The Dictyostelium discoideum cellulose synthase: Structure/function analysis and identification of interacting proteins
OAK-B135 The major accomplishments of this project were: (1) the initial characterization of dcsA, the gene for the putative catalytic subunit of cellulose synthase in the cellular slime mold Dictyostelium discoideum; (2) the detection of a developmentally regulated event (unidentified, but perhaps a protein modification or association with a protein partner) that is required for cellulose synthase activity (i.e., the dcsA product is necessary, but not sufficient for cellulose synthesis); (3) the continued exploration of the developmental context of cellulose synthesis and DcsA; (4) the isolation of a GFP-DcsA-expressing strain (work in progress); and (5) the identification of Dictyostelium homologues for plant genes whose products play roles in cellulose biosynthesis. Although our progress was slow and many of our results negative, we did develop a number of promising avenues of investigation that can serve as the foundation for future projects.
- Research Organization:
- Texas Tech University (US)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC); Office of Basic Energy Sciences; Division of Energy Biosciences (US)
- DOE Contract Number:
- FG03-99ER20335
- OSTI ID:
- 821393
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: 19 Feb 2004
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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