Two cotton fiber-associated glycosyltransferases, GhGT43A1 and GhGT43C1, function in hemicellulose glucuronoxylan biosynthesis during plant development
National Natural Science Foundation of ChinaNational Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) [31371234]; Hubei Provincial Natural Science Foundation [2012FFB03102]; Ministry of Agriculture of China for Transgenic Research [2011ZX08009-003]
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生命科学学院
摘要：
Xylan is the major hemicellulosic constituent in dicot secondary cell walls. Cell wall composition of cotton fiber changes dynamically throughout development. Not only the amounts but also the molecular sizes of the hemicellulosic polysaccharides show substantial changes during cotton fiber development. However, none of the genes encoding glycosyltransferases (GTs) responsible for synthesizing xylan have been isolated and characterized in cotton fiber. In this study, we applied a bioinformatics approach and identified two putative GTs from cott...
