Characterization of cellulose synthase supercomplex in cotton fiber
Published Date: 5/6/2022
Source: phys.org
About 180 billion tons of celluloses are produced by the world's vegetation annually, making this polysaccharide the most abundant biological macromolecule on earth. It is produced predominantly by vascular plants, by a large number of algae and also by some bacteria, protists and tunicates. Cellulose microfibrils used for cell wall deposition are usually synthesized at the plasma membrane by the cellulose synthase complex (CSC) that is composed of at least three types of cellulose synthase required for glucan chain elongation synergistically.