What is a non-cellulosic cell wall?

An organism in which celloulose is completely absent in its cell wall is said to hav a non-cellulosic cell wall. In such organisms cellulose may be replaced with some other component as pectins (d‐galacturonans) and hemicelluloses (d‐xylans, d‐glucans, d‐mannans, etc.). read more

Characterisation of cell wall polysaccharides in sorghum whole grain is thus of vital importance in understanding their effect on human and animal nutrition and biofuel generation. Here, we present a systematic analysis of nutritionally and energetically important non-cellulosic polysaccharides in a diverse range of S. read more

Enzymes that make the polymer backbones of plant cell wall polysaccharides have proven to be recalcitrant to biochemical purification. Availability of mutational genetics and genomic tools paved the way for rapid progress in identifying genes encoding various cell wall glycan synthases. read more