned medium.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the function of the 32-kD acidic endochitinase in plant embryogenesis.
  • To identify compounds that can promote ts11 embryo formation.
  • To explore the potential role of N-acetylglucosamine-containing molecules in embryogenesis.

Main Methods:

  • Testing various N-acetylglucosamine oligomers for their ability to promote ts11 embryo formation.

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  • Comparing the efficacy of different compounds in rescuing ts11 embryo development.
  • Analyzing the structural similarities between the endochitinase product and bacterial signaling molecules.

    • Main Results:

    • Only Rhizobium lipooligosaccharides, also known as nodulation (Nod) factors, effectively rescued ts11 embryo formation.
    • These bacterial lipooligosaccharides contain N-acetylglucosamine oligomers.
    • The results indicate that Nod factors can mimic the function of the carrot endochitinase.

    Conclusions:

    • N-acetylglucosamine-containing lipooligosaccharides from bacteria can substitute for the carrot endochitinase.
    • The carrot endochitinase may be involved in producing plant molecules analogous to Rhizobium Nod factors.
    • This suggests a conserved signaling mechanism between plants and bacteria involving N-acetylglucosamine structures.