Regulation of cell wall biosynthesis
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Regulationofcellwallbiosynthesis
RuiqinZhongandZheng-HuaYe
Plantcellwallsdifferintheiramountandcompositionamong
variouscelltypesandevenindifferentmicrodomainsofthewall
ofagivencell.Plantsmusthaveevolvedregulatory
mechanismscontrollingbiosynthesis,targetedsecretion,and
assemblyofwallcomponentstoachievetheheterogeneityin
cellwalls.Anumberoffactors,includinghormones,the
cytoskeleton,glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchoredproteins,
phosphoinositides,andsugarnucleotidesupply,havebeen
implicatedintheregulationofcellwallbiosynthesisor
deposition.Inthepasttwoyears,therehavebeenimportant
discoveriesintranscriptionalregulationofsecondarywall
biosynthesis.SeveraltranscriptionfactorsintheNACandMYB
familieshavebeenshowntobethekeyswitchesforactivation
ofsecondarywallbiosynthesis.Thesestudiessuggesta
transcriptionalnetworkcomprisedofahierarchyof
transcriptionfactorsisinvolvedinregulatingsecondarywall
biosynthesis.Furtherinvestigationandintegrationofthe
regulatoryplayersparticipatinginthemakingofcellwallswill
certainlyleadtoourunderstandingofhowwallamountsand
compositionarecontrolledinagivencelltype.Thismay
eventuallyallowcustomdesignofplantcellwallsonthebasis
ofourneeds.
AddressDepartmentofPlantBiology,UniversityofGeorgia,Athens,GA30602,USA
Correspondingauthor:Ye,Zheng-Hua(zhye@plantbio.uga.edu)
CurrentOpinioninPlantBiology2007,10:564–572
ThisreviewcomesfromathemedissueonCellBiologyEditedbyBenScheresandVolkerLipka
Availableonline22ndOctober2007
1369-5266/$–seefrontmatter#2007ElsevierLtd.Allrightsreserved.
DOI10.1016/j.pbi.2007.09.001
Introduction
Plantcellsareencasedinrigidwallscomposedofcellu-
lose,hemicellulose,pectin,proteins,and/orlignin,which
varyinamountdependingoncelltypes.Thewalls
functionastheplant‘exoskeleton’anddefinethecell
shape,andultimatelyorganandwholeplantmorphology.
Theynotonlyregulatecellgrowthandprovidestructural
andmechanicalsupporttoplants,butalsoactasaphysical
barriertobioticandabioticstresses.Plantcellwallsare
importantinhumanlife,providingmajordietaryfibers
andessentialrawmaterialsfortextile,lumber,pulping,
andpotentiallyforbiofuels.Therefore,understandinghowplantsmakecellwallsisimperativeforbasicplant
biologyandwillhavefar-reachingimpactsonbiotechno-
logicalapplications.
Inthelastdecade,tremendousprogresshasbeenmade
towardidentificationandfunctionalcharacterizationof
genesinvolvedinthebiosynthesisofcellwallpolysac-
charides,includingcellulose,glucomannan,xyloglucan,
xylan,andpectin[1,2,3,4,5,6,7],aswellasgenes
responsibleforthebiosynthesisofsugarnucleotide
donorsinvolvedinpolysaccharidebiosynthesis[8].Mol-
ecularandbiochemicaldissectionofgenesparticipating
inthebiosynthesisofindividualcellwallcomponentsis
thefirstcriticalsteptowardunderstandingcellwallbio-
synthesis.Althoughplantcellwallsaremadeofcommon
components,theiramountandcompositiondifferamong
variouscelltypesandevenindifferentmicrodomainsof
thewallofagivencell[9].Thewallscanbemodifiedto
meetthespecialneedsofcertaincelltypes,suchaswater-
conductingtrachearyelements,guardcells,andendoder-
mis.Inaddition,theamountandcompositionofwalls
maychangeduringcellgrowth[10]andinresponseto
bioticandabioticstresses[11].Therefore,plantsmust
haveevolvedmechanismstoturnondifferentbiosyn-
theticpathwaysofwallcomponentsinvariouscelltypes,
synthesizetherightamountofwallcomponents,and
assemblethemintherightplacetosuitawallfitto
functionsofspecificcelltypes.
Tounderstandhowplantsmakedifferentwalltypes,itis
necessarytoknowthebiosyntheticgenesresponsiblefor
theirsynthesisandalsotheregulationofcellwallbio-
synthesisandassembly.Anumberoffactors,suchas
hormones[12–15],thecytoskeleton[16],glycosylpho-
sphatidylinositol-anchoredproteins[17–19],phosphoino-
sitides[20–22],sugarnucleotidesupply[23],and
coordinationofwallbiosynthesis[24,25],havebeen
implicatedintheregulationofcellwallbiosynthesisor
deposition.Otherfactorsmightalsobeinvolvedinthe
targetedsecretionofwallmaterials,therebyregulating
walldynamicsandheterogeneity[26].Owingtospace
limitation,thisreviewonlyfocusesontherecent
advancesinthetranscriptionalregulationofcellwall
biosynthesis.
Heterogeneityofcellwalls
Beforethediscussionofregulationofcellwallbiosyn-
thesis,itisimportanttobrieflyreviewthediversityofcell
wallsinplants.Althoughcellwallsaregenerallycom-
posedofcellulose,hemicellulose,pectin,proteins,and/or
lignin,theamountandcompositionofindividualwall
componentsandtheshapesofwallsvaryconsiderably
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