Pectin is a family of complex polysaccharides present in all plant primary cell walls. The
complicated structure of the pectic polysaccharides, and the retention by plants of the large …

Pectin is a major component of primary cell walls of all land plants and encompasses a
range of galacturonic acid-rich polysaccharides. Three major pectic polysaccharides …

Pectinases or petinolytic enzymes, hydrolyze pectic substances. They have a share of 25%
in the global sales of food enzymes. Pectinases are one of the most widely distributed …

Pectin methylesterases catalyse the demethylesterification of cell wall polygalacturonans. In
dicot plants, these ubiquitous cell wall enzymes are involved in important developmental …

Understanding the changes affecting the plant cell wall is a key element in addressing its
functional role in plant growth and in the response to stress. Pectins, which are the main …

The ability of a plant cell to expand is largely defined by the physical constraints imposed by
its cell wall. Accordingly, cell wall properties have to be regulated during development. The …

Methanol has been historically considered an exogenous product that leads only to
pathological changes in the human body when consumed. However, in normal, healthy …

Pectin methylesterase (PME) catalyses the demethoxylation of pectin, a major plant cell wall
polysaccharide. Through modification of the number and distribution of methyl-esters on the …

Replication and intercellular spread of viruses depend on host mechanisms supporting the
formation, transport and turnover of functional complexes between viral genomes, virus …

Plant viruses are biotrophic pathogens that need living tissue for their multiplication and
thus, in the infection–defence equilibrium, they do not normally cause plant death. In some …