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

• Main Authors: Grantham, NJ, Wurman-Rodrich, J, Terrett, OM, Lyczakowski, JJ, Stott, K, Iuga, D, Simmons, TJ, Durand-Tardif, M, Brown, SP, Dupree, R, Busse-Wicher, M, Dupree, P
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017
• Subjects: Biofuels; Cell biology; Cell wall; Plant physiology; Krogh; eskimo*
• Online Access: https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/267933; https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.13865

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 even-numbered residues in most of the glucuronoxylan polymer. It has been proposed that this even-specific positioning o...