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Folding of xylan onto cellulose fibrils in plant cell walls revealed by solid-state NMR.
Nature communications - 21 Dec 2016
Simmons Thomas J, Mortimer Jenny C, Bernardinelli Oigres D, Pöppler Ann-Christin, Brown Steven P, deAzevedo Eduardo R, Dupree Ray, Dupree Paul
Abstract excerpt
Exploitation of plant lignocellulosic biomass is hampered by our ignorance of the molecular basis for its properties such as strength and digestibility. Xylan, the most prevalent non-cellulosic polysaccharide, binds to cellulose microfibrils. The nature of this interaction remains unclear, despite its importance. Here we show that the majority of xylan, which forms a threefold helical screw in solution, flattens...
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