Olga Zabotina Selected Publications

Assistant Professor
Plant Cell Wall Structure
Polysaccharide Biosynthesis, Modification and Degradation
Bioactive Carbohydrates

1. Zabotina OA, van de Ven WTG, Freshour G, Drakakaki G, Cavalier D, Mouille G,  Hahn MG, Keegstra K, Raikhel NV. (2008) The Arabidopsis XT5 protein encodes a putative α-1,6-xylosyltransferase that is involved in xyloglucan biosynthesis. Plant J. (submitted)
2. Drakakaki G, Zabotina O, Delgado I., Roberts S., Keegstra K and Raikhel N. (2006) Arabidopsis RGP1 and RGP2 are essential for pollen development. Plant Physiology. V. 142, N4, p. 1480-1492
3. Spadoni* S, Zabotina* O, Di Matteo A, Mikkelsen JD, Cervone F, De Lorenzo G, Mattei B and Bellincampi D (2006) Polygalacturonase-Inhibiting Protein (PGIP) interacts with pectin trough a binding site formed by four clustered residues of arginine and lysine. Plant Physiology, V. 141, N6, p. 557-564.
4. Zabotin AI, Barisheva TS., Larskaya IA., Toroshina TE., Trofimova OV., Hahn MG., Zabotina OA. (2005) Oligosaccharin-a new systemic factor in the acquisition of freeze tolerance in winter plants. Plant Biosystems. V.139, N1, p. 36-41
5. Capodicasa* C., Vairo* D., Zabotina* O., McCartney L., Caprari C., Aracri B., Benen J., Knox J.P., De Lorenzo G. and Cervone F. (2004) Targeted modification of homogalacturonan by transgenic expression of a fungal polygalacturonase alters plant growth and development. Plant Physiology. V.135, N3, p. 1294-1304
6. Zabotina O., Ayupova D., Toroshina T., Zabotin A. (2003) Involvement of oligosaccharides in adaptation of winter wheat seedlings to subzero temperatures. Biology Bulletin of Russian Academy of Sciences (biological section). V. 30, N5, p.560-564.
7. Zabotina O., Ibragimova N., Trofimova O., Zabotin A.(2002) Biologically-active oligosaccharides from pectin of pea cell walls, which influence rooting process. Russian Journal of Biochemistry. V.67, N2, p. 227-232
8. Van Alebeek G.J.W.M., Zabotina O., Schols H.A., Beldman G., Voragen A.G.J. (2000) Structural analysis of (methyl-esterified) oligogalacturonides using post-source decay matrix-assited laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry. J. Mass Spectrometry. V.35, p.831-840
9. Van Alebeek G.J.W.M., Zabotina O., Schols H.A., Beldman G., Voragen A.G.J. (2000) Esterification and glycosydation of oligogalacturonides: examination of the reaction products using MALDI-TOF MS and HPAEC. Carbohydrate Polymers, v.43, p.39-46
10. Barisheva T.C., Zabotina O.A., Zabotin A.I. (1999) Effect of cyclohexiimide on the synthesis of polysaccharides and glycosidase activities in cell walls of wheat roots during cold acclimation. Russian J. of Plant Physiol., V. 46, p.633-638.
11. J.P. Vincken, O.A. Zabotina, G. Beldman, A.G.J. Voragen (1998) Xyloglucan endo-transglycosylase activity in apples is ripening-related: implications for fruit juice processing. J.Sci.Food Agric., V. 77, p. 46-52
12. Zabotina O.A, O.P. Gurjanov, N.N. Ibragimova, D.A. Ayupova, V.V. Lozovaya (1998) Rhizogenesis in buckwheat thin-cell-layer explants: effect of plant oligosaccharides. Plant Science, V. 135, p. 195-201.
13. Zabotina O.A, D.A. Ayupova, I.A. Larskaya, O.N. Nikolaeva, G.I. Petrovicheva, A.I. Zabotin (1998) Physiologically active oligosaccharides, accumulating in the roots of winter wheat roots during adaptation to low temperature. Russian J. of Plant Physiol. V.45, p.262-269
14. Zabotin A.I, T.S. Barisheva, O.A. Zabotina, I.A. Larskaya, V.V. Lozovaya, G. Beldman, A.G.J. Voragen (1998) Alteration of cell wall composition of winter wheat roots during low temperature acclimation. J.Plant Physiol. , V. 152, p. 473-479
15. Zabotina O.A, O.P. Gurjanov, D.A. Ayupova, V.V. Lozovaya, G. Beldman, A.G.J. Voragen (1997) Isolation and analysis of soluble oligosaccharides stimulating root formation from pea shoots. Biochemistry (Moscow), V.62, p.845-849
16. Zabotina O.A, O.P. Gurjanov, D.A. Ayupova, V.V. Lozovaya, G. Beldman, A.G.J. Voragen (1996) Soluble bioactive oligosaccharides from pea stems. Plant Cell Rep., V.15, p.954-957
17. Lozovaya V.V, O.A. Zabotina, J. Widholm (1996) Synthesis and turnover of cell wall polysaccharides and starch in photosynthetic soybean suspension cultures. Plant Physiology, V.111, p.921-922
18. Lozovaya V.V, O.A. Zabotina, N.I. Rumyantseva, R.G. Malihov, M.V. Zihareva (1993) Stimulation of root development in buckwheat thin-cell-layer explants by pectic fragments from pea stem cell walls. Plant Cell Rep., V.12, p.530-533