Models of Xyloglucan Binding to Cellulose Microfibrils1
- 1 May 1995
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Carbohydrate Chemistry
- Vol. 14 (4-5) , 601-611
- https://doi.org/10.1080/07328309508005361
Abstract
Molecular modeling is used to investigate the ways in which plant cell wall xyloglucans might bind to the surface of cellulose microfibrils. Binding involving the xyloglucan backbone is found to be sterically restricted. Plausible models are obtained that involve hydrogen bonding between the xylose residues and one kind of cellulose surface. In such a model, the xyloglucan sidechains mediate, as well as modulate, the binding.Keywords
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