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Two Arabidopsis proteins synthesize acetylated xylan in vitro by Urbanowicz, Breeanna R, Peña, Maria J, Moniz, Heather A, Moremen, Kelley W, York, William S

“…Xylan is the third most abundant glycopolymer on earth after cellulose and chitin. As a major component of wood, grain and forage, this natural biopolymer has…”
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Structural diversity of xylans in the cell walls of monocots by Peña, Maria J., Kulkarni, Ameya R., Backe, Jason, Boyd, Michael, O’Neill, Malcolm A., York, William S.

“…Most studies of xylan structure in monocot cell walls have emphasized members of the Poaceae (grasses). Thus, there is a paucity of information regarding xylan…”
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Development of a thermophilic coculture for corn fiber conversion to ethanol by Beri, Dhananjay, York, William S., Lynd, Lee R., Peña, Maria J., Herring, Christopher D.

“…The fiber in corn kernels, currently unutilized in the corn to ethanol process, represents an opportunity for introduction of cellulose conversion technology…”
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Human gut Bacteroidetes can utilize yeast mannan through a selfish mechanism by Cuskin, Fiona, Lowe, Elisabeth C., Temple, Max J., Zhu, Yanping, Cameron, Elizabeth A., Pudlo, Nicholas A., Porter, Nathan T., Urs, Karthik, Thompson, Andrew J., Cartmell, Alan, Rogowski, Artur, Hamilton, Brian S., Chen, Rui, Tolbert, Thomas J., Piens, Kathleen, Bracke, Debby, Vervecken, Wouter, Hakki, Zalihe, Speciale, Gaetano, Munōz-Munōz, Jose L., Day, Andrew, Peña, Maria J., McLean, Richard, Suits, Michael D., Boraston, Alisdair B., Atherly, Todd, Ziemer, Cherie J., Williams, Spencer J., Davies, Gideon J., Abbott, D. Wade, Martens, Eric C., Gilbert, Harry J.

“…Yeasts, which have been a component of the human diet for at least 7,000 years, possess an elaborate cell wall α-mannan. The influence of yeast mannan on the…”
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Biochemical and Genetic Analysis Identify CSLD3 as a beta-1,4-Glucan Synthase That Functions during Plant Cell Wall Synthesis[OPEN] by Yang, Jiyuan, Bak, Gwangbae, Burgin, Tucker, Barnes, William J., Mayes, Heather B., Peña, Maria J., Urbanowicz, Breeanna R., Nielsen, Erik

“…A combination of genetic rescue and biochemical reconstitution experiments demonstrate that the Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) CSLD3 cell wall synthase is…”
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Arabidopsis irregular xylem8 and irregular xylem9: Implications for the Complexity of Glucuronoxylan Biosynthesis by Peña, Maria J., Zhong, Ruiqin, Zhou, Gong-Ke, Richardson, Elizabeth A., O'Neil, Malcolm A., Darvill, Alan G., York, William S., Ye, Zheng-Hua

“…Mutations of Arabidopsis thaliana IRREGULAR XYLEM8 (IRX8) and IRX9 were previously shown to cause a collapsed xylem phenotype and decreases in xylose and…”
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Mechanism and Reaction Energy Landscape for Apiose Cross-Linking by Boric Acid in Rhamnogalacturonan II by Bharadwaj, Vivek S, Crowley, Michael F, Peña, Maria J, Urbanowicz, Breeanna, O’Neill, Malcolm

“…Rhamnogalacturonan II (RG-II)the most complex polysaccharide known in natureexists as a borate cross-linked dimer in the plant primary cell wall. Boric acid…”
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A Galacturonic Acid—Containing Xyloglucan Is Involved in Arabidopsis Root Hair Tip Growth by Peña, Maria J., Kong, Yingzhen, York, William S., O'Neill, Malcolm A.

“…Root hairs provide a model system to study plant cell growth, yet little is known about the polysaccharide compositions of their walls or the role of these…”
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Changes in the abundance of cell wall apiogalacturonan and xylogalacturonan and conservation of rhamnogalacturonan II structure during the diversification of the Lemnoideae by Avci, Utku, Peña, Maria J., O’Neill, Malcolm A.

“…The subfamily Lemnoideae is comprised of five genera and 38 species of small, fast-growing aquatic monocots. Lemna minor and Spirodela polyrhiza belong to this…”
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An update on xylan structure, biosynthesis, and potential commercial applications by Curry, Thomas M., Peña, Maria J., Urbanowicz, Breeanna R.

“…•Xylan is an abundant carbohydrate component of plant cell walls that is vital for proper cell wall structure and vascular tissue development.•Xylan structure…”
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Nanocellulose-Based Sustainable Dyeing of Cotton Textiles with Minimized Water Pollution by Liyanapathiranage, Anuradhi, Peña, Maria J, Sharma, Suraj, Minko, Sergiy

“…This research aims at minimizing environmental pollution by effluents discharged from current textile dyeing processes. The reduction of pollution is…”
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Glycosyltransferase family 47 (GT47) proteins in plants and animals by Zhang, Liang, Prabhakar, Pradeep Kumar, Bharadwaj, Vivek S, Bomble, Yannick J, Peña, Maria J, Urbanowicz, Breeanna R

“…Glycosyltransferases (GTs) are carbohydrate-active enzymes that are encoded by the genomes of organisms spanning all domains of life. GTs catalyze glycosidic…”
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Structural, mutagenic and in silico studies of xyloglucan fucosylation in Arabidopsis thaliana suggest a water‐mediated mechanism by Urbanowicz, Breeanna R., Bharadwaj, Vivek S., Alahuhta, Markus, Peña, Maria J., Lunin, Vladimir V., Bomble, Yannick J., Wang, Shuo, Yang, Jeong‐Yeh, Tuomivaara, Sami T., Himmel, Michael E., Moremen, Kelley W., York, William S., Crowley, Michael F.

“…Summary The mechanistic underpinnings of the complex process of plant polysaccharide biosynthesis are poorly understood, largely because of the resistance of…”
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Molecular Mechanism of Polysaccharide Acetylation by the Arabidopsis Xylan O-acetyltransferase XOAT1 by Lunin, Vladimir V., Wang, Hsin-Tzu, Bharadwaj, Vivek S., Alahuhta, Markus, Peña, Maria J., Yang, Jeong-Yeh, Archer-Hartmann, Stephanie A., Azadi, Parastoo, Himmel, Michael E., Moremen, Kelley W., York, William S., Bomble, Yannick J., Urbanowicz, Breeanna R.

“…Structural and biochemical analysis of xylan O-acetyltransferase 1 (XOAT1) show that XOAT1 catalyzes xylan acetylation through formation of an acyl-enzyme…”
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Galactose-Depleted Xyloglucan Is Dysfunctional and Leads to Dwarfism in Arabidopsis by Kong, Yingzhen, Peña, Maria J., Renna, Luciana, Avci, Utku, Pattathil, Sivakumar, Tuomivaara, Sami T., Li, Xuemei, Reiter, Wolf-Dieter, Brandizzi, Federica, Hahn, Michael G., Darvill, Alan G., York, William S., O'Neill, Malcolm A.

“…Xyloglucan is a polysaccharide that has important roles in the formation and function of the walls that surround growing land plant cells. Many of these plants…”
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4-O-methylation of glucuronic acid in Arabidopsis glucuronoxylan is catalyzed by a domain of unknown function family 579 protein by Urbanowicz, Breeanna R, Peña, Maria J, Ratnaparkhe, Supriya, Avci, Utku, Backe, Jason, Steet, Heather F, Foston, Marcus, Li, Hongjia, O’Neill, Malcolm A, Ragauskas, Arthur J, Darvill, Alan G, Wyman, Charles, Gilbert, Harry J, York, William S

“…The hemicellulose 4- O -methyl glucuronoxylan is one of the principle components present in the secondary cell walls of eudicotyledonous plants. However, the…”
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Arabidopsis Fragile Fiber8, Which Encodes a Putative Glucuronyltransferase, Is Essential for Normal Secondary Wall Synthesis by Zhong, Ruiqin, Peña, Maria J, Zhou, Gong-Ke, Nairn, C. Joseph, Wood-Jones, Alicia, Richardson, Elizabeth A, Morrison, W. Herbert, Darvill, Alan G, York, William S, Ye, Zheng-Hua

“…Secondary walls in vessels and fibers of dicotyledonous plants are mainly composed of cellulose, xylan, and lignin. Although genes involved in biosynthesis of…”
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Moss and liverwort xyloglucans contain galacturonic acid and are structurally distinct from the xyloglucans synthesized by hornworts and vascular plants by Peña, Maria J, Darvill, Alan G, Eberhard, Stefan, York, William S, O'Neill, Malcolm A

“…Xyloglucan is a well-characterized hemicellulosic polysaccharide that is present in the cell walls of all seed-bearing plants. The cell walls of avascular and…”
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Introducing endo-xylanase activity into an exo-acting arabinofuranosidase that targets side chains by McKee, Lauren S, Peña, Maria J, Rogowski, Artur, Jackson, Adam, Lewis, Richard J, York, William S, Krogh, Kristian B. R. M, Viksø-Nielsen, Anders, Skjøt, Michael, Gilbert, Harry J, Marles-Wright, Jon

“…The degradation of the plant cell wall by glycoside hydrolases is central to environmentally sustainable industries. The major polysaccharides of the plant…”
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AtFUT4 and AtFUT6 Are Arabinofuranose-Specific Fucosyltransferases by Soto, Maria J., Prabhakar, Pradeep Kumar, Wang, Hsin-Tzu, Backe, Jason, Chapla, Digantkumar, Bartetzko, Max, Black, Ian M., Azadi, Parastoo, Peña, Maria J., Pfrengle, Fabian, Moremen, Kelley W., Urbanowicz, Breeanna R., Hahn, Michael G.

“…The bulk of plant biomass is comprised of plant cell walls, which are complex polymeric networks, composed of diverse polysaccharides, proteins, polyphenolics,…”
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