skip to main content
OSTI.GOV title logo U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

Title: Cell walls have a new family

Journal Article · · Nature Plants
 [1];  [2]
  1. Univ. of Copenhagen (Denmark). Dept. of Plant and Environmental Sciences
  2. Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Joint Bioenergy Institute
+ Show Author Affiliations

Cell walls made mainly of polysaccharides are a distinguishing feature of plants. They play key roles in adaptation today and during pivotal evolutionary events, such as colonization of dry land and development of a water-conducting vascular system. A critical enzyme involved in cell wall biosynthesis has now been identified.

Research Organization:
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER)
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-05CH11231
OSTI ID:
1477367
Journal Information:
Nature Plants, Vol. 4, Issue 9; ISSN 2055-0278
Publisher:
Nature Publishing Group
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (10)

Mechanical Properties of Plant Cell Walls Probed by Relaxation Spectra journal November 2010
A DUF-246 family glycosyltransferase-like gene affects male fertility and the biosynthesis of pectic arabinogalactans journal April 2016
Pectin Biosynthesis: GALS1 in Arabidopsis thaliana Is a β-1,4-Galactan β-1,4-Galactosyltransferase journal December 2012
Pectin RG-I rhamnosyltransferases represent a novel plant-specific glycosyltransferase family journal August 2018
The FRIABLE1 Gene Product Affects Cell Adhesion in Arabidopsis journal August 2012
Cell adhesion in plants is under the control of putative O -fucosyltransferases journal June 2016
Tensional stress generation in gelatinous fibres: a review and possible mechanism based on cell-wall structure and composition journal November 2011
An Arabidopsis Cell Wall Proteoglycan Consists of Pectin and Arabinoxylan Covalently Linked to an Arabinogalactan Protein journal January 2013
Identification and evolution of a plant cell wall specific glycoprotein glycosyl transferase, ExAD journal March 2017
Identification of an additional protein involved in mannan biosynthesis journal October 2012

Similar Records

Cell wall biology of the moss Physcomitrium patens
Journal Article · Sat Mar 26 00:00:00 EDT 2022 · Journal of Experimental Botany · OSTI ID:1477367
Cell wall biology of the moss Physcomitrium patens
Journal Article · Sat Mar 26 00:00:00 EDT 2022 · Journal of Experimental Botany · OSTI ID:1477367
Loss of function of folylpolyglutamate synthetase 1 reduces lignin content and improves cell wall digestibility in Arabidopsis
Journal Article · Mon Dec 21 00:00:00 EST 2015 · Biotechnology for Biofuels · OSTI ID:1477367
+16 more

Related Subjects

59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES