A5049808922- Advanced Cellulose Research Studies
- Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism
- Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls
- Research in Cotton Cultivation
- Electrohydrodynamics and Fluid Dynamics
- Plant Molecular Biology Research
- Plant Reproductive Biology
- Plant Surface Properties and Treatments
- Plant tissue culture and regeneration
North Carolina State University
2019-2024
Abstract Understanding protein structure and function relationships in cellulose synthase (CesA), including divergent isomers, is an important goal. Here, we report results from mutant complementation assays that tested the ability of sequence variants AtCesA7, a secondary wall CesA Arabidopsis thaliana , to rescue collapsed vessels, short stems, low content irx3‐1 AtCesA7 null mutant. We catalytic mutation seven missense or small domain changes near FTVTSK motif, which lies may, analogously...
Similar to cellulose synthases (CESAs), synthase–like D (CSLD) proteins synthesize β-1,4-glucan in plants. CSLDs are important for tip growth and cytokinesis, but it was unknown whether they form membrane complexes vivo or produce microfibrillar cellulose. We produced viable CESA-deficient mutants of the moss Physcomitrium patens investigate CSLD function without interfering CESA activity. Microscopy spectroscopy showed that microfibrils indistinguishable from those vascular Correspondingly,...