An even pattern of xylan substitution is critical for interaction with cellulose in plant cell walls
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...
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Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2017
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Online Access: | https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/267933 https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.13865 |