title: Microtubules and cellulose biosynthesis: the emergence of new players.
abstract: Microtubules determine the orientation of newly formed cellulose microfibrils in expanding cells. There are many hypotheses regarding how the information is transduced across the plasma membrane from microtubules to cellulose microfibrils. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying the co-alignment between microtubules and cellulose microfibrils were not revealed until the recent discovery of cellulose synthase interacting (CSI) proteins. Characterization of CSIs and additional cellulose synthase-associated proteins will greatly advance the knowledge of how cellulose microfibrils are organized.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, United States.
authors.forename: Shundai
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, United States.
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lei
authors.affiliation: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, United States.
authors.forename: Yaroslava G
authors.initials: YG
authors.lastname: Yingling
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, United States. Electronic address: yug13@psu.edu.
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Gu
mesh_terms: D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism; D002482:Cellulose / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D005964:Glucosyltransferases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D020894:Microfibrils / Q000378:metabolism; D008870:Microtubules / Q000378:metabolism*; D018521:Plant Physiological Phenomena; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D010940:Plant Proteins; D002482:Cellulose; D005964:Glucosyltransferases; C478648:cellulose synthase