PMID- 37590952 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20240104 LR - 20240104 IS - 1532-2548 (Electronic) IS - 0032-0889 (Linking) VI - 194 IP - 1 DP - 2023 Dec 30 TI - Berberine bridge enzyme-like oxidases of cellodextrins and mixed-linked beta-glucans control seed coat formation. PG - 296-313 LID - 10.1093/plphys/kiad457 [doi] AB - Plants have evolved various resistance mechanisms to cope with biotic stresses that threaten their survival. The BBE23 member (At5g44360/BBE23) of the Arabidopsis berberine bridge enzyme-like (BBE-l) protein family (Arabidopsis thaliana) has been characterized in this paper in parallel with the closely related and previously described CELLOX (At4g20860/BBE22). In addition to cellodextrins, both enzymes, renamed here as CELLODEXTRIN OXIDASE 2 and 1 (CELLOX2 and CELLOX1), respectively, oxidize the mixed-linked beta-1-->3/beta-1-->4-glucans (MLGs), recently described as capable of activating plant immunity, reinforcing the view that the BBE-l family includes members that are devoted to the control of the homeostasis of potential cell wall-derived damage-associated molecular patterns (DAMPs). The 2 putatively paralogous genes display different expression profiles. Unlike CELLOX1, CELLOX2 is not expressed in seedlings or adult plants and is not involved in immunity against Botrytis cinerea. Both are instead expressed in a concerted manner in the seed coat during development. Whereas CELLOX2 is expressed mainly during the heart stage, CELLOX1 is expressed at the immediately later stage, when the expression of CELLOX2 decreases. Analysis of seeds of cellox1 and cellox2 knockout mutants shows alterations in the coat structure: the columella area is smaller in cellox1, radial cell walls are thicker in both cellox1 and cellox2, and the mucilage halo is reduced in cellox2. However, the coat monosaccharide composition is not significantly altered, suggesting an alteration of the organization of the cell wall, thus reinforcing the notion that the architecture of the cell wall in specific organs is determined not only by the dynamics of the synthesis/degradation of the main polysaccharides but also by its enzymatic oxidation. CI - (c) American Society of Plant Biologists 2023. All rights reserved. For permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oup.com. FAU - Costantini, Sara AU - Costantini S AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-6977-9601 AD - Department of Biology and Biotechnology "C. Darwin", Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy. FAU - Benedetti, Manuel AU - Benedetti M AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-0124-4464 AD - Department of Life, Health and Environmental Sciences, University of L'Aquila, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy. FAU - Pontiggia, Daniela AU - Pontiggia D AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-0980-107X AD - Department of Biology and Biotechnology "C. Darwin", Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy. AD - Research Center for Applied Sciences to the Safeguard of Environment and Cultural Heritage (CIABC), Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy. FAU - Giovannoni, Moira AU - Giovannoni M AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-2086-7950 AD - Department of Life, Health and Environmental Sciences, University of L'Aquila, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy. FAU - Cervone, Felice AU - Cervone F AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-8141-5352 AD - Department of Biology and Biotechnology "C. Darwin", Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy. FAU - Mattei, Benedetta AU - Mattei B AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-2927-6329 AD - Department of Life, Health and Environmental Sciences, University of L'Aquila, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy. FAU - De Lorenzo, Giulia AU - De Lorenzo G AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-1707-5418 AD - Department of Biology and Biotechnology "C. Darwin", Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy. LA - eng GR - 2017ZBBYNC/Italian Ministry of University and Research/ GR - GRANDI_PROGETTI_2021/Sapienza University of Rome/ GR - AR11816427DBCAD7/Progetti per Avvio alla Ricerca/ PT - Journal Article PL - United States TA - Plant Physiol JT - Plant physiology JID - 0401224 RN - 9061-30-7 (cellodextrin) RN - 0 (Arabidopsis Proteins) RN - EC 1.21.3.3 (reticuline oxidase) RN - EC 1.- (Oxidoreductases) RN - 0 (beta-Glucans) RN - 0 (Polysaccharides) RN - 0 (Plant Mucilage) SB - IM MH - *Arabidopsis Proteins/genetics/metabolism MH - Oxidoreductases/metabolism MH - *beta-Glucans/metabolism MH - *Arabidopsis/metabolism MH - Polysaccharides/metabolism MH - Seeds/metabolism MH - Cell Wall/metabolism MH - *Plant Mucilage/metabolism COIS- Conflict of interest statement. The authors declare no conflict of interest. EDAT- 2023/08/17 18:42 MHDA- 2024/01/04 11:43 CRDT- 2023/08/17 17:25 PHST- 2023/06/29 00:00 [received] PHST- 2023/07/27 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2024/01/04 11:43 [medline] PHST- 2023/08/17 18:42 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/08/17 17:25 [entrez] AID - 7244651 [pii] AID - 10.1093/plphys/kiad457 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Plant Physiol. 2023 Dec 30;194(1):296-313. doi: 10.1093/plphys/kiad457.