The amino-acid composition of the total protein of cotton and primary wall of cotton have been determined after acid hydrolysis. Some amino acids (pro, thr, ile, phe, met, lys, his) not reported previously to be in cotton have been found. Cotton and primary wall of cotton contain free amino acids in addition to protein.
Get full access to this article
View all access options for this article.
References
1.
Berlin, J.D. and Watson, M., "Fine Structural Differentiation of Lint and Fuzz Fibers," Proc. 1974 Beltwide Cotton Prod. Res. Conf., 1974, p. 52.
2.
Catlett, M.S. , Giuffria, R., Moore , A.T., and Rollins, M.L., Microscopical Observations on the Contents of the Cotton Fiber Lumen, Textile Res. J . 21, 880-885 (1951).
3.
Guthrie, J.D. , "Chemistry and Technology of Cotton", ed. K. Ward, Jr., New York, Interscience Publishers, 1955, pp. 8-9.
4.
Harris, C.E. , Kobes, R.D., Teller , D.C., and Rutter, W.J., The Molecular Characteristics of Yeast Aldolase, Biochem . 8, 2442-2454 (1969).
5.
McCall, E.R. and Jurgens, J.F., Chemical Composition of Cotton , Textile Res. J. 21, 19-21 (1951).
6.
Rollins, M.L. , in "The American Cotton Handbook", Vol. 1, Ed. D. S. Hamby, New York, Interscience, 1965, pp. 44-81.
7.
Tripp, V.W., Moore, A.T., and Rollins, M.L., Some Observations of the Constitution of the Primary Wall of the Cotton Fiber , Textile Res. J. 21, 886-894 (1951).
8.
Tripp, V.W. and Rollins, M.L., Morphology and Chemical Composition of Certain Components of Cotton Fiber Cell Wall, Anal. Chem. 24, 1721-1728 (1952).
