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ArticleThe Plant cell2024

The structure and interaction of polymers affects secondary cell wall banding patterns in Arabidopsis.

Sarah A Pfaff, Edward R Wagner, Daniel J Cosgrove

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Article in The Plant cell, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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6 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Synthetic pectin-cellulose nanofiber capsule recapitulates the mechanical properties of a regenerating plant cell wall.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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  4. Comparative multi "omics" profiling ofFrontiers in plant science · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Sarah A PfaffIntercollege Graduate Degree Program in Plant Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8766-922X
Edward R WagnerDepartment of Biology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1065-2136
Daniel J CosgroveDepartment of Biology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4020-5786

Funding

Human Frontier Science Program RGP0005/2022US Department of Energy DE-SC0001090
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Xylem tracheary elements (TEs) synthesize patterned secondary cell walls (SCWs) to reinforce against the negative pressure of water transport. VASCULAR-RELATED NAC-DOMAIN 7 (VND7) induces differentiation, accompanied by cellulose, xylan, and lignin deposition into banded domains. To investigate the effect of polymer biosynthesis mutations on SCW patterning, we developed a method to induce tracheary element transdifferentiation of isolated protoplasts, by transient transformation with VND7. Our data showed that proper xylan elongation is necessary for distinct cellulose bands, cellulose-xylan interactions are essential for coincident polymer patterns, and cellulose deposition is needed to override the intracellular organization that yields unique xylan patterns. These data indicate that a properly assembled cell wall network acts as a scaffold to direct polymer deposition into distinctly banded domains. We describe the transdifferentiation of protoplasts into TEs, providing an avenue to study patterned SCW biosynthesis in a tissue-free environment and in various mutant backgrounds.

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ArabidopsisArabidopsis ProteinsCelluloseCell WallLigninProtoplastsXylansXylemCell TransdifferentiationGene Expression Regulation, PlantMutationTranscription FactorsArabidopsis ProteinsCelluloseLigninTranscription FactorsVND7 protein, ArabidopsisXylans

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PMID39163271
PMCPMC11449099

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