Xyloglucan
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Xyloglucan is the main hemicellulose in the primary cell wall of dicotyledonous plants. Xyloglucan links cellulose microfibrils together.
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[edit] Chemistry
Xyloglucan has a backbone of ß1→4-linked glucose residues that are substituted with a variety of glycosidic sidechains. The most common sidechain is a single xylose residue, but longer sidechains that include the sugars galactose and fructose are also common.
[edit] Biosynthesis
Xyloglucan is synthesised in the Golgi and is transported to the cell membrane by vesicles [1].
[edit] References
- ^ Moore PJ and Staehelin LA (1988). "Immunogold localisation of the cell wall matrix polysaccharides rhamnogalacturonan-I and xyloglucan during cell expansion and cytokinesis in Trifolium Pratense L - Implications for sectretory pathways journal=Planta" 174: 433-445.
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