The plant cell wall: Biosynthesis, construction, and functions

B Zhang, Y Gao, L Zhang, Y Zhou - Journal of Integrative Plant …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The plant cell wall is composed of multiple biopolymers, representing one of the most
complex structural networks in nature. Hundreds of genes are involved in building such a …

Cell wall signaling in plant development and defense

S Wolf - Annual Review of Plant Biology, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Plant architecture fundamentally differs from that of other multicellular organisms in that
individual cells serve as osmotic bricks, defined by the equilibrium between the internal …

Plant cell wall patterning and expansion mediated by protein-peptide-polysaccharide interaction

S Moussu, HK Lee, KT Haas, C Broyart, U Rathgeb… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Assembly of cell wall polysaccharides into specific patterns is required for plant growth. A
complex of RAPID ALKALINIZATION FACTOR 4 (RALF4) and its cell wall–anchored …

Arabidopsis pavement cell morphogenesis requires FERONIA binding to pectin for activation of ROP GTPase signaling

W Lin, W Tang, X Pan, A Huang, X Gao, CT Anderson… - Current Biology, 2022 - cell.com
Sensing and signaling of cell wall status and dynamics regulate many processes in plants,
such as cell growth and morphogenesis, but the underpinning mechanisms remain largely …

Receptor-like cytoplasmic kinases: central players in plant receptor kinase–mediated signaling

X Liang, JM Zhou - Annual review of plant biology, 2018 - annualreviews.org
Receptor kinases (RKs) are of paramount importance in transmembrane signaling that
governs plant reproduction, growth, development, and adaptation to diverse environmental …

Cell wall integrity maintenance during plant development and interaction with the environment

L Vaahtera, J Schulz, T Hamann - Nature plants, 2019 - nature.com
Cell walls are highly dynamic structures that provide mechanical support for plant cells
during growth, development and adaptation to a changing environment. Thus, it is important …

Mechanisms of RALF peptide perception by a heterotypic receptor complex

Y Xiao, M Stegmann, Z Han, TA DeFalco, K Parys, L Xu… - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
Receptor kinases of the Catharanthus roseus RLK1-like (CrRLK1L) family have emerged as
important regulators of plant reproduction, growth and responses to the environment …

Leucine-rich repeat extensin proteins regulate plant salt tolerance in Arabidopsis

C Zhao, O Zayed, Z Yu, W Jiang… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - National Acad Sciences
The perception and relay of cell-wall signals are critical for plants to regulate growth and
stress responses, but the underlying mechanisms are poorly understood. We found that the …

[HTML][HTML] Antagonistic RALF peptides control an intergeneric hybridization barrier on Brassicaceae stigmas

Z Lan, Z Song, Z Wang, L Li, Y Liu, S Zhi, R Wang… - Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Pollen-pistil interactions establish interspecific/intergeneric pre-zygotic hybridization barriers
in plants. The rejection of undesired pollen at the stigma is crucial to avoid outcrossing but …

Rapid alkalinization factor 22 has a structural and signalling role in root hair cell wall assembly

S Schoenaers, HK Lee, M Gonneau, E Faucher… - Nature Plants, 2024 - nature.com
Pressurized cells with strong walls make up the hydrostatic skeleton of plants. Assembly and
expansion of such stressed walls depend on a family of secreted RAPID ALKALINIZATION …