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The missing link: do cortical microtubules define plasma membrane nanodomains that modulate cellulose biosynthesis?
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- Microtubules in Plant Cells: Strategies and Methods for Immunofluorescence, Transmission Electron Microscopy, and Live Cell Imaging.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2016Article
- Structure, function, and evolution of plant NIMA-related kinases: implication for phosphorylation-dependent microtubule regulation.Journal of plant research · 2015Review
- Emerging roles for microtubules in angiosperm pollen tube growth highlight new research cues.Frontiers in plant science · 2015Article
- The microtubule plus-end tracking proteins SPR1 and EB1b interact to maintain polar cell elongation and directional organ growth in Arabidopsis.The Plant cell · 2014Article
- A survey of cellulose microfibril patterns in dividing, expanding, and differentiating cells of Arabidopsis thaliana.Protoplasma · 2014Article
- Cellulose synthesis and its regulation.The arabidopsis book · 2014Article
- Dissecting the molecular mechanism underlying the intimate relationship between cellulose microfibrils and cortical microtubules.Frontiers in plant science · 2014Review
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Abstract
Cellulose production is a crucial aspect of plant growth and development. It is functionally linked to cortical microtubules, which self-organize into highly ordered arrays often situated in close proximity to plasma membrane-bound cellulose synthase complexes (CSCs). Although most models put forward to explain the microtubule-cellulose relationship have considered mechanisms by which cortical microtubule arrays influence the orientation of cellulose microfibrils, little attention has been paid to how microtubules affect the physicochemical properties of cellulose. A recent study using the model system Arabidopsis, however, indicates that microtubules can modulate the crystalline and amorphous content of cellulose microfibrils. Microtubules are required during rapid growth for reducing crystalline content, which is predicted to increase the degree to which cellulose is tethered by hemicellulosic polysaccharides. Such tethering is, in turn, critical for maintaining unidirectional cell expansion. In this article, we hypothesize that cortical microtubules influence the crystalline content of cellulose either by controlling plasma membrane fluidity or by modulating the deposition of noncellulosic wall components in the vicinity of the CSCs. We discuss the current limitations of imaging technology to address these hypotheses and identify the image acquisition and processing strategies that will integrate live imaging with super resolution three-dimensional information.
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