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Degree of polymerization and spatial distributions of acyclic and cyclic oligohexoses in soybean root nodules uncovered by MALDI and nanophotonic laser desorption ionization mass spectrometry

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: nodules can be captured by MS imaging (MSI) based on MALDI and NAPA-LDI. The acyclic species were more abundant in the infection zone, whereas the cyclic oligohexoses appeared more concentrated in the inner cortex and in the root vasculature. At some locations, possibly in the vascular bundles surrounding the nodule and traversing the root, the cyclic oligohexoses were especially abundant. The distributions of acyclic oligohexoses were also mapped in the nodule sections. These linear or branching molecules were abundant in the infection zone, where the cyclic oligohexoses were less concentrated or absent.

Source: Materials Today Bio

DOI: 10.1016/j.mtbio.2025.101776