Contents Summary 1703 I. Introduction 1703 II. Cellulose biosynthesis 1705 III. Xylan
biosynthesis 1709 IV. Glucomannan biosynthesis 1713 V. Lignin biosynthesis 1714 VI …

Hemicelluloses are polysaccharides in plant cell walls that have β-(1→ 4)-linked backbones
with an equatorial configuration. Hemicelluloses include xyloglucans, xylans, mannans and …

Secondary walls are mainly composed of cellulose, hemicelluloses (xylan and
glucomannan) and lignin, and are deposited in some specialized cells, such as tracheary …

Wood Chemistry, Fundamentals and Applications, Second Edition, examines the basic
principles of wood chemistry and its potential applications to pulping and papermaking …

Plant cell walls are complex, dynamic cellular structures essential for plant growth,
development, physiology and adaptation. Plant Cell Walls provides an in depth and diverse …

INTRODUCTION 3-1, 4-Xylans are heterogeneous polysaccharides found in the cell walls of
all land plants and in almost all plant parts (147). The hydrolysis of their characteristic …

Mutations of Arabidopsis thaliana IRREGULAR XYLEM8 (IRX8) and IRX9 were previously
shown to cause a collapsed xylem phenotype and decreases in xylose and cellulose in cell …

Previous studies using co‐expression analysis have identified a large number of genes
likely to be involved in secondary cell‐wall formation. However, the function of very few of …

Xylan, the major hemicellulosic polysaccharide in Arabidopsis secondary cell walls, requires
a number of glycosyltransferases (GT) to catalyse formation of the various glycosidic …

Xylan is the second most abundant polysaccharide on Earth and represents an immense
quantity of stored energy for biofuel production. Despite its importance, most of the enzymes …