An non-GPI-anchored AGP cluster (Y2) was isolated from the seeds of
Jatropha curcas L. (Euphorbiaceae) composed of 4.8 % polypeptides (mainly Ala, Ser, Gly, Hyp, Glu) and a carbohydrate moiety composed of Gal, Ara, GlcA, Rha, Man and GlcN. Besides the typical structural features of arabinogalactan proteins, typical
N-
glycan linker of the complex type (GlcNAc
4Man
3Gal
2Fuc
1Xyl
1) were identified.
O-glycosylation occurred mainly
via Hyp and to a lesser extent
via Thr and Ser. N-
glycans from the complex type, carrying at the innermost GlcNAc at position O-3 one ¦Á-Fuc-residue, were also present.
MS analysis of the tryptic digest assigned peptides of three major protein groups: fasciclin-like arabinogalactan proteins, xylogen-like proteins and LysM domain-containing proteins. They could not be separated further and it is indicated that various homologous protein forms co-exist. Histological investigation of J. curcas seeds revealed the presence of AGPs in the vessels of cotyledons and in the procambium ring of the embryo.