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Biogenesis of Cellulose I Microfibrils Occurs by Cell-Directed Self-Assembly in Acetobacter xylinum

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The biogenesis of native cellulose is a complex process requiring the biosynthesis of high-molecular-weight β 1,4-glucans; the formation of highly crystalline, metastable cellulose I microfibrils; and, in many cases, the organization and orientation of these microfibrils into cell walls (Colvin, 1964). Proposed mechanisms of cellulose biogenesis have historically been intimately related to the contemporary understanding of the physical structure of cellulose (Ranby, 1952; Preston, 1964). It is evident that any proposed mechanism of cellulose biogenesis must be consistent with the ultimate physical properties of the macromolecule. Since almost all native cellulose is fibrillar cellulose I, it is probable that there is a common biosynthetic mechanism among all organisms that produce crystalline cellulose I microfibrils (Sarko and Muggli, 1974).

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  1. Department of Botany, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 27514, USA

    Candace H. Haigler

  2. Department of Biological Chemistry, Institute of Life Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 91904, Jerusalem, Israel

    Moshe Benziman

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Haigler, C.H., Benziman, M. (1982). Biogenesis of Cellulose I Microfibrils Occurs by Cell-Directed Self-Assembly in Acetobacter xylinum . In: Brown, R.M. (eds) Cellulose and Other Natural Polymer Systems. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-1116-4_14

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