Composition of the Cellular Envelopes of Anabaena cylindrica
AUTOR(ES)
Dunn, John H.
RESUMO
Comparative chemical analyses were made of the walls of vegetative cells, heterocysts, and spores, and of the mucilage of Anabaena cylindrica. The wall of the vegetative cell is composed predominantly of amino compounds, with a mannose-rich carbohydrate component comprising only 18% of the dry weight. In contrast, 62% of the heterocyst wall and 41% of the spore wall is carbohydrate. The carbohydrate moieties of the heterocyst wall and spore wall are similar in that the ratio of glucose, mannose, galactose, and xylose is approximately 75:20:3:4 in both walls. It appears that, during the differentiation of a vegetative cell into either a spore or a heterocyst, a glucose-rich wall polysaccharide is produced that is different from the polysaccharide component of the wall of the vegetative cell and of the sheath. In the case of the heterocyst, the wall was estimated to account for approximately 52% of the dry weight of the whole cell.
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