Some aspects of cellulose biosynthesis |
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Authors: | D Finaev |
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Institution: | (1) Kazan Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Kazan Scientific Center, Russian Academy of Science, PO Box 30, Kazan, 420111, Russia |
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Abstract: | The paper is focused on two groups of proteins inevitably important for cellulose biosynthesis in vascular plants. These are
cellulose synthases and chitinase-like proteins. Cellulose synthases have been the subject of much research, and current conceptions
and recent findings are reviewed in this paper. Severe effects of mutations and expression analysis have recently shown that
chitinase-like proteins are crucial components of cellulose biosynthesis. However, understanding of their precise function
is missed. Further research is to be prompted by an effective idea on it. I propose that chitinase-like proteins could play
a role in the assembly of nascent glucan chains into microfibrills. Therefore, cellulose synthases and chitinase-like proteins
are possibly sequential elements of the cellulose biosynthesis. |
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Keywords: | cell wall cellulose synthases chitinase-like proteins CTL |
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