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Zhao R, Cheng H, Wang Q, Lv L, Zhang Y, Song G, Zuo D. Identification of the CesA Subfamily and Functional Analysis of GhMCesA35 in Gossypium Hirsutum L. Genes (Basel) 2022; 13:genes13020292. [PMID: 35205337 PMCID: PMC8871739 DOI: 10.3390/genes13020292] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2021] [Revised: 01/27/2022] [Accepted: 01/29/2022] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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The cellulose synthase genes control the biosynthesis of cellulose in plants. Nonetheless, the gene family members of CesA have not been identified in the newly assembled genome of Gossypiumhirsutum (AD1, HEBAU_NDM8). We identified 38 CesA genes in G. hirsutum (NDM8) and found that the protein sequence of GhMCesA35 is 100% identical to CelA1 in a previous study. It is already known that CelA1 is involved in cellulose biosynthesis in vitro. However, the function of this gene in vivo has not been validated. In this study, we verified the function of GhMCesA35 in vivo based on overexpressed Arabidopsis thaliana. In addition, we found that it interacted with GhCesA7 through the yeast two-hybrid assay. This study provides new insights for studying the biological functions of CesA genes in G. hirsutum, thereby improving cotton fiber quality and yield.
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- Ruolin Zhao
- Institute of Cotton Research of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang 455000, China; (R.Z.); (H.C.); (Q.W.); (L.L.); (Y.Z.); (G.S.)
- Zhengzhou Research Base, State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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- Institute of Cotton Research of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang 455000, China; (R.Z.); (H.C.); (Q.W.); (L.L.); (Y.Z.); (G.S.)
- Zhengzhou Research Base, State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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- Institute of Cotton Research of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang 455000, China; (R.Z.); (H.C.); (Q.W.); (L.L.); (Y.Z.); (G.S.)
- Zhengzhou Research Base, State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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- Institute of Cotton Research of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang 455000, China; (R.Z.); (H.C.); (Q.W.); (L.L.); (Y.Z.); (G.S.)
- Zhengzhou Research Base, State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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- Institute of Cotton Research of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang 455000, China; (R.Z.); (H.C.); (Q.W.); (L.L.); (Y.Z.); (G.S.)
- Zhengzhou Research Base, State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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- Institute of Cotton Research of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang 455000, China; (R.Z.); (H.C.); (Q.W.); (L.L.); (Y.Z.); (G.S.)
- Zhengzhou Research Base, State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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- Institute of Cotton Research of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang 455000, China; (R.Z.); (H.C.); (Q.W.); (L.L.); (Y.Z.); (G.S.)
- Zhengzhou Research Base, State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +86-037-2256-2375
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Heidari P, Ahmadizadeh M, Izanlo F, Nussbaumer T. In silico study of the CESA and CSL gene family in Arabidopsis thaliana and Oryza sativa: Focus on post-translation modifications. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.plgene.2019.100189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Pandey SK, Nookaraju A, Fujino T, Pattathil S, Joshi CP. Virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS)-mediated functional characterization of two genes involved in lignocellulosic secondary cell wall formation. PLANT CELL REPORTS 2016; 35:2353-2367. [PMID: 27522520 DOI: 10.1007/s00299-016-2039-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2016] [Accepted: 08/09/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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KEY MESSAGE Functional characterization of two tobacco genes, one involved in xylan synthesis and the other, a positive regulator of secondary cell wall formation, is reported. Lignocellulosic secondary cell walls (SCW) provide essential plant materials for the production of second-generation bioethanol. Therefore, thorough understanding of the process of SCW formation in plants is beneficial for efficient bioethanol production. Recently, we provided the first proof-of-concept for using virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS) approach for rapid functional characterization of nine genes involved in cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin synthesis during SCW formation. Here, we report VIGS-mediated functional characterization of two tobacco genes involved in SCW formation. Stems of VIGS plants silenced for both selected genes showed increased amount of xylem formation but thinner cell walls than controls. These results were further confirmed by production of stable transgenic tobacco plants manipulated in expression of these genes. Stems of stable transgenic tobacco plants silenced for these two genes showed increased xylem proliferation with thinner walls, whereas transgenic tobacco plants overexpressing these two genes showed increased fiber cell wall thickness but no change in xylem proliferation. These two selected genes were later identified as possible members of DUF579 family involved in xylan synthesis and KNAT7 transcription factor family involved in positive regulation of SCW formation, respectively. Glycome analyses of cell walls showed increased polysaccharide extractability in 1 M KOH extracts of both VIGS-NbDUF579 and VIGS-NbKNAT7 lines suggestive of cell wall loosening. Also, VIGS-NbDUF579 and VIGS-NbKNAT7 lines showed increased saccharification rates (74.5 and 40 % higher than controls, respectively). All these properties are highly desirable for producing higher quantities of bioethanol from lignocellulosic materials of bioenergy plants.
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- Shashank K Pandey
- Department of Bioenergy Science and Technology, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, 500-757, South Korea
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- Department of Bioenergy Science and Technology, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, 500-757, South Korea
- Department of Biological Sciences and School of Forest Resources and Environmental Science, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI, 49931, USA
- Kaveri Seed Company Ltd., Minerva Complex, Secunderabad, 500003, India
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- Department of Bioenergy Science and Technology, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, 500-757, South Korea
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- Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, 31, Riverbend Road, Athens, GA, 30602, USA
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- Department of Bioenergy Science and Technology, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, 500-757, South Korea.
- Department of Biological Sciences and School of Forest Resources and Environmental Science, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI, 49931, USA.
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Szymanska-Chargot M, Chylinska M, Kruk B, Zdunek A. Combining FT-IR spectroscopy and multivariate analysis for qualitative and quantitative analysis of the cell wall composition changes during apples development. Carbohydr Polym 2014; 115:93-103. [PMID: 25439873 DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2014.08.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2014] [Revised: 08/07/2014] [Accepted: 08/08/2014] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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The aim of this work was to quantitatively and qualitatively determine the composition of the cell wall material from apples during development by means of Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy. The FT-IR region of 1500-800 cm(-1), containing characteristic bands for galacturonic acid, hemicellulose and cellulose, was examined using principal component analysis (PCA), k-means clustering and partial least squares (PLS). The samples were differentiated by development stage and cultivar using PCA and k-means clustering. PLS calibration models for galacturonic acid, hemicellulose and cellulose content from FT-IR spectra were developed and validated with the reference data. PLS models were tested using the root-mean-square errors of cross-validation for contents of galacturonic acid, hemicellulose and cellulose which was 8.30 mg/g, 4.08% and 1.74%, respectively. It was proven that FT-IR spectroscopy combined with chemometric methods has potential for fast and reliable determination of the main constituents of fruit cell walls.
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- M Szymanska-Chargot
- Institute of Agrophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Doswiadczalna 4, 20-290 Lublin 27, Poland.
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- Institute of Agrophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Doswiadczalna 4, 20-290 Lublin 27, Poland
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- Institute of Agrophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Doswiadczalna 4, 20-290 Lublin 27, Poland
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- Institute of Agrophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Doswiadczalna 4, 20-290 Lublin 27, Poland
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Suo B, Seifert S, Kirik V. Arabidopsis GLASSY HAIR genes promote trichome papillae development. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2013; 64:4981-91. [PMID: 24014871 PMCID: PMC3830481 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ert287] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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Specialized plant cells form cell walls with distinct composition and properties pertinent to their function. Leaf trichomes in Arabidopsis form thick cell walls that support the upright growth of these large cells and, curiously, have strong light-reflective properties. To understand the process of trichome cell-wall maturation and the molecular origins of this optical property, mutants affected in trichome light reflection were isolated and characterized. It was found that GLASSY HAIR (GLH) genes are required for the formation of surface papillae structures at late stages of trichome development. Trichomes in these mutants appeared transparent due to unobstructed light transmission. Genetic analysis of the isolated mutants revealed seven different gene loci. Two--TRICHOME BIREFRINGENCE (TBR) and NOK (Noeck)--have been reported previously to have the glassy trichome mutant phenotype. The other five glh mutants were analysed for cell-wall-related phenotypes. A significant reduction was found in cellulose content in glh2 and glh4 mutant trichomes. In addition to the glassy trichome phenotype, the glh6 mutants showed defects in leaf cuticular wax, and glh6 was found to represent a new allele of the eceriferum 10 (cer10) mutation. Trichomes of the glh1 and glh3 mutants did not show any other phenotypes beside reduced papillae formation. These data suggest that the GLH1 and GLH3 genes may have specific functions in trichome papillae formation, whereas GLH2, GLH4, and GLH6 genes are also involved in deposition of other cell-wall components.
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- Bangxia Suo
- School of Biological Sciences, Illinois State University, Normal, IL 61790, USA
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- School of Biological Sciences, Illinois State University, Normal, IL 61790, USA
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- School of Biological Sciences, Illinois State University, Normal, IL 61790, USA
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Wang S, Yin Y, Ma Q, Tang X, Hao D, Xu Y. Genome-scale identification of cell-wall related genes in Arabidopsis based on co-expression network analysis. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2012; 12:138. [PMID: 22877077 PMCID: PMC3463447 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2229-12-138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2012] [Accepted: 07/30/2012] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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BACKGROUND Identification of the novel genes relevant to plant cell-wall (PCW) synthesis represents a highly important and challenging problem. Although substantial efforts have been invested into studying this problem, the vast majority of the PCW related genes remain unknown. RESULTS Here we present a computational study focused on identification of the novel PCW genes in Arabidopsis based on the co-expression analyses of transcriptomic data collected under 351 conditions, using a bi-clustering technique. Our analysis identified 217 highly co-expressed gene clusters (modules) under some experimental conditions, each containing at least one gene annotated as PCW related according to the Purdue Cell Wall Gene Families database. These co-expression modules cover 349 known/annotated PCW genes and 2,438 new candidates. For each candidate gene, we annotated the specific PCW synthesis stages in which it is involved and predicted the detailed function. In addition, for the co-expressed genes in each module, we predicted and analyzed their cis regulatory motifs in the promoters using our motif discovery pipeline, providing strong evidence that the genes in each co-expression module are transcriptionally co-regulated. From the all co-expression modules, we infer that 108 modules are related to four major PCW synthesis components, using three complementary methods. CONCLUSIONS We believe our approach and data presented here will be useful for further identification and characterization of PCW genes. All the predicted PCW genes, co-expression modules, motifs and their annotations are available at a web-based database: http://csbl.bmb.uga.edu/publications/materials/shanwang/CWRPdb/index.html.
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- Shan Wang
- Computational Systems Biology Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and Institute of Bioinformatics, Athens, GA, USA
- Key Lab for Molecular Enzymology and Engineering of the Ministry of Education, Jilin University, Changchun, China
- Biotechnology Research Centre, Jilin Academy of Agricultural Sciences (JAAS), Changchun, China
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- Computational Systems Biology Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and Institute of Bioinformatics, Athens, GA, USA
- BESC BioEerngy Science Center, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA
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- Computational Systems Biology Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and Institute of Bioinformatics, Athens, GA, USA
- BESC BioEerngy Science Center, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA
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- Computational Systems Biology Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and Institute of Bioinformatics, Athens, GA, USA
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- Key Lab for Molecular Enzymology and Engineering of the Ministry of Education, Jilin University, Changchun, China
- Biotechnology Research Centre, Jilin Academy of Agricultural Sciences (JAAS), Changchun, China
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- Computational Systems Biology Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and Institute of Bioinformatics, Athens, GA, USA
- BESC BioEerngy Science Center, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA
- College of Computer Science and Technology, Jilin University, Changchun, China
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Bischoff V, Nita S, Neumetzler L, Schindelasch D, Urbain A, Eshed R, Persson S, Delmer D, Scheible WR. TRICHOME BIREFRINGENCE and its homolog AT5G01360 encode plant-specific DUF231 proteins required for cellulose biosynthesis in Arabidopsis. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2010; 153:590-602. [PMID: 20388664 PMCID: PMC2879772 DOI: 10.1104/pp.110.153320] [Citation(s) in RCA: 144] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2010] [Accepted: 04/12/2010] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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The Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) trichome birefringence (tbr) mutant has severely reduced crystalline cellulose in trichomes, but the molecular nature of TBR was unknown. We determined TBR to belong to the plant-specific DUF231 domain gene family comprising 46 members of unknown function in Arabidopsis. The genes harbor another plant-specific domain, called the TBL domain, which contains a conserved GDSL motif known from some esterases/lipases. TBR and TBR-like3 (TBL3) are transcriptionally coordinated with primary and secondary CELLULOSE SYNTHASE (CESA) genes, respectively. The tbr and tbl3 mutants hold lower levels of crystalline cellulose and have altered pectin composition in trichomes and stems, respectively, tissues generally thought to contain mainly secondary wall crystalline cellulose. In contrast, primary wall cellulose levels remain unchanged in both mutants as measured in etiolated tbr and tbl3 hypocotyls, while the amount of esterified pectins is reduced and pectin methylesterase activity is increased in this tissue. Furthermore, etiolated tbr hypocotyls have reduced length with swollen epidermal cells, a phenotype characteristic for primary cesa mutants or the wild type treated with cellulose synthesis inhibitors. Taken together, we show that two TBL genes contribute to the synthesis and deposition of secondary wall cellulose, presumably by influencing the esterification state of pectic polymers.
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- Volker Bischoff
- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, 14476 Potsdam, Germany.
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Bischoff V, Cookson SJ, Wu S, Scheible WR. Thaxtomin A affects CESA-complex density, expression of cell wall genes, cell wall composition, and causes ectopic lignification in Arabidopsis thaliana seedlings. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2009; 60:955-65. [PMID: 19269997 PMCID: PMC2652064 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ern344] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2008] [Revised: 12/05/2008] [Accepted: 12/05/2008] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Thaxtomin A, a phytotoxin produced by Streptomyces eubacteria, is suspected to act as a natural cellulose synthesis inhibitor. This view is confirmed by the results obtained from new chemical, molecular, and microscopic analyses of Arabidopsis thaliana seedlings treated with thaxtomin A. Cell wall analysis shows that thaxtomin A reduces crystalline cellulose, and increases pectins and hemicellulose in the cell wall. Treatment with thaxtomin A also changes the expression of genes involved in primary and secondary cellulose synthesis as well as genes associated with pectin metabolism and cell wall remodelling, in a manner nearly identical to isoxaben. In addition, it induces the expression of several defence-related genes and leads to callose deposition. Defects in cellulose synthesis cause ectopic lignification phenotypes in A. thaliana, and it is shown that lignification is also triggered by thaxtomin A, although in a pattern different from isoxaben. Spinning disc confocal microscopy further reveals that thaxtomin A depletes cellulose synthase complexes from the plasma membrane and results in the accumulation of these particles in a small microtubule-associated compartment. The results provide new and clear evidence for thaxtomin A having a strong impact on cellulose synthesis, thus suggesting that this is its primary mode of action.
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- Volker Bischoff
- Max-Planck Institute for Molecular Plant Physiology, Science Park Golm, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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- Max-Planck Institute for Molecular Plant Physiology, Science Park Golm, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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- University of Massachusetts, Biology Department, 611 N. Pleasant Street, Amherst MA 01003, USA
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- Max-Planck Institute for Molecular Plant Physiology, Science Park Golm, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
- To whom correspondence should be addressed: E-mail:
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Mellerowicz EJ, Immerzeel P, Hayashi T. Xyloglucan: the molecular muscle of trees. ANNALS OF BOTANY 2008; 102:659-65. [PMID: 18757879 PMCID: PMC2712393 DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcn170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2008] [Revised: 04/30/2008] [Accepted: 08/15/2008] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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BACKGROUND Tension wood evolved in woody angiosperms to allow stems with secondary thickening to bend and thus maintain an optimal orientation. Stem bending is the result of longitudinal tensile stress that develops in tension wood tissues. In many species, a specialized secondary cell wall layer, the so-called gelatinous (G)-layer, develops, containing longitudinally orientated crystalline cellulose fibrils; these have been recently shown to generate the tensile stress by an unknown mechanism. The cellulose fibrils cannot, however, work in isolation. Both coherence between the fibrils and adherence of the G-layer to the adjacent cell wall layers are required to transfer the tensile stresses of the cellulose fibrils to the tissue. Previous work had not identified hemicelluloses within the G-layer. RECENT PROGRESS Sugar composition and polysaccharide linkage analyses of pure G-layers isolated by sonication have recently identified xyloglucan as the main non-cellulosic component of the G-layer. Xyloglucan has been detected by immunolabelling with the CCRC-M1 monoclonal antibody and by in-situ activity assays using XXXG-sulforhodamine substrate in the developing G-layers but not in the mature ones. However, xyloglucan endotransglucosylase/hydrolase (XTH) proteins persist in the G-layer for several years and the corresponding xyloglucan endotransglucosylase (XET) activity (EC 2.4.1.207) occurs in the adjacent layers. Correspondingly, several XTH-encoding transcripts were found to be up-regulated in developing tension wood compared with normal wood. SCOPE We propose that, during cellulose crystallization, a part of the xyloglucan is trapped inside the crystal, inducing longitudinal tensile stress within it; another part of it is accessible and present between the G-layer and the outer wall layers. XET activity that occurs persistently in the G-fibres maintains coherence between the G-layer and the adjacent secondary wall layers. It is postulated that these activities are essential for generation of tensile stress during fibre maturation in tension wood.
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- Ewa J Mellerowicz
- Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, Umeå Plant Science Center, SLU, S901 83 Umeå, Sweden.
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Kanneganti V, Gupta AK. Wall associated kinases from plants - an overview. PHYSIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF PLANTS : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2008; 14:109-18. [PMID: 23572878 PMCID: PMC3550657 DOI: 10.1007/s12298-008-0010-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Wall Associated kinases (WAKs) represent a unique class of receptor-like kinase genes that span the plasma membrane and allow cells to recognize and respond to their extracellular environment 26 WAK/WAK-like genes were identified from the Arabidopsis genome. Functional studies of the different WAK members in Arabidopsis demonstrated that they are involved in various functions in plants, including pathogen resistance, heavy-metal tolerance and plant development. 125 genes from rice (subsp. Japonica) belonging to wall associated kinase gene family were identified by reiterative database searches. We isolated a new member of WAKs in rice, designated as OsiWAK1, the silencing of which led to impaired root development and sterility due to anther indehiscence. In the current review, we discuss about the isolation and identification of WAK members from various plant species, different domains found in the WAK proteins that make them unique and the various roles played by WAKs in the plant growth and development.
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- Vydehi Kanneganti
- Department of plant Biotechnology, School of Biotechnology, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, 625021 India
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- Department of plant Biotechnology, School of Biotechnology, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, 625021 India
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Hirschi KD. The calcium conundrum. Both versatile nutrient and specific signal. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2004; 136:2438-42. [PMID: 15375199 PMCID: PMC523310 DOI: 10.1104/pp.104.046490] [Citation(s) in RCA: 149] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2004] [Revised: 06/16/2004] [Accepted: 06/21/2004] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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- Kendal D Hirschi
- United States Department of Agriculture/Agricultural Research Service Children's Nutrition Research Center, and Department of Human and Molecular Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
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Malinowski R, Filipecki M, Tagashira N, Wiśniewska A, Gaj P, Plader W, Malepszy S. Xyloglucan endotransglucosylase/hydrolase genes in cucumber (Cucumis sativus) - differential expression during somatic embryogenesis. PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM 2004; 120:678-685. [PMID: 15032830 DOI: 10.1111/j.0031-9317.2004.0289.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Defined changes in the cell wall directed by many proteins accompany every morphogenetic process in plants. Xyloglucan endotransglucosylase/hydrolase proteins (XTH; EC 2.4.1.207) have the potential to modify the hemicellulose matrix within the cell wall. Cs-XTH1 and Cs-XTH3 genes, which encode XTH proteins, were found among numerous genes that are differentially expressed after the induction of cucumber somatic embryogenesis. The expression of these genes increased during somatic embryogenesis. The Cs-XTH1 gene was localized on the second chromosome near the centromere region, whereas Cs-XTH3 was found in the middle of the fifth chromosome's longer arm. Northern blot hybridization showed that both genes were preferentially expressed in roots. We also observed higher accumulation of both transcripts in somatic embryos than in the proembryogenic mass. The localization of mRNA by in situ hybridization revealed that the Cs-XTH1 transcripts were largely accumulated in the presumptive cotyledon primordia of somatic embryos. The XTH gene family consists of a number of genes with a high degree of structural similarity. Screening a cucumber genomic library has identified other members of this gene family. The intron/exon structure, sequence similarities and the close chromosomal distance between some members suggest their common evolutionary origin. The involvement of XTH-related genes in somatic embryo formation is discussed.
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- Robert Malinowski
- Department of Plant Genetics Breeding and Biotechnology, Warsaw Agricultural University, Nowoursynowska 166, 02-787 Warsaw, Poland
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Water motion is a key determinant of marine macroalgal production, influencing directly or indirectly physiological rates and community structure. Our understanding of how marine macroalgae interact with their hydrodynamic environment has increased substantially over the past 20 years, due to the application of tools such as flow visualization to aquatic vegetation, and in situ measurements of seawater velocity and turbulence. This review considers how the hydrodynamic environment in which macroalgae grow influences their ability to acquire essential resources and how macroalgae might respond physiologically to fluctuations in their hydrodynamic regime with a focus on: (1) the biochemical processes occurring within the diffusion boundary layer (DBL) that might reduce rates of macroalgal production; (2) time scales over which measurements of velocity and DBL processes should be made, discussing the likelihood of in situ mass transfer limitation; (3) if and how macroalgal morphology influences resource acquisition in slow flows; and (4) ecobiomechanics and how hydrodynamic drag might influence resource acquisition and allocation. Finally, the concept that macroalgal production is enhanced in wave-exposed versus sheltered habitats is discussed.
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- Catriona L Hurd
- Department of Botany, University of Otago, PO Box 56, Dunedin, New Zealand
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