A dive into the cell wall with Arabidopsis

One of the many legacies of the work of Michel Caboche is our understanding of plant cell wall synthesis and metabolism thanks to the use of Arabidopsis mutants. Here I describe how he was instrumental in initiating the genetic study of plant cell walls. I also show, with a few examples for cellulos...

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Published inComptes rendus. Biologies Vol. 345; no. 4; pp. 41 - 60
Main Author Höfte, Herman
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published France Académie des sciences (Paris) 16.02.2023
Académie des sciences
Subjects
Cell expansion
Cellular Biology
Cellulose
Life Sciences
Morphogenesis
Pectins
Plant cell wall
Morphogenesis
Cell expansion
Plant cell wall
Pectins
Cellulose
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Summary:One of the many legacies of the work of Michel Caboche is our understanding of plant cell wall synthesis and metabolism thanks to the use of Arabidopsis mutants. Here I describe how he was instrumental in initiating the genetic study of plant cell walls. I also show, with a few examples for cellulose and pectins, how this approach has led to important new insights in cell wall synthesis and how the metabolism of pectins contributes to plant growth and morphogenesis. I also illustrate the limitations of the use of mutants to explain processes at the scale of cells, organs or whole plants in terms of the physico-chemical properties of cell wall polymers. Finally, I sketch how new approaches can cope with these limitations.
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ISSN:1768-3238
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1768-3238
DOI:10.5802/crbiol.101