ReviewBiomacromolecules2024
How Many Glucan Chains Form Plant Cellulose Microfibrils? A Mini Review.
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- Slowdown of Enzymatic Cellulose Conversion Emerges from Cellulase Mode of Action.ACS catalysis · 2026Article
- CESA7 and microtubules pattern complex secondary cell walls in explosive fruit of Cardamine hirsuta.The Plant cell · 2026Article
- Adhesion chemistry of plant-based cellulosic fibers and polymeric matrices in composites: a review.RSC advances · 2026Review
- Using Solid-State NMR to Understand the Structure of Plant Cellulose.Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2025Article
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- Uniform elementary fibrils in diverse plant cell walls.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025Article
- Enzymes that catalyze cyclization of β-1,2-glucans.Applied microbiology and biotechnology · 2025Review
- An alternate route for cellulose microfibril biosynthesis in plants.Science advances · 2024Article
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Abstract
Assessing the number of glucan chains in cellulose microfibrils (CMFs) is crucial for understanding their structure-property relationships and interactions within plant cell walls. This Review examines the conclusions and limitations of the major experimental techniques that have provided insights into this question. Small-angle X-ray and neutron scattering data predominantly support an 18-chain model, although analysis is complicated by factors such as fibril coalescence and matrix polysaccharide associations. Solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy allows the estimation of the CMF width from the ratio of interior to surface glucose residues. However, there is uncertainty in the assignment of NMR spectral peaks to surface or interior chains. Freeze-fracture transmission electron microscopy images show cellulose synthase complexes to be "rosettes" of six lobes each consistent with a trimer of cellulose synthase enzymes, consistent with the synthesis of 18 parallel glucan chains in the CMF. Nevertheless, the number of chains in CMFs remains to be conclusively demonstrated.
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