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Functional Analysis of Cellulose Synthase (CESA) Protein Class Specificity.
Plant physiology - 1 Feb 2017
Kumar Manoj, Atanassov Ivan, Turner Simon
Abstract excerpt
The cellulose synthase complex (CSC) exhibits a 6-fold symmetry and is known as a "rosette." Each CSC is believed to contain between 18 and 24 CESA proteins that each synthesize an individual glucan chain. These chains form the microfibrils that confer the remarkable structural properties of cellulose. At least three different classes of CESA proteins are essential to form the CSC However, while organization of...
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