title: Biosynthesis and properties of the plant cell wall.
abstract: The characterization of cell wall mutants of Arabidopsis thaliana, combined with biochemical approaches toward the purification and characterization of glycosyltransferases, has led to significant advances in understanding cell wall synthesis and the properties of cell walls. New insights have been gained into the formation of cellulose and the functions of the matrix polysaccharides rhamnogalacturonan-II and xyloglucan.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Connecticut, 75 North Eagleville Road, Storrs, Connecticut 06269-3125, USA. wdreiter@uconnvm.uconn.edu
authors.forename: Wolf Dieter
authors.initials: WD
authors.lastname: Reiter
mesh_terms: D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism; D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D002473:Cell Wall / Q000502:physiology*; D002482:Cellulose / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D005643:Fucose / Q000378:metabolism; D005647:Fucosyltransferases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D005690:Galactose / Q000031:analogs & derivatives; D005936:Glucans; D005964:Glucosyltransferases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D016695:Glycosyltransferases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D008351:Mannans / Q000096:biosynthesis; D009154:Mutation; D010430:Pentosyltransferases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D063245:Plant Development; D010944:Plants / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D011134:Polysaccharides / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000378:metabolism; D014990:Xylans; D000097608:UDP Xylose-Protein Xylosyltransferase
chemical_list: D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins; D002482:Cellulose; D005643:Fucose; D005647:Fucosyltransferases; D005690:Galactose; D005936:Glucans; D005964:Glucosyltransferases; D016695:Glycosyltransferases; D008351:Mannans; D010430:Pentosyltransferases; D011134:Polysaccharides; D014990:Xylans; D000097608:UDP Xylose-Protein Xylosyltransferase; C012990:galactomannan; C029353:xyloglucan; C007916:hemicellulose; C110227:CESA1 protein, Arabidopsis; C420969:CESA8 protein, Arabidopsis; C457769:PRC1 protein, Arabidopsis; C070983:xyloglucan 2-fucosyltransferase; C028634:cellulose synthase (UDP-forming)