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Role of UDP-Glucuronic Acid Decarboxylase in Xylan Biosynthesis in Arabidopsis.
Molecular plant - 1 Aug 2016
Kuang Beiqing, Zhao Xianhai, Zhou Chun, Zeng Wei, Ren Junli, Ebert Berit, Beahan Cherie T, Deng Xiaomei, Zeng Qingyin, Zhou Gongke, Doblin Monika S, Heazlewood Joshua L, Bacic Antony, Chen Xiaoyang, Wu Ai-Min
Abstract excerpt
UDP-xylose (UDP-Xyl) is the Xyl donor used in the synthesis of major plant cell-wall polysaccharides such as xylan (as a backbone-chain monosaccharide) and xyloglucan (as a branching monosaccharide). The biosynthesis of UDP-Xyl from UDP-glucuronic acid (UDP-GlcA) is irreversibly catalyzed by UDP-glucuronic acid decarboxylase (UXS). Until now, little has been known about the physiological roles of UXS in plants....
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