Two new gene clusters involved in the degradation of
plant cell wall from the fecal microbiota of Tunisian dromedary — Rihab Ameri — PLoS One
Two new gene clusters involved in the degradation of
plant cell wall from the fecal microbiota of Tunisian dromedary
To understand the genetic shifts underlying the repeated origins of mycorrhizal lifestyles, the researchers focused on enzymes that degrade
plant cell walls from 16 gene families associated with plant cell wall degradation.
Not exact matches
Cell fusion technology is used to hybridize plants by removing cell walls from two cells of different species, usually those that would not normally breed under natural conditions, and then merging their conte
Cell fusion technology is used to hybridize
plants by removing
cell walls from two cells of different species, usually those that would not normally breed under natural conditions, and then merging their conte
cell walls from two
cells of different species, usually those that would not normally breed under natural conditions, and then merging their contents.
Jo asked what pectin was so here is a brief explanation
from the online Encyclopaedia Brittanica «Pectin is a water - soluble carbohydrate substance found in the
cell walls and intercellular tissues of certain
plants.
«We compared F. hygrometrica data with those
from land
plants and seaweeds,» explains Itouga, «and found that the presence of polygalacturonic acid in the
cell wall is one of the characteristics that separated this type of moss
from other
plants.»
«It binds highly affine and very specific to sugar molecules that sit in the
cell wall of the fungi and which are normally recognized as «foreign» by the
plant,» explains Professor of Molecular Biology Alga Zuccaro
from the University of Cologne.
The problem is that the sugar is accessible only after it is chemically converted
from the tough molecules that make up the
walls of
plant cells: fibrous cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin.
Conventional paper is made
from cellulose, a crystalline polymer of glucose that's the primary component of
plant cell walls.
Cellulosic ethanol — fuel derived
from woody
plants and waste biomass — has the potential to become an affordable, renewable transportation fuel that rivals gasoline, but lignin, one of the most ubiquitous components of the
plant cell wall, gets in the way.
Nor are tubes
from fungi or
plants for they lack the thick
cell walls that these groups have.
Once ingested, the
plant cell wall protects the coagulation protein
from being destroyed by stomach acid.
Scientists
from the ARC Centre of Excellence in
Plant Cell Walls at the University of Adelaide have discovered that a variety of sorghum growing wild in Australia, Arun, has the potential to yield over 10,000 litres of bioethanol per hectare per year.
The researchers focused on the secondary
cell walls in a type of
plant tissue called xylem
from the Arabidopsis
plant's roots.
Massive lateral transfer of genes encoding
plant cell wall - degrading enzymes to the mycoparasitic fungus Trichoderma
from its
plant - associated hosts
The group, led by principal investigator and Ames Laboratory scientist Emily Smith, is receiving $ 1 million a year for three years
from the DOE's Office of Science to develop a subdiffraction Raman imaging platform that will provide an unprecedented look at the specific chemical structures of
plant cell walls and then determine how best to deconstruct
plant material as a source of biofuels.
(She stopped eating frozen vegetables, for instance, when she was taught that
plant cell walls expand and break down
from low temperatures, sometimes resulting in lost nutrients.)
Fibre is carbohydrate derived
from plant material, the bulk of which comes
from cellulose, the primary structural component of
plant cell walls.
All of the vitamins, minerals, antioxidants and phytonutrients are already released
from the
plants fibrous
cell walls and readily available to be absorbed.
Insoluble fiber comes
from the
cell walls of
plant cells and doesn't dissolve in water.
Galactaric acid is derived
from pectin - a carbohydrate found in some
plant cell walls.
Stick your nose deep into an old book and inhale deeply... As it turns out, dozens of different chemicals that are emitted by paper, binding, ink, and glue... break down over time... One prominent compound results
from the breakdown of lignin, a polymer found in
plant cell walls, as well as paper.
Corn gluten meal is the starchy residue left after the kernels have been processed and cellulose is made
from plant cell walls; both of these are inexpensive fillers with no real nutritional value.»
Even better, cyclohexanone can be made
from lignin, a part of the
cell walls of
plants and trees.
Assisted on two research projects; one involving the function and analysis of
cell wall proteins within Arabidopsis, the other involving DNA barcoding of medicinal
plants from Pakistan.