Publication Date:
1998-02-21
Description:
Cellulose, an abundant, crystalline polysaccharide, is central to plant morphogenesis and to many industries. Chemical and ultrastructural analyses together with map-based cloning indicate that the RSW1 locus of Arabidopsis encodes the catalytic subunit of cellulose synthase. The cloned gene complements the rsw1 mutant whose temperature-sensitive allele is changed in one amino acid. The mutant allele causes a specific reduction in cellulose synthesis, accumulation of noncrystalline beta-1,4-glucan, disassembly of cellulose synthase, and widespread morphological abnormalities. Microfibril crystallization may require proper assembly of the RSW1 gene product into synthase complexes whereas glucan biosynthesis per se does not.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Arioli, T -- Peng, L -- Betzner, A S -- Burn, J -- Wittke, W -- Herth, W -- Camilleri, C -- Hofte, H -- Plazinski, J -- Birch, R -- Cork, A -- Glover, J -- Redmond, J -- Williamson, R E -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1998 Jan 30;279(5351):717-20.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Cooperative Research Centre for Plant Science, Australian National University, Post Office Box 475, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9445479" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Amino Acid Sequence
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Arabidopsis/enzymology/*genetics/*metabolism
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*Arabidopsis Proteins
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Cell Membrane/chemistry/ultrastructure
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Cellulose/*biosynthesis/chemistry/genetics
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Chromosome Mapping
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Cloning, Molecular
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Crystallization
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Freeze Fracturing
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*Genes, Plant
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Genetic Complementation Test
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Glucans/metabolism
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Glucosyltransferases/chemistry/*genetics
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Molecular Sequence Data
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Mutation
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Plant Roots/chemistry/ultrastructure
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Plant Shoots/chemistry
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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