THE ROLE OF CELLULASE IN HYALOCYST PORE FORMATION IN THE MOSS SYRRHOPODON-TEXANUS Academic Article

abstract

• The sheathing leaf bases of Syrrhopodon texanus are primarily composed of porose, thin-walled cells called hyalocysts. Large pores develop in several of the hyalocyst walls through the gradual removal of wall material. A cellulase with a pH optimum of 4.5 was detected in extracts of Syrrhopodon gametophores by viscometric assays and dinitrosalicylic acid assay for reducing sugars. Cytochemical localization of cellulase activity in association with thinning hyalocyst cell walls implicate this enzyme in pore formation and is the first direct evidence of cellulase activity in a member of the Bryophyta. 1984 Annals of Botany Company.

authors

• Nessler, Craig

published proceedings

• ANNALS OF BOTANY

author list (cited authors)

• ALLEN, R. D., NESSLER, C. L., GALEWSKY, S., & NEUMANN, A. J.

citation count

• 2

complete list of authors

• ALLEN, RD||NESSLER, CL||GALEWSKY, S||NEUMANN, AJ

publication date

• January 1984

publisher

• Oxford University Press (OUP)  Publisher

published in

• Annals of Botany  Journal

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aob.a086706

start page

• 431

end page

• 438

volume

• 53

issue

• 3

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.aob.a086706