Cutin
Cutin or Kutin (Akkruste) is a polyester-type substance in combination with cellulose , pectin and waxes in the cuticle of plant cells can be found, making them nearly impervious to water. Cutin can be cleaved from fungi and into pollen by cutinase . Chemically, it is a heteropolymer with ester bonds between the monomers . The monomers are based on either C 16 or C 18 hydroxy fatty acid structures.
A cell wall reinforced by cutin secretion is referred to as cutinized .
Individual evidence
- ^ Peter Nuhn : Naturstoffchemie , 2nd edition, S. Hirzel Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellschaft Stuttgart, 1990, p. 536, ISBN 3-7776-0473-9 .