Low Sugar Is Not Always Good: Impact of Specific O-Glycan Defects on Tip Growth in Arabidopsis

Plant Physiol. 2015 Jul;168(3):808-13. doi: 10.1104/pp.114.255521. Epub 2015 May 5.

Abstract

Mutants of the O-glycosylation pathway of extensins as well as molecular dynamics simulations uncover the effects of the O-glycosylation machinery on root hair tip growth.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Arabidopsis / growth & development*
  • Arabidopsis / metabolism*
  • Arabidopsis Proteins / metabolism
  • Glycoproteins / chemistry
  • Glycoproteins / metabolism
  • Glycosylation
  • Meristem / growth & development*
  • Meristem / metabolism*
  • Plant Proteins / chemistry
  • Plant Proteins / metabolism
  • Polysaccharides / metabolism*
  • Protein Conformation

Substances

  • Arabidopsis Proteins
  • Glycoproteins
  • Plant Proteins
  • Polysaccharides
  • extensin protein, plant