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Complex fibers consist of filament batches (15-30 pieces in a batch) linked by middle lamellae. Middle lamellae consist of various siibstances-pectins, lignin, hemo-... 

Structure of the Cell Wall. The iaterior stmcture of the ceU wall is shown in Figure 6. The interfiber region is the middle lamella (ML). This region, rich in lignin, is amorphous and shows no fibnUar stmcture when examined under the electron microscope. The cell wall is composed of stmcturaHy different layers or lamellae, reflecting the manner in which the cell forms. The newly formed cell contains protoplasm, from which cellulose and the other cell wall polymers are laid down to thicken the cell wall internally. Thus, there is a primary wall (P) and a secondary wall (S). The secondary wall is subdivided into three portions, the S, S2, and layers, which form sequentially toward the lumen. Viewed from the lumen, the cell wall frequendy has a bumpy appearance. This is called the warty layer and is composed of protoplasmic debris. The warty layer and exposed layer are sometimes referred to as the tertiary wad. 

Fig. 6. Interior stmcture of the ceU wad of Scotch pine, where S = secondary wall, P = primary wad, and ML = middle lamella. Chemical composition of ced wad lignin, 28.0 wt % cedulose, 40.3 wt % and hemicedulose, 28.7 wt %. Extractives, not shown, ate 3.0 wt %.

Chemical Constituents of Cell Wall. Variation in chemical composition across the cell wall is also shown in Figure 6. The principal constituents of cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin are present throughout the cell wall but in different proportions. Cellulose is not present in the interfiber middle lamella, which is virtually all lignin. The layer is essentially all carbohydrates (qv), especially hemiceUuloses, having Uttie or no lignin. 

In some species, onion (2), tomato, and sugar beet (13), the interface regions between cells, ie the middle lamella and the cell corners, are rich in relatively unesterified pectins which may function in cell-cell adhesion and play an important structural role in tissue integrity. Cell corners, in particular, may act as joists in the scaffolding function of the wall, bearing much of the mechanical load of the tissue (Jeronomidis, pers. comm.). In Zinnia leaves, although all of the cell-walls contain methyl-esterified pectin. 

Immunogold localization of the pectic epitope has been performed on different types of cells cell suspensions, roots, shoots, meristems, coleoptiles, pollen grains, protoplasts from different species carrot, sugar beet, tobacco, oat... The pattern of labeling was always the same polygalacturonic acid was essentially located on the material expanded at three-way junctions between cells or lining intercellular space, but was not found in primary walls. No epitope could be located close to the plasma membrane (Fig. lO.a). Middle lamellae far from junction zones and walls of meristematic cells were never labeled. 

Plant cell walls provide the obvious functions of stmctural support and integrity and can vary tremendously in size, shape, composition and stmcture depending on cell type, age and function within the plant body. Despite this diversity, plant cell walls are composed of only three major classes of polysaccharides cellulose, hemicellulose and pectins. Pectins, or polyuronides, are imbedded throughout the cell wall matrix and are particularly abundant in the middle lamella region. Pectins generally account for 10-30% of the cell wall dry weight and... 

The plant cell wall is a polymeric mesh consisting of cellulose, hemicellulose, pectin and protein. Cellulose and hemicellulose are integral components of the cell wall, but pectic substances are located mainly in the outer wall regions within the middle lamella (McNeil et ai, 1984). Pectic substances are more susceptible to enzymatic degradation, because they are more exposed than other cell wall components. Therefore, pectin-degrading enzymes may play a central role in the penetration of plant tissue by bacteria. 

Figure 3. Close up of the intact cell wall after digestion of the middle lamella with PL3. Scanning electron micrograph.

The intermediate-mobility pectin can exist in any space in the cell wall more than 2nm away from cellulose microfibrils. It could therefore be in the middle lamella, cell comers or between layers of microfibrils in addition to the above proposal. The pectin seen in this part of the spectram are probably a heterogeneous mixture from a number of locations. 

The EMSIL obtained with the purified EPG on transverse sections of barley leaf epidermal cells taken pependicular to the long axis of the cells and anticlinal to the leaf surface, revealed that EPG substrate is localized primarily in the cell comers and middle lamella of these cells (Fig. 1). 

The structure of the fold surface has long been a most controversial topic (ever since the finding of the chain folded lamellae). What kind of fold structure will the direct MD simulation predict Figure 29 shows (a) the crystalline domains and (b) the fold loops at 330 K after a sufficiently long time period of 38.4 ns the crystallinity reaches about 52%. We noticed that most of the fold loops near the substrate are rather short. The presence of looser and longer loops and abundant cilium in the middle of the MD cell is obviously... 

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