Secondary cell wall biosynthesis

R Zhong, D Cui, ZH Ye - New Phytologist, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Contents Summary 1703 I. Introduction 1703 II. Cellulose biosynthesis 1705 III. Xylan
biosynthesis 1709 IV. Glucomannan biosynthesis 1713 V. Lignin biosynthesis 1714 VI …

Molecular mechanisms of plant responses to salt stress

L Ma, X Liu, W Lv, Y Yang - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Saline-alkali soils pose an increasingly serious global threat to plant growth and
productivity. Much progress has been made in elucidating how plants adapt to salt stress by …

Plant cell-surface GIPC sphingolipids sense salt to trigger Ca2+ influx

Z Jiang, X Zhou, M Tao, F Yuan, L Liu, F Wu, X Wu… - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
Salinity is detrimental to plant growth, crop production and food security worldwide. Excess
salt triggers increases in cytosolic Ca2+ concentration, which activate Ca2+-binding proteins …

Hemicellulose biosynthesis

M Pauly, S Gille, L Liu, N Mansoori, A de Souza… - Planta, 2013 - Springer
One major component of plant cell walls is a diverse group of polysaccharides, the
hemicelluloses. Hemicelluloses constitute roughly one-third of the wall biomass and …

Secondary cell walls: biosynthesis, patterned deposition and transcriptional regulation

R Zhong, ZH Ye - Plant and cell physiology, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Secondary walls are mainly composed of cellulose, hemicelluloses (xylan and
glucomannan) and lignin, and are deposited in some specialized cells, such as tracheary …

An even pattern of xylan substitution is critical for interaction with cellulose in plant cell walls

NJ Grantham, J Wurman-Rodrich, OM Terrett… - Nature plants, 2017 - nature.com
Xylan and cellulose are abundant polysaccharides in vascular plants and essential for
secondary cell wall strength. Acetate or glucuronic acid decorations are exclusively found on …

Plant cell wall integrity maintenance in model plants and crop species-relevant cell wall components and underlying guiding principles

N Gigli-Bisceglia, T Engelsdorf, T Hamann - Cellular and Molecular Life …, 2020 - Springer
The walls surrounding the cells of all land-based plants provide mechanical support
essential for growth and development as well as protection from adverse environmental …

Xylan biosynthesis

EA Rennie, HV Scheller - Current opinion in biotechnology, 2014 - Elsevier
Highlights•Xylan is a major component of plant biomass.•Xylan is composed of a β-(1, 4)-
linked xylose backbone with various substitutions.•Recently, several new proteins have …

The pattern of xylan acetylation suggests xylan may interact with cellulose microfibrils as a twofold helical screw in the secondary plant cell wall of Arabidopsis …

M Busse‐Wicher, TCF Gomes, T Tryfona… - The Plant …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The interaction between xylan and cellulose microfibrils is important for secondary cell wall
properties in vascular plants; however, the molecular arrangement of xylan in the cell wall …

Grass cell walls: a story of cross-linking

RD Hatfield, DM Rancour, JM Marita - Frontiers in plant science, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Cell wall matrices are complex composites mainly of polysaccharides, phenolics (monomers
and polymers), and protein. We are beginning to understand the synthesis of these major …