[HTML][HTML] Woody plant cell walls: Fundamentals and utilization

W Li, YCJ Lin, YL Chen, C Zhou, S Li, N De Ridder… - Molecular Plant, 2024 - cell.com
Cell walls in plants, particularly forest trees, are the major carbon sink of the terrestrial
ecosystem. Chemical and biosynthetic features of plant cell walls were revealed early on …

Xylan-directed cell wall assembly in grasses

L Zhang, Y Zhou, B Zhang - Plant Physiology, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Xylan is the most abundant hemicellulosic polysaccharide in the cell walls of grasses and is
pivotal for the assembly of distinct cell wall structures that govern various cellular functions …

Functional analysis of GT61 glycosyltransferases from grass species in xylan substitutions

R Zhong, D Cui, DR Phillips, NT Sims, ZH Ye - Planta, 2021 - Springer
Main conclusion Multiple rice GT61 members were demonstrated to be xylan
arabinosyltransferases (XATs) mediating 3-O-arabinosylation of xylan and the functions of …

Genetic approaches to increase arabinoxylan and β-glucan content in wheat

A Prins, O Kosik - Plants, 2023 - mdpi.com
Wheat is one of the three staple crops feeding the world. The demand for wheat is ever
increasing as a relatively good source of protein, energy, nutrients, and dietary fiber (DF) …

Advancing Quantification of Water-Extractable Arabinoxylan in Beer: A High-Throughput Approach

J Steiner, M Kupetz, T Becker - Polymers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Water-extractable arabinoxylan (WEAX) may cause major problems during clarification
processes in a brewery owing to its ability to form gel networks. However, high WEAX …

Xylan structural diversity, biosynthesis, and functional regulation in plants

MF Qaseem, W Zhang, P Dupree, AM Wu - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Xylan is a vital component of plant cell walls, contributing to their structural integrity and
flexibility through interactions with other polymers. Its structure varies among plant species …

Exploiting Rye in Wheat Quality Breeding: The Case of Arabinoxylan Content

MC Piro, H Muylle, G Haesaert - Plants, 2023 - mdpi.com
Rye (Secale cereale subsp. cereale L.) has long been exploited as a valuable alternative
genetic resource in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) breeding. Indeed, the introgression of rye …

A high soluble-fibre allele in wheat encodes a defective cell wall peroxidase responsible for dimerization of ferulate moieties on arabinoxylan

RAC Mitchell, M Oszvald, TK Pellny, J Freeman… - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
Increasing dietary fibre (DF) intake is an important target to improve health and an attractive
strategy for this is to increase the fibre content of staple foods, particularly white bread which …

[HTML][HTML] Identification of genes involved in the formation of soluble dietary fiber in winter rye grain and their expression in cultivars with different viscosities of …

LV Kozlova, AR Nazipova, OV Gorshkov, LF Gilmullina… - The Crop Journal, 2022 - Elsevier
The grain of rye (Secale cereale L.) used for baking contains a large amount of non-starch
polysaccharides, making it an excellent component of functional foods. But rye grain …

Response Surface Methods to Optimise Milling Parameters for Spirit Alcohol Production from Irish Wheat Grain

S Morris, JL Byrne, B Murphy, SJ Whelan, JP Carroll… - Foods, 2022 - mdpi.com
To standardise research activity and determine alcohol yield from native Irish hard wheat
grain, a benchmark approach that reflects Irish industry norms is required. The goal of this …