Biosynthèse des pectines et différenciation des fibres cellulosiques au cours de la croissance du lin

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Abstract
During the first stage of flax growth, stem elongation reaches 2.4 cm per day and the percentage of cell wall remains quite constant (4–15%). Cellulosic fibres develop principally during capsule formation and seed maturation. During the latter stage, the proportion of walls increases from 15 to 60% and the elongation is diminished to 0.5 cm per day. The lowering of the cation exchange capacity and of the pectin content of the cell walls during growth results principally from increased cellulose deposition in the fibre cells. The changes in the cation exchange capacity and in the percentage of cell wall show that when cellulose biosynthesis predominates, there is a continuous synthesis of pectins (10–15%) during the development of the plant. Methylated pectins are synthesized during the elongation phase. During maturation, the relative amounts of highly and less methylated pectins remain the same and thus it is not possible to determine what type of pectin is preferentially synthesized.