Recent findings in plant cell wall structure and metabolism: future challenges and potential implications for softening

2006 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-8
Keyword(s):  
Cell Wall ◽  
Plant Cell ◽  
Plant Cell Wall ◽  
Cell Wall Structure ◽  
Wall Structure ◽  
Future Challenges ◽  
Structure And Metabolism

scholarly journals Insights into plant cell wall structure, architecture, and integrity using glycome profiling of native and AFEXTM-pre-treated biomass

2015 ◽  
Vol 66 (14) ◽  
pp. 4279-4294 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sivakumar Pattathil ◽  
Michael G. Hahn ◽  
Bruce E. Dale ◽  
Shishir P. S. Chundawat
Keyword(s):  
Cell Wall ◽  
Plant Cell ◽  
Plant Cell Wall ◽  
Cell Wall Structure ◽  
Wall Structure ◽  
Glycome Profiling

scholarly journals Modification of plant cell wall structure accompanied by enhancement of saccharification efficiency using a chemical, lasalocid sodium

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Emiko Okubo-Kurihara ◽  
Misato Ohtani ◽  
Yukio Kurihara ◽  
Koichi Kakegawa ◽  
Megumi Kobayashi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cell Wall ◽  
Plant Cell ◽  
Plant Cell Wall ◽  
Cell Wall Structure ◽  
Wall Structure ◽  
Saccharification Efficiency

The Essential Role of Plant Cell Wall Degrading Enzymes in the Success of Biorefineries: Current Status and Future Challenges

2014 ◽  
pp. 151-172 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcos Henrique Luciano Silveira ◽  
Matti Siika-aho ◽  
Kristiina Kruus ◽  
Leyanis Mesa Garriga ◽  
Luiz Pereira Ramos
Keyword(s):  
Cell Wall ◽  
Plant Cell ◽  
Essential Role ◽  
Plant Cell Wall ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Cell Wall Degrading Enzymes ◽  
Degrading Enzymes ◽  
Future Challenges

scholarly journals Bundling of cellulose microfibrils in native and polyethylene glycol-containing wood cell walls revealed by small-angle neutron scattering

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Paavo A. Penttilä ◽  
Michael Altgen ◽  
Muhammad Awais ◽  
Monika Österberg ◽  
Lauri Rautkari ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cell Wall ◽  
Neutron Scattering ◽  
Plant Cell ◽  
Small Angle ◽  
Cell Walls ◽  
Small Angle Neutron Scattering ◽  
Plant Cell Wall ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Cellulose Microfibrils ◽  
Wall Structure

AbstractWood and other plant-based resources provide abundant, renewable raw materials for a variety of applications. Nevertheless, their utilization would greatly benefit from more efficient and accurate methods to characterize the detailed nanoscale architecture of plant cell walls. Non-invasive techniques such as neutron and X-ray scattering hold a promise for elucidating the hierarchical cell wall structure and any changes in its morphology, but their use is hindered by challenges in interpreting the experimental data. We used small-angle neutron scattering in combination with contrast variation by poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) to identify the scattering contribution from cellulose microfibril bundles in native wood cell walls. Using this method, mean diameters for the microfibril bundles from 12 to 19 nm were determined, without the necessity of cutting, drying or freezing the cell wall. The packing distance of the individual microfibrils inside the bundles can be obtained from the same data. This finding opens up possibilities for further utilization of small-angle scattering in characterizing the plant cell wall nanostructure and its response to chemical, physical and biological modifications or even in situ treatments. Moreover, our results give new insights into the interaction between PEG and the wood nanostructure, which may be helpful for preservation of archaeological woods.

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