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CESA protein organisation and plant cellulose microfibril synthesis and assembly
Reference
P19340
Principal Investigator / Supervisor
Professor Simon Turner
Co-Investigators /
Co-Supervisors
Institution
The University of Manchester
Department
Life Sciences
Funding type
Research
Value (£)
230,652
Status
Completed
Type
Research Grant
Start date
01/12/2003
End date
31/03/2007
Duration
40 months
Abstract
In higher plants cellulose is synthesised by a large membrane bound complex that move through the plasma membrane and simultaneously makes a number of cellulose chains that forms a crystallite. Cellulose in plant cell walls is highly ordered. This order is a consequence of the tight link between cellulose chain synthesis and assembly into crystallites. The recent identification of three CESA proteins required to make cellulose will be exploited to analyse the structure of the cellulose synthase rosette. This will be used in conjunction with the information on cellulose structure when defective CESA proteins are incorporated into the rosette to understand how rosette structure determines the structure of cellulose.
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Committee
Closed Committee - Plant & Microbial Sciences (PMS)
Research Topics
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Research Priority
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Research Initiative
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Funding Scheme
X – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme
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