Secondary cell walls: biosynthesis and manipulation

The cell biology of lignification in higher plants

(2015) Jaime Barros et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

A Mechanism for Sustained Cellulose Synthesis during Salt Stress

(2015) Anne Endler et al.   CELL

Enhancing cellulose utilization for fuels and chemicals by genetic modification of plant cell wall architecture

(2015) Wilfred Vermerris et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

Brassinosteroid signaling affects secondary cell wall deposition in cotton fibers

(2015) Yan Sun et al.   INDUSTRIAL CROPS AND PRODUCTS

At the border: the plasma membrane-cell wall continuum

(2015) Z. Liu et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Simultaneously disruptingAtPrx2,AtPrx25andAtPrx71alters lignin content and structure inArabidopsisstem

(2015) Jun Shigeto et al.   Journal of Integrative Plant Biology

Glucuronic Acid Moieties on Xylan Are Functionally Equivalent to O -Acetyl-Substituents

(2015) Guangyan Xiong et al.   Molecular Plant

Plant cellulose synthesis: CESA proteins crossing kingdoms

(2015) Manoj Kumar et al.   PHYTOCHEMISTRY

TBL3 and TBL31, Two Arabidopsis DUF231 Domain Proteins, are Required for 3-O-Monoacetylation of Xylan

(2015) Youxi Yuan et al.   PLANT AND CELL PHYSIOLOGY

Expression of a bacterial 3-dehydroshikimate dehydratase reduces lignin content and improves biomass saccharification efficiency

(2015) Aymerick Eudes et al.   PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL

Auxin binding protein 1 (ABP1) is not required for either auxin signaling orArabidopsisdevelopment

(2015) Yangbin Gao et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Visualization of cellulose synthases in Arabidopsis secondary cell walls

(2015) Y. Watanabe et al.   SCIENCE

NAC-MYB-based transcriptional regulation of secondary cell wall biosynthesis in land plants

(2015) Yoshimi Nakano et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

The Implications of Lignocellulosic Biomass Chemical Composition for the Production of Advanced Biofuels

(2014) Nadav Sorek et al.   BIOSCIENCE

A review of xylan and lignin biosynthesis: Foundation for studying Arabidopsisirregular xylemmutants with pleiotropic phenotypes

(2014) Zhangying Hao et al.   CRITICAL REVIEWS IN BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

TheArabidopsisCOBRA Protein Facilitates Cellulose Crystallization at the Plasma Membrane

(2014) Nadav Sorek et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

An Arabidopsis gene regulatory network for secondary cell wall synthesis

(2014) M. Taylor-Teeples et al.   NATURE

TheArabidopsisCellulose Synthase Complex: A Proposed Hexamer of CESA Trimers in an Equimolar Stoichiometry

(2014) Joseph L. Hill et al.   PLANT CELL

AUXIN BINDING PROTEIN1 Links Cell Wall Remodeling, Auxin Signaling, and Cell Expansion in Arabidopsis

(2014) S. Paque et al.   PLANT CELL

Arabidopsis thalianaIRX10 and two related proteins from psyllium andPhyscomitrella patensare xylan xylosyltransferases

(2014) Jacob Krüger Jensen et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Two Arabidopsis proteins synthesize acetylated xylanin vitro

(2014) Breeanna R. Urbanowicz et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

The pattern of xylan acetylation suggests xylan may interact with cellulose microfibrils as a twofold helical screw in the secondary plant cell wall ofArabidopsis thaliana

(2014) Marta Busse-Wicher et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Laccases Direct Lignification in the Discrete Secondary Cell Wall Domains of Protoxylem

(2014) M. Schuetz et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

The Cellulase KORRIGAN Is Part of the Cellulose Synthase Complex

(2014) T. Vain et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Arabidopsis thaliana peroxidases involved in lignin biosynthesis: In silico promoter analysis and hormonal regulation

(2014) Joaquín Herrero et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY

Site-Directed Mutagenesis of IRX9, IRX9L and IRX14 Proteins Involved in Xylan Biosynthesis: Glycosyltransferase Activity Is Not Required for IRX9 Function in Arabidopsis

(2014) Yanfang Ren et al.   PLoS One

Arabidopsis ABCG14 is essential for the root-to-shoot translocation of cytokinin

(2014) D. Ko et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Range of cell-wall alterations enhance saccharification inBrachypodium distachyonmutants

(2014) Poppy E. Marriott et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Monolignol Ferulate Transferase Introduces Chemically Labile Linkages into the Lignin Backbone

(2014) C. G. Wilkerson et al.   SCIENCE

Plant cell wall engineering: applications in biofuel production and improved human health

(2013) Rachel A Burton et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

Xylan biosynthesis

(2013) Emilie A Rennie et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

Xylan O-Acetylation Impacts Xylem Development and Enzymatic Recalcitrance as Indicated by the Arabidopsis Mutant tbl29

(2013) Guangyan Xiong et al.   Molecular Plant

The Arabidopsis DUF231 Domain-Containing Protein ESK1 Mediates 2-O- and 3-O-Acetylation of Xylosyl Residues in Xylan

(2013) Youxi Yuan et al.   PLANT AND CELL PHYSIOLOGY

Non-Cell-Autonomous Postmortem Lignification of Tracheary Elements in Zinnia elegans

(2013) E. Pesquet et al.   PLANT CELL

Neighboring Parenchyma Cells Contribute to Arabidopsis Xylem Lignification, while Lignification of Interfascicular Fibers Is Cell Autonomous

(2013) R. A. Smith et al.   PLANT CELL

LACCASE Is Necessary and Nonredundant with PEROXIDASE for Lignin Polymerization during Vascular Development in Arabidopsis

(2013) Q. Zhao et al.   PLANT CELL

GUX1 and GUX2 glucuronyltransferases decorate distinct domains of glucuronoxylan with different substitution patterns

(2013) Jennifer R. Bromley et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Auxin controls Arabidopsis anther dehiscence by regulating endothecium lignification and jasmonic acid biosynthesis

(2013) Valentina Cecchetti et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Arabidopsis and Brachypodium distachyon Transgenic Plants Expressing Aspergillus nidulans Acetylesterases Have Decreased Degree of Polysaccharide Acetylation and Increased Resistance to Pathogens

(2013) G. Pogorelko et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Overexpression of a BAHD Acyltransferase, OsAt10, Alters Rice Cell Wall Hydroxycinnamic Acid Content and Saccharification

(2013) L. E. Bartley et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Proton-Dependent Coniferin Transport, a Common Major Transport Event in Differentiating Xylem Tissue of Woody Plants

(2013) T. Tsuyama et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

The Arabidopsis wood model—the case for the inflorescence stem

(2013) Timothy J. Strabala et al.   PLANT SCIENCE

Hemicellulose biosynthesis

(2013) Markus Pauly et al.   PLANTA

Improved saccharification and ethanol yield from field-grown transgenic poplar deficient in cinnamoyl-CoA reductase

(2013) R. Van Acker et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Caffeoyl Shikimate Esterase (CSE) Is an Enzyme in the Lignin Biosynthetic Pathway in Arabidopsis

(2013) R. Vanholme et al.   SCIENCE

Arabidopsis WAT1 is a vacuolar auxin transport facilitator required for auxin homoeostasis

(2013) Philippe Ranocha et al.   Nature Communications

Brittle Culm1, a COBRA-Like Protein, Functions in Cellulose Assembly through Binding Cellulose Microfibrils

(2013) Lifeng Liu et al.   PLoS Genetics

Navigating the transcriptional roadmap regulating plant secondary cell wall deposition

(2013) Steven G. Hussey et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Three Novel Rice Genes Closely Related to the ArabidopsisIRX9, IRX9L, and IRX14 Genes and Their Roles in Xylan Biosynthesis

(2013) Dawn Chiniquy et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Engineering of plants with improved properties as biofuels feedstocks by vessel-specific complementation of xylan biosynthesis mutants

(2012) Pia Damm Petersen et al.   Biotechnology for Biofuels

AtABCG29 Is a Monolignol Transporter Involved in Lignin Biosynthesis

(2012) Santiago Alejandro et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

A Cystathionine-β-Synthase Domain-Containing Protein, CBSX2, Regulates Endothecial Secondary Cell Wall Thickening in Anther Development

(2012) Kwang Wook Jung et al.   PLANT AND CELL PHYSIOLOGY

Engineering secondary cell wall deposition in plants

(2012) Fan Yang et al.   PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL

Arabidopsiswat1(walls are thin1)-mediated resistance to the bacterial vascular pathogen,Ralstonia solanacearum, is accompanied by cross-regulation of salicylic acid and tryptophan metabolism

(2012) Nicolas Denancé et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Impact of the Absence of Stem-Specific  -Glucosidases on Lignin and Monolignols

(2012) A. Chapelle et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Disruption of Abscisic Acid Signaling Constitutively Activates Arabidopsis Resistance to the Necrotrophic Fungus Plectosphaerella cucumerina

(2012) A. Sanchez-Vallet et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

XAX1 from glycosyltransferase family 61 mediates xylosyltransfer to rice xylan

(2012) D. Chiniquy et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

4-O-methylation of glucuronic acid in Arabidopsis glucuronoxylan is catalyzed by a domain of unknown function family 579 protein

(2012) B. R. Urbanowicz et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Glycosyl transferases in family 61 mediate arabinofuranosyl transfer onto xylan in grasses

(2012) N. Anders et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Gene Regulation by Cytokinin in Arabidopsis

(2012) Wolfram G. Brenner et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Brassinosteroids can regulate cellulose biosynthesis by controlling the expression of CESA genes in Arabidopsis

(2011) Liqiong Xie et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Arabidopsis Family GT43 Members are Xylan Xylosyltransferases Required for the Elongation of the Xylan Backbone

(2011) C. Lee et al.   PLANT AND CELL PHYSIOLOGY

Disruption of LACCASE4 and 17 Results in Tissue-Specific Alterations to Lignification of Arabidopsis thaliana Stems

(2011) S. Berthet et al.   PLANT CELL

Arabidopsis genes IRREGULAR XYLEM (IRX15) and IRX15L encode DUF579-containing proteins that are essential for normal xylan deposition in the secondary cell wall

(2011) David Brown et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

The E2F transcription factor family regulates CENH3 expression in Arabidopsis thaliana

(2011) Stefan Heckmann et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

VASCULAR-RELATED NAC-DOMAIN 7 directly regulates the expression of a broad range of genes for xylem vessel formation

(2011) Masatoshi Yamaguchi et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

DIMINUTO 1 affects the lignin profile and secondary cell wall formation in Arabidopsis

(2011) Zakir Hossain et al.   PLANTA

Nanostructure of cellulose microfibrils in spruce wood

(2011) A. N. Fernandes et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Galacturonosyltransferase (GAUT)1 and GAUT7 are the core of a plant cell wall pectin biosynthetic homogalacturonan:galacturonosyltransferase complex

(2011) M. A. Atmodjo et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Deconstruction of Lignocellulosic Biomass to Fuels and Chemicals

(2011) Shishir P.S. Chundawat et al.   Annual Review of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

The Genetics of Lignin Biosynthesis: Connecting Genotype to Phenotype

(2010) Nicholas D. Bonawitz et al.   Annual Review of Genetics

Hemicelluloses

(2010) Henrik Vibe Scheller et al.   Annual Review of Plant Biology

Trafficking of the cellulose synthase complex in developing xylem vessels

(2010) Raymond Wightman et al.   BIOCHEMICAL SOCIETY TRANSACTIONS

Arabidopsis as a model for wood formation

(2010) Jing Zhang et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

Plant cell wall polymers as precursors for biofuels

(2010) Markus Pauly et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY

Integration of Brassinosteroid Signal Transduction with the Transcription Network for Plant Growth Regulation in Arabidopsis

(2010) Yu Sun et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Global Analysis of Direct Targets of Secondary Wall NAC Master Switches in Arabidopsis

(2010) Ruiqin Zhong et al.   Molecular Plant

Fasciclin-like arabinogalactan proteins: specialization for stem biomechanics and cell wall architecture in Arabidopsis and Eucalyptus

(2010) Colleen P. MacMillan et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Walls are thin 1 (WAT1), an Arabidopsis homolog of Medicago truncatula NODULIN21, is a tonoplast-localized protein required for secondary wall formation in fibers

(2010) Philippe Ranocha et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

The fasciclin-like arabinogalactan protein gene, FLA3, is involved in microspore development of Arabidopsis

(2010) Jun Li et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Analysis of the Arabidopsis IRX9/IRX9-L and IRX14/IRX14-L Pairs of Glycosyltransferase Genes Reveals Critical Contributions to Biosynthesis of the Hemicellulose Glucuronoxylan

(2010) A.-M. Wu et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Lignin Biosynthesis and Structure

(2010) R. Vanholme et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

VASCULAR-RELATED NAC-DOMAIN6 and VASCULAR-RELATED NAC-DOMAIN7 Effectively Induce Transdifferentiation into Xylem Vessel Elements under Control of an Induction System

(2010) M. Yamaguchi et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Identification of a cellulose synthase-associated protein required for cellulose biosynthesis

(2010) Y. Gu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Absence of branches from xylan in Arabidopsis gux mutants reveals potential for simplification of lignocellulosic biomass

(2010) J. C. Mortimer et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

ATP-binding cassette-like transporters are involved in the transport of lignin precursors across plasma and vacuolar membranes

(2010) Y.-C. Miao et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Feedstocks for Lignocellulosic Biofuels

(2010) C. Somerville et al.   SCIENCE

TheArabidopsis thalianaNAC transcription factor family: structure–function relationships and determinants of ANAC019 stress signalling

(2009) Michael K. Jensen et al.   BIOCHEMICAL JOURNAL

Structure and properties of the cellulose microfibril

(2009) Yoshiharu Nishiyama   JOURNAL OF WOOD SCIENCE

Arabidopsis cortical microtubules position cellulose synthase delivery to the plasma membrane and interact with cellulose synthase trafficking compartments

(2009) Ryan Gutierrez et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Hydroxycinnamates in lignification

(2009) John Ralph   PHYTOCHEMISTRY REVIEWS

A Cellulose Synthase-Containing Compartment Moves Rapidly Beneath Sites of Secondary Wall Synthesis

(2009) Raymond Wightman et al.   PLANT AND CELL PHYSIOLOGY

MYB58 and MYB63 Are Transcriptional Activators of the Lignin Biosynthetic Pathway during Secondary Cell Wall Formation in Arabidopsis

(2009) J. Zhou et al.   PLANT CELL

Pausing of Golgi Bodies on Microtubules Regulates Secretion of Cellulose Synthase Complexes in Arabidopsis

(2009) E. F. Crowell et al.   PLANT CELL

Cell wall glucomannan in Arabidopsis is synthesised by CSLA glycosyltransferases, and influences the progression of embryogenesis

(2009) Florence Goubet et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Functional Characterization of Poplar Wood-Associated NAC Domain Transcription Factors

(2009) R. Zhong et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Cellulosic Biofuels

(2008) Andrew Carroll et al.   Annual Review of Plant Biology

Biochemical control of xylan biosynthesis — which end is up?

(2008) W YORK et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY

Lignin engineering

(2008) R VANHOLME et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY

Unique aspects of the grass cell wall

(2008) J VOGEL   CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY

Elucidating the Mechanisms of Assembly and Subunit Interaction of the Cellulose Synthase Complex ofArabidopsisSecondary Cell Walls

(2008) Ivan I. Atanassov et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

The roles of the cytoskeleton during cellulose deposition at the secondary cell wall

(2008) Raymond Wightman et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

The Arabidopsis IRX10 and IRX10-LIKE glycosyltransferases are critical for glucuronoxylan biosynthesis during secondary cell wall formation

(2008) Ai-Min Wu et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Expansion and Diversification of the Populus R2R3-MYB Family of Transcription Factors

(2008) O. Wilkins et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY