Key Disaccharide Structure for AMOR Activity (IMAGE)

Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (ITbM), Nagoya University

Key Disaccharide Structure for AMOR Activity

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(A) This is a structure on the terminus of AMOR. A disaccharide consisting of methyl-glucuronic acid and galactose connected by a β-linkage. (B) When methyl-glucuronosyl galactose disaccharide is present in the culture, the pollen tube grows towards the beads containing the pollen tube attractant. In the absence of the disaccharide, the pollen tube does not respond to the beads containing the attractant.

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ITbM, Nagoya University

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