title: Cell wall metabolism during fruiting of the basidiomycete Schizophyllum commune.
abstract: During the development of fruit bodies of the basidiomycete Schizophyllum commune, the alkali-insoluble (R glucan) and alkali-soluble (S glucan) cell wall fractions are synthesized during the entire course of morphogenesis. The water soluble glucan (WSG) is not synthesized after an early stage. There is also a relative increase in the proportion of S glucan during development with appears related to a change in the proportion of the components synthesized. Data are also presented to show that several fruiting mutants also have specific cell wall differences, and that there is a significant contribution to cell wall structure by genes which do not cause a macroscopically observable change in phenotype.
mesh_terms: D000363:Agaricales / Q000378:metabolism*; D002473:Cell Wall / Q000378:metabolism; D002686:Chitin / Q000096:biosynthesis; D009024:Morphogenesis; D009154:Mutation; D010641:Phenotype; D011134:Polysaccharides / Q000096:biosynthesis; D012567:Schizophyllum / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism*; D012995:Solubility; D013172:Spores, Fungal / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D011134:Polysaccharides; D002686:Chitin