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The cuticle of higher plants functions primarily as a protective barrier for the leaves and fruits, controlling microbial attack as well as the diffusion of water and chemicals from the outside environment. Its major chemical constituents are waxes (for waterproofing) and cutin (a structural support polymer). However, the insolubility of cutin has hampered investigations of its covalent structure...
The chemical deprotecting reagent iodotrimethylsilane has been used to achieve controlled breakdown of ester bonds in cutin, an insoluble protective biopolymer obtained from the fruit of Citrus aurantifolia (limes). Four soluble products that preserve essential features of the cuticular molecular architecture have been isolated chromatographically and identified by multidimensional NMR and liquid...
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