Everything about Xyloglucan totally explained
Xyloglucan is the main
hemicellulose in the primary
cell wall of dicotyledonous plants, and occurs in the cell walls of all vascular plants.Xyloglucan links
cellulose microfibrils together, as well as avoid their adhesion and allow controlled creep.
Chemistry
Xyloglucan has a cellulosic semirigid backbone of β1→4-linked
glucose residues that are substituted with a variety of 1-6 flexibly linked glycosidic sidechains. The most common sidechain is a single
xylose residue, but longer sidechains that include the sugars
galactose and
fucose are also common.
Biosynthesis
Xyloglucan is synthesised in
Golgi trans cisternae and in the trans Golgi network (TGN) and is transported to the
cell membrane by
vesicles, where it's expelled and adsorbs on nascent cellulosic microfibrils.
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