The plant cell wall—dynamic, strong, and adaptable—is a natural shapeshifter

D Delmer, RA Dixon, K Keegstra, D Mohnen - The Plant Cell, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Mythology is replete with good and evil shapeshifters, who, by definition, display great
adaptability and assume many different forms—with several even turning themselves into …

Xyloglucan deficiency leads to a reduction in turgor pressure and changes in cell wall properties, affecting early seedling establishment

FB Daher, L Serra, R Carter, H Jönsson, S Robinson… - Current Biology, 2024 - cell.com
Xyloglucan is believed to play a significant role in cell wall mechanics of dicot plants.
Surprisingly, Arabidopsis plants defective in xyloglucan biosynthesis exhibit nearly normal …

An alternate route for cellulose microfibril biosynthesis in plants

EM Roberts, K Yuan, AM Chaves, ET Pierce… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
Similar to cellulose synthases (CESAs), cellulose synthase–like D (CSLD) proteins
synthesize β-1, 4-glucan in plants. CSLDs are important for tip growth and cytokinesis, but it …

Plant Cellulose Synthase Complex Assembly: Identification and Investigation of Biochemical Factors

TH Wilson - 2024 - search.proquest.com
Cellulose microfibrils are synthesised by plants by a plasma-membrane localised large
protein complex, the cellulose synthase complex, composed of multiple cellulose synthase …