Biomacromolecules
Chatterjee, S., Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, City College of New York, City University of New York, New York, NY, United States
Matas, A.J., Plant Biology Section, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States, Instituto de Hortofruticultura Subtropical y Mediterránea la Mayora, Universidad de Malaga, Facultad de Ciencias, Campus de Teatinos s/n, Málaga, Spain
Isaacson, T., Plant Biology Section, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States, Department of Fruit Tree Sciences, Newe ya'Ar Research Center, Agricultural Research Organization, P.O. Box 1021, Ramat Yishay, Israel
Kehlet, C., Department of Mathematics and Science, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY, United States
Rose, J.K.C., Plant Biology Section, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States
Stark, R.E., Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, City College of New York, City University of New York, New York, NY, United States
Plant cuticles on outer fruit and leaf surfaces are natural macromolecular composites of waxes and polyesters that ensure mechanical integrity and mitigate environmental challenges. They also provide renewable raw materials for cosmetics, packaging, and coatings. To delineate the structural framework and flexibility underlying the versatile functions of cutin biopolymers associated with polysaccharide-rich cell-wall matrices, solid-state NMR spectra and spin relaxation times were measured in a tomato fruit model system, including different developmental stages and surface phenotypes. The hydrophilic-hydrophobic balance of the cutin ensures compatibility with the underlying polysaccharide cell walls; the hydroxy fatty acid structures of outer epidermal cutin also support deposition of hydrophobic waxes and aromatic moieties while promoting the formation of cell-wall cross-links that rigidify and strengthen the cuticle composite during fruit development. Fruit cutin-deficient tomato mutants with compromised microbial resistance exhibit less efficient local and collective biopolymer motions, stiffening their cuticular surfaces and increasing their susceptibility to fracture. © 2015 American Chemical Society.
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Solid-state 13C NMR delineates the architectural design of biopolymers in native and genetically altered tomato fruit cuticles -2016
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Chatterjee, S., Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, City College of New York, City University of New York, New York, NY, United States
Matas, A.J., Plant Biology Section, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States, Instituto de Hortofruticultura Subtropical y Mediterránea la Mayora, Universidad de Malaga, Facultad de Ciencias, Campus de Teatinos s/n, Málaga, Spain
Isaacson, T., Plant Biology Section, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States, Department of Fruit Tree Sciences, Newe ya'Ar Research Center, Agricultural Research Organization, P.O. Box 1021, Ramat Yishay, Israel
Kehlet, C., Department of Mathematics and Science, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY, United States
Rose, J.K.C., Plant Biology Section, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States
Stark, R.E., Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, City College of New York, City University of New York, New York, NY, United States
Solid-state 13C NMR delineates the architectural design of biopolymers in native and genetically altered tomato fruit cuticles
Plant cuticles on outer fruit and leaf surfaces are natural macromolecular composites of waxes and polyesters that ensure mechanical integrity and mitigate environmental challenges. They also provide renewable raw materials for cosmetics, packaging, and coatings. To delineate the structural framework and flexibility underlying the versatile functions of cutin biopolymers associated with polysaccharide-rich cell-wall matrices, solid-state NMR spectra and spin relaxation times were measured in a tomato fruit model system, including different developmental stages and surface phenotypes. The hydrophilic-hydrophobic balance of the cutin ensures compatibility with the underlying polysaccharide cell walls; the hydroxy fatty acid structures of outer epidermal cutin also support deposition of hydrophobic waxes and aromatic moieties while promoting the formation of cell-wall cross-links that rigidify and strengthen the cuticle composite during fruit development. Fruit cutin-deficient tomato mutants with compromised microbial resistance exhibit less efficient local and collective biopolymer motions, stiffening their cuticular surfaces and increasing their susceptibility to fracture. © 2015 American Chemical Society.
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