title: Following Suberization in Potato Wound Periderm by Histochemical and Solid-State 13C Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Methods.
abstract: The time course of suberization in wound periderm from potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) has been monitored by histochemical and high-resolution solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) methods. Light microscopy conducted after selective staining of the lipid and double-bonded constituents shows that suberin is deposited at the outermost intact cell-wall surface during the first 7 d of wound healing; suberization forms a barrier to tissue infiltration at later times. Cross polarization-magic angle spinning 13C NMR spectra demonstrate the deposition of a polyester containing all major suberin functional groups after just 4 d of wound healing. Initially the suberin includes a large proportion of aromatic groups and fairly short aliphatic chains, but the spectral data demonstrate the growing dominance of long-chain species during the period 7 to 14 d after wounding. The results of preliminary 13C-labeling experiments with sodium [2-13C]acetate and DL-[1-13C]phenylalanine provide an excellent prospectus for future NMR-based studies of suberin biosynthesis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, College of Staten Island and the Graduate School of the City University of New York, 2800 Victory Boulevard, Staten Island, New York 10314 (R.E.S., W.S., R.A.P., M.A.-B).
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Stark
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Sohn
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Pacchiano
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Al-Bashir
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Garbow