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The trafficking and behavior of cellulose synthase and a glimpse of potential cellulose synthesis regulators

  • Logan BASHLINE ,
  • Juan DU ,
  • Ying GU
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  • The Center for LignoCellulose Structure and Formation, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA

Received date: 17 May 2011

Accepted date: 30 Jun 2011

Published date: 01 Oct 2011

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2014 Higher Education Press and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg

Abstract

Cellulose biosynthesis is a topic of intensive research not only due to the significance of cellulose in the integrity of plant cell walls, but also due to the potential of using cellulose, a natural carbon source, in the production of biofuels. Characterization of the composition, regulation, and trafficking of cellulose synthase complexes (CSCs) is critical to an understanding of cellulose biosynthesis as well as the characterization of additional proteins that contribute to the production of cellulose either through direct interactions with CSCs or through indirect mechanisms. In this review, a highlight of a few proteins that appear to affect cellulose biosynthesis, which includes: KORRIGAN (KOR), Cellulose Synthase-Interactive Protein 1 (CSI1), and the poplar microtubule-associated protein, PttMAP20, will accompany a description of cellulose synthase (CESA) behavior and a discussion of CESA trafficking compartments that might act in the regulation of cellulose biosynthesis.

Cite this article

Logan BASHLINE , Juan DU , Ying GU . The trafficking and behavior of cellulose synthase and a glimpse of potential cellulose synthesis regulators[J]. Frontiers in Biology, 2011 , 6(5) : 377 -383 . DOI: 10.1007/s11515-011-1161-3

Acknowledgements

This work was supported, in part, by grants from National Science Foundation (1121375), and The Center for LignoCellulose Structure and Formation, an Energy Frontier Research Center funded by the US Department of Energy, Office of Science.
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