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S-Acylation of the cellulose synthase complex is essential for its plasma membrane localization.
Science (New York, N.Y.) - 8 Jul 2016
Kumar Manoj, Wightman Raymond, Atanassov Ivan, Gupta Anjali, Hurst Charlotte H, Hemsley Piers A, Turner Simon
Abstract excerpt
Plant cellulose microfibrils are synthesized by a process that propels the cellulose synthase complex (CSC) through the plane of the plasma membrane. How interactions between membranes and the CSC are regulated is currently unknown. Here, we demonstrate that all catalytic subunits of the CSC, known as cellulose synthase A (CESA) proteins, are S-acylated. Analysis of Arabidopsis CESA7 reveals four cysteines in...
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