Wolf-Dieter Reiter

Mobilization of seed storage lipid by Arabidopsis seedlings is retarded in the presence of exogenous sugars (2002)

To, Jennifer PC, Reiter, Wolf-Dieter, Gibson, Susan I

Abstract Background Soluble sugar levels must be closely regulated in germinating seeds to ensure an adequate supply of energy and building materials for the developing seedling. Studies on...

Elements of an archaeal promoter defined by mutational analysis (1992)

Hain, Johannes, Reiter, Wolf-Dieter, Hüdepohl, Uwe, Zillig, Wolfram

The sequence requirements for specific and efficient transcription from the 16S/23S rRNA promoter of Sulfolobus shibatae were analysed by point mutations and by cassette mutations using an in vitro...

Transfer RNA genes frequently serve as integration sites for prokaryotic genetic elements (1989)

Reiter, Wolf-Dieter, Palm, Peter, Yeats, Siobhan

The DNA sequences were determined at the boundaries of the integrated copy of the archaebacterial genetic element SSV1. A 44 bp sequence present as a single copy on the 15.5 kb circular SSV1 DNA...

Analysis of transcription in the archaebacterium Sulfolobus indicates that archaebacterial promoters are homologous to eukaryotic pol II promoters (1988)

Reiter, Wolf-Dieter, Palm, Peter, Zillig, Wolfram

The 5'-termini were precisely mapped for five constitutive and one UV-inducible transcript from the Sulfolobus virus-like particle SSV1. The comparison of the DNA sequences around these...

Transcription termination in the archaebacterium Sulfolobus: signal structures and linkage to transcription initiation (1988)

Reiter, Wolf-Dieter, Palm, Peter, Zillig, Wolfram

The precise map positions were determined for the 3′-termini of five transcripts of the Sulfolobus virus-like particle SSV1. In all cases analyzed, these 3′-termini mapped immediately downstream...

Putative promoter elements for the ribosomal RNA genes of the thermoacidophilic archaebacterium Sulfolobus sp. strain B12 (1987)

Reiter, Wolf-Dieter, Palm, Peter, Voos, Wolfgang, Kaniecki, Jörg, Grampp, Bernd, Schulz, Wolfgang, ...

In Sulfolobus sp. strain B12, single-copy genes encode the three ribosomal RNAs. The genes for the 16S rRNA and for the 23S rRNA are closely linked but separated from the 5S rRNA gene. Transcription...

The MUR1 gene of Arabidopsis thaliana encodes an isoform of GDP-d-mannose-4,6-dehydratase, catalyzing the first step in the de novo synthesis of GDP-l-fucose

Bonin, Christopher P., Potter, Ian, Vanzin, Gary F., Reiter, Wolf-Dieter

GDP-l-fucose is the activated nucleotide sugar form of l-fucose, which is a constituent of many structural polysaccharides and glycoproteins in various organisms. The de novo synthesis of...

Characterization of N-Glycans from Arabidopsis. Application to a Fucose-Deficient Mutant1

Rayon, Catherine, Cabanes-Macheteau, Marion, Loutelier-Bourhis, Corinne, Salliot-Maire, Isabelle, Lemoine, Jérome, Reiter, Wolf-Dieter, ...

The structures of glycans N-linked to Arabidopsis proteins have been fully identified. From immuno- and affinodetections on blots, chromatography, nuclear magnetic resonance, and glycosidase...

The mur4 Mutant of Arabidopsis Is Partially Defective in the de Novo Synthesis of Uridine Diphospho l-Arabinose1

Burget, Emilie G., Reiter, Wolf-Dieter

To obtain information on the synthesis and function of arabinosylated glycans, the mur4 mutant of Arabidopsis was characterized. This mutation leads to a 50% reduction in the monosaccharide...

The mur2 mutant of Arabidopsis thaliana lacks fucosylated xyloglucan because of a lesion in fucosyltransferase AtFUT1

Vanzin, Gary F., Madson, Michael, Carpita, Nicholas C., Raikhel, Natasha V., Keegstra, Kenneth, Reiter, Wolf-Dieter

Cell walls of the Arabidopsis mutant mur2 contain less than 2% of the wild-type amount of fucosylated xyloglucan because of a point mutation in the fucosyltransferase AtFUT1. The mur2 mutation...

The Biosynthesis of l-Arabinose in Plants: Molecular Cloning and Characterization of a Golgi-Localized UDP-d-Xylose 4-Epimerase Encoded by the MUR4 Gene of Arabidopsis

Burget, Emilie G., Verma, Rajeev, Mølhøj, Michael, Reiter, Wolf-Dieter

The mur4 mutant of Arabidopsis shows a 50% reduction in the monosaccharide l-Ara in leaf-derived cell wall material because of a partial defect in the 4-epimerization of UDP-d-Xyl to UDP-l-Ara. To...

The MUR3 Gene of Arabidopsis Encodes a Xyloglucan Galactosyltransferase That Is Evolutionarily Related to Animal Exostosins

Madson, Michael, Dunand, Christophe, Li, Xuemei, Verma, Rajeev, Vanzin, Gary F., Caplan, Jeffrey, ...

Xyloglucans are the principal glycans that interlace cellulose microfibrils in most flowering plants. The mur3 mutant of Arabidopsis contains a severely altered structure of this polysaccharide...

Distribution of Fucose-Containing Xyloglucans in Cell Walls of the mur1 Mutant of Arabidopsis1

Freshour, Glenn, Bonin, Christopher P., Reiter, Wolf-Dieter, Albersheim, Peter, Darvill, Alan G., Hahn, Michael G.

The monoclonal antibody, CCRC-M1, which recognizes a fucose (Fuc)-containing epitope found principally in the cell wall polysaccharide xyloglucan, was used to determine the distribution of this...

The GMD1 and GMD2 Genes of Arabidopsis Encode Isoforms of GDP-D-Mannose 4,6-Dehydratase with Cell Type-Specific Expression Patterns1

Bonin, Christopher P., Freshour, Glenn, Hahn, Michael G., Vanzin, Gary F., Reiter, Wolf-Dieter

l-Fucose (l-Fuc) is a monosaccharide constituent of plant cell wall polysaccharides and glycoproteins. The committing step in the de novo synthesis of l-Fuc is catalyzed by GDP-d-mannose...

Tensile Properties of Arabidopsis Cell Walls Depend on Both a Xyloglucan Cross-Linked Microfibrillar Network and Rhamnogalacturonan II-Borate Complexes1

Ryden, Peter, Sugimoto-Shirasu, Keiko, Smith, Andrew Charles, Findlay, Kim, Reiter, Wolf-Dieter, McCann, Maureen Caroline

The mechanical properties of plant organs depend upon anatomical structure, cell-cell adhesion, cell turgidity, and the mechanical properties of their cell walls. By testing the mechanical responses...

Molecular Analysis of 10 Coding Regions from Arabidopsis That Are Homologous to the MUR3 Xyloglucan Galactosyltransferase1

Li, Xuemei, Cordero, Israel, Caplan, Jeffrey, Mølhøj, Michael, Reiter, Wolf-Dieter

Plant cell walls are composed of a large number of complex polysaccharides, which contain at least 13 different monosaccharides in a multitude of linkages. This structural complexity of cell wall...

The Biosynthesis of d-Galacturonate in Plants. Functional Cloning and Characterization of a Membrane-Anchored UDP-d-Glucuronate 4-Epimerase from Arabidopsis1

Mølhøj, Michael, Verma, Rajeev, Reiter, Wolf-Dieter

Pectic cell wall polysaccharides owe their high negative charge to the presence of d-galacturonate, a monosaccharide that appears to be present only in plants and some prokaryotes....

SAV 1, a temperate u.v.-inducible DNA virus-like particle from the archaebacterium Sulfolobus acidocaldarius isolate B12

Martin, Andrea, Yeats, Siobhán, Janekovic, Davorin, Reiter, Wolf-Dieter, Aicher, Wilhelm, Zillig, Wolfram

Sulfolobus acidocaldarius, strain B12, which harbours a double-stranded DNA species both as a plasmid and in a linear form, which is integrated at a specific site of the chromosome, produces...

The MUR1 gene of Arabidopsis thaliana encodes an isoform of GDP-d-mannose-4,6-dehydratase, catalyzing the first step in the de novo synthesis of GDP-l-fucose

Bonin, Christopher P., Potter, Ian, Vanzin, Gary F., Reiter, Wolf-Dieter

GDP-l-fucose is the activated nucleotide sugar form of l-fucose, which is a constituent of many structural polysaccharides and glycoproteins in various organisms. The de novo synthesis of...

Characterization of N-Glycans from Arabidopsis. Application to a Fucose-Deficient Mutant1

Rayon, Catherine, Cabanes-Macheteau, Marion, Loutelier-Bourhis, Corinne, Salliot-Maire, Isabelle, Lemoine, Jérome, Reiter, Wolf-Dieter, ...

The structures of glycans N-linked to Arabidopsis proteins have been fully identified. From immuno- and affinodetections on blots, chromatography, nuclear magnetic resonance, and glycosidase...

The mur4 Mutant of Arabidopsis Is Partially Defective in the de Novo Synthesis of Uridine Diphospho l-Arabinose1

Burget, Emilie G., Reiter, Wolf-Dieter

To obtain information on the synthesis and function of arabinosylated glycans, the mur4 mutant of Arabidopsis was characterized. This mutation leads to a 50% reduction in the monosaccharide...

The mur2 mutant of Arabidopsis thaliana lacks fucosylated xyloglucan because of a lesion in fucosyltransferase AtFUT1

Vanzin, Gary F., Madson, Michael, Carpita, Nicholas C., Raikhel, Natasha V., Keegstra, Kenneth, Reiter, Wolf-Dieter

Cell walls of the Arabidopsis mutant mur2 contain less than 2% of the wild-type amount of fucosylated xyloglucan because of a point mutation in the fucosyltransferase AtFUT1. The mur2 mutation...

The Biosynthesis of l-Arabinose in Plants: Molecular Cloning and Characterization of a Golgi-Localized UDP-d-Xylose 4-Epimerase Encoded by the MUR4 Gene of Arabidopsis

Burget, Emilie G., Verma, Rajeev, Mølhøj, Michael, Reiter, Wolf-Dieter

The mur4 mutant of Arabidopsis shows a 50% reduction in the monosaccharide l-Ara in leaf-derived cell wall material because of a partial defect in the 4-epimerization of UDP-d-Xyl to UDP-l-Ara. To...

The MUR3 Gene of Arabidopsis Encodes a Xyloglucan Galactosyltransferase That Is Evolutionarily Related to Animal Exostosins

Madson, Michael, Dunand, Christophe, Li, Xuemei, Verma, Rajeev, Vanzin, Gary F., Caplan, Jeffrey, ...

Xyloglucans are the principal glycans that interlace cellulose microfibrils in most flowering plants. The mur3 mutant of Arabidopsis contains a severely altered structure of this polysaccharide...

Distribution of Fucose-Containing Xyloglucans in Cell Walls of the mur1 Mutant of Arabidopsis1

Freshour, Glenn, Bonin, Christopher P., Reiter, Wolf-Dieter, Albersheim, Peter, Darvill, Alan G., Hahn, Michael G.

The monoclonal antibody, CCRC-M1, which recognizes a fucose (Fuc)-containing epitope found principally in the cell wall polysaccharide xyloglucan, was used to determine the distribution of this...

The GMD1 and GMD2 Genes of Arabidopsis Encode Isoforms of GDP-D-Mannose 4,6-Dehydratase with Cell Type-Specific Expression Patterns1

Bonin, Christopher P., Freshour, Glenn, Hahn, Michael G., Vanzin, Gary F., Reiter, Wolf-Dieter

l-Fucose (l-Fuc) is a monosaccharide constituent of plant cell wall polysaccharides and glycoproteins. The committing step in the de novo synthesis of l-Fuc is catalyzed by GDP-d-mannose...

Tensile Properties of Arabidopsis Cell Walls Depend on Both a Xyloglucan Cross-Linked Microfibrillar Network and Rhamnogalacturonan II-Borate Complexes1

Ryden, Peter, Sugimoto-Shirasu, Keiko, Smith, Andrew Charles, Findlay, Kim, Reiter, Wolf-Dieter, McCann, Maureen Caroline

The mechanical properties of plant organs depend upon anatomical structure, cell-cell adhesion, cell turgidity, and the mechanical properties of their cell walls. By testing the mechanical responses...

Molecular Analysis of 10 Coding Regions from Arabidopsis That Are Homologous to the MUR3 Xyloglucan Galactosyltransferase1

Li, Xuemei, Cordero, Israel, Caplan, Jeffrey, Mølhøj, Michael, Reiter, Wolf-Dieter

Plant cell walls are composed of a large number of complex polysaccharides, which contain at least 13 different monosaccharides in a multitude of linkages. This structural complexity of cell wall...

The Biosynthesis of d-Galacturonate in Plants. Functional Cloning and Characterization of a Membrane-Anchored UDP-d-Glucuronate 4-Epimerase from Arabidopsis1

Mølhøj, Michael, Verma, Rajeev, Reiter, Wolf-Dieter

Pectic cell wall polysaccharides owe their high negative charge to the presence of d-galacturonate, a monosaccharide that appears to be present only in plants and some prokaryotes....

SAV 1, a temperate u.v.-inducible DNA virus-like particle from the archaebacterium Sulfolobus acidocaldarius isolate B12

Martin, Andrea, Yeats, Siobhán, Janekovic, Davorin, Reiter, Wolf-Dieter, Aicher, Wilhelm, Zillig, Wolfram

Sulfolobus acidocaldarius, strain B12, which harbours a double-stranded DNA species both as a plasmid and in a linear form, which is integrated at a specific site of the chromosome, produces...

The Arabidopsis Root Hair Cell Wall Formation Mutant lrx1 Is Suppressed by Mutations in the RHM1 Gene Encoding a UDP-l-Rhamnose Synthase[W]

Diet, Anouck, Link, Bruce, Seifert, Georg J., Schellenberg, Barbara, Wagner, Ulrich, Pauly, Markus, ...

Cell and cell wall growth are mutually dependent processes that must be tightly coordinated and controlled. LRR-extensin1 (LRX1) of Arabidopsis thaliana is a potential regulator of cell wall...