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doi: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2010.04161.x
SUMMARY
Plant cell walls are composites of various carbohydrates, proteins and other compounds. Cell walls provide
plants with strength and protection, and also represent the most abundant source of renewable biomass.
Despite the importance of plant cell walls, comparatively little is known about the identities of genes and
functions of proteins involved in their biosynthesis. The model plant Arabidopsis and the availability of its
genome sequence have been invaluable for the identification and functional characterization of genes
encoding enzymes involved in plant cell-wall biosynthesis. This review covers recent progress in the
identification and characterization of genes encoding proteins involved in the biosynthesis of Arabidopsis cellwall polysaccharides and arabinogalactan proteins. These studies have improved our understanding of both
the mechanisms of cell-wall biosynthesis and the functions of various cell-wall polymers, and have highlighted
areas where further research is needed.
Keywords: cellulose, hemicellulose, pectin, arabinogalactan proteins, glycosyltransferases, glycan synthases.
INTRODUCTION
The cells walls surrounding plant cells serve many important functions. The composition and architecture of cell
walls contribute to the remarkable morphological and
functional diversity of plant cell types. For example, cell
walls strengthen plant cells. Most cells use this strength to
resist positive pressure generated within the cell; by
harnessing this turgor pressure, plants are able to stand
upright. In contrast, thick cell walls of water conducting
vessels and tracheids enable these cells to resist substantial
negative pressure; they do so by depositing a thick cell wall.
Plant cell walls also provide the first line of defense against
invading micro-organisms and abiotic stresses.
There are many types of cell walls; however, most may
be grouped into one of two functional classes: primary
walls or secondary walls. Primary walls are synthesized
during cell expansion in growing cells, while secondary
walls are deposited in certain cell types after cell
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AGI code
Mutant alleles
Function
Presumed catalytic subunits
of cellulose synthase
Subunit (position 1)
Subunit (position 3)
Subunit (position 2)
CESA family
CESA1
CESA2
CESA3
At4G32410
At4G39350
At5G05170
rsw1
CESA4
CESA5
CESA6
At5G44030
At5G09870
At5G64740
irx5, nws2
ixr2, prc1
Secondary wall
Subunit (position 3)
Subunit (position 3)
CESA7
At5G17420
Secondary wall
CESA8
At4G18780
Secondary wall
CESA9
CESA10
COBRA family
COBRA
COBL4
COBL9
KOR1
KOB1
TED6
At2G21770
At2G25540
Subunit (position 3)
Subunit (position 1)
References
At5G60920
At5G15630
At5G49270
cob
irx6
mrh4
At5G49720
At3G08550
At1G43790
irx2, kor1
kob1, eld1
Endo-1,4-b-D-glucanase
References are listed for mutant alleles with the exception of TED6, for which RNAi lines were generated. We have designated CESA10 as
occupying position 1 due to its sequence similarity to CESA1, but this has not yet been demonstrated experimentally.
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XXXG
XXLG
XXFG
= D-glucose
= D-galactose
= D-xylose
= L-fucose
AGI code
CaZY family
Function
Notes/reference(s)
FUT1/MUR2
At2G03220
GT37
1,2-a-fucosyltransferase
XXT1
XXT2
At3G62720
At4G02500
GT34
GT34
1,6-a-xylosyltransferase
1,6-a-xylosyltransferase
MUR3
CSLC4
At2G20370
At3G28180
GT47
GT2
1,2-b-galactosyltransferase
1,4-b-glucan synthase
Name(s)
AGI code
Oligosaccharide
Xylan
synthase
activity
At2G28110
At5g22940
At5G54690
At1G27600
At1G27440
At5g61840
At1G19300
At4G36890
Reduced
Unaltered
Variable
GT47/inverting
Xyl/Rha
Reduced
Present
Present
Unaltered
Reduced
Reduced
Variable
Reduced
Reduced
GT8/retaining
GT43/inverting
GT47/inverting
GalA
Xyl
Xyl
Reduced
Present
Unaltered
Reduced
Variable
Reduced
GT8/retaining
GT47/inverting
GalA
Xyl
IRX8/GAUT12
IRX9
IRX10 (ortholog IRX10L)
PARVUS/GATL1/GLZ1
IRX14
Chain
length
CaZY family/
mechanism
Possible
transferase
activity
Oligosaccharide refers to that found at the reducing end; xylan synthase activity and chain length refer to the mutant relative to wild-type.
produce the xylan backbone and reducing-end oligosaccharide (Figure 2). Two additional mutants with altered xylan
synthase activity have been described. qua1 exhibits a
pleiotropic phenotype that includes aberrant cell separation
and reduced xylosyltransferase activity, but comparatively
minor reductions in xylose content (Orfila et al., 2005).
Similarly, mutants in AtCSLD5 exhibit both reduced xylan
synthase and homogalacturonan synthase activities (Bernal
et al., 2007). It is not clear whether xylan biosynthesis is the
primary function of the products of these two genes, but
these examples highlight interconnections between various
aspects of cell-wall biosynthesis.
Questions remain about the direction of the xylan backbone biosynthesis. Although it has been possible to demonstrate the addition of xylosyl residues to the non-reducing
end of a 1,4-b-xylohexaose acceptor, there are potential
problems associated with the use of very high concentrations of artificial acceptors (York and ONeill, 2008). Similarly, the function of the reducing-end oligosaccharide is
unclear; it has been postulated to act either as a primer or as
a terminator (York and ONeill, 2008).
Side chains are present every seventh xylose residue, on
average, along the xylan backbone in Arabidopsis (Brown
et al., 2007). Although MALDI analysis of the digestion
pattern suggests the side branches are not clustered, no
direct information is available on the distribution of these
side branches or whether the glucuronic and methylglucuronic acid side chains exhibit a particular pattern. A notable
aspect of xylan side-branching is the fact that most xylandeficient mutants possess mostly methylglucuronic acid
side chains (Brown et al., 2007, 2009; Pena et al., 2007;
Persson et al., 2007a; Wu et al., 2009). As the frequency
of branching is maintained (Brown et al., 2007), this represents substitution of glucuronic acid by methylglucuronic
acid residues. It has been suggested that this might be the
result of limiting quantities of the methyl donor required for
conversion of glucuronic acid to methylglucuronic acid,
such that, when xylan synthesis is reduced, the available
methyl donor is sufficient to convert all glucuronic acid to
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