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DEVELOPMENTAL CELL
Volume 38, Issue 3, Pages 305-315Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2016.06.032
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- Chinese Scholarship Council
- Max-Planck-Gesellschaft
- R@MAP Professor grant at University of Melbourne
- ARC [DP150103495]
- Deutsche Akademische Austauchdiesnst (DAAD)
- Max-Planck Gesellschaft
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Cellulose is the most abundant biopolymer on Earth and is the major contributor to plant morphogenesis. Cellulose is synthesized by plasma membrane-localized cellulose synthase complexes (CSCs). Nascent cellulose microfibrils become entangled in the cell wall, and further catalysis therefore drives the CSC forward through the membrane: a process guided by cortical microtubules via the protein CSI1/POM2. Still, it is unclear how the microtubules can withstand the forces generated by the motile CSCs to effectively direct CSC movement. Here, we identified a family of microtubule-associated proteins, the cellulose synthase-microtubule uncouplings (CMUs), that located as static puncta along cortical microtubules. Functional disruption of the CMUs caused lateral microtubule displacement and compromised microtubule-based guidance of CSC movement. CSCs that traversed the microtubules interacted with the microtubules via CSI1/POM2, which prompted the lateral microtubule displacement. Hence, we have revealed how microtubules can withstand the propulsion of the CSCs during cellulose biosynthesis and thus sustain anisotropic plant cell growth.
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