What is it about?
Callose is a glucose polymer with specialized linking between subunits. This specialized linking permits hydrogen bonding to water molecules at the surface of the polymer. The bonded water molecules are regularly spaced or what is termed "ordered." The spacing is similar to the spacing of water molecules in ice. This permits very facile hydrogen ion transit through the ordered water. The ordered water becomes part of a protonic circuit wherein hydrogen ions are transferred from one location to another under an electrical potential gradient. The orderedness of the water molecules also inhibits passage of other ions as well as any entities such as pathogens.
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Why is it important?
Because the callose/ordered water duality become components of protonic circuits similar to components in electronic circuits. The plant also uses the ordered water to preclude passage of pathogens.The plant uses both properties.
Perspectives
The plant was achieved crystallinity at normal environmental temperatures. This is a remarkable achievement. The whole world of protonic circuits opens up.
William Gensler
Agriculturl Electronics Corporation
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This page is a summary of: A hypothesis concerning callose, Plant Signaling & Behavior, December 2018, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/15592324.2018.1548878.
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