Nature Communications (Jun 2016)

Golgi-localized STELLO proteins regulate the assembly and trafficking of cellulose synthase complexes in Arabidopsis

  • Yi Zhang,
  • Nino Nikolovski,
  • Mathias Sorieul,
  • Tamara Vellosillo,
  • Heather E. McFarlane,
  • Ray Dupree,
  • Christopher Kesten,
  • René Schneider,
  • Carlos Driemeier,
  • Rahul Lathe,
  • Edwin Lampugnani,
  • Xiaolan Yu,
  • Alexander Ivakov,
  • Monika S. Doblin,
  • Jenny C. Mortimer,
  • Steven P. Brown,
  • Staffan Persson,
  • Paul Dupree

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11656
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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Cellulose is produced in plants by cellulose synthase complexes (CSCs) that are assembled in the endomembrane system and then trafficked to the plasma membrane. Here Zhang et al. show that the Golgi-localized STELLO1 and 2 proteins are required for the proper assembly and distribution of CSCs in plant cells.