Wood hemicelluloses exert distinct biomechanical contributions to cellulose fibrillar networks

Jennie Berglund; Deirdre Mikkelsen; Bernadine M. Flanagan; Sushil Dhital; Stefan Gaunitz; Gunnar Henriksson; Mikael E. Lindström; Gleb E. Yakubov; Michael J. Gidley; Francisco Vilaplana

doi:10.1038/s41467-020-18390-z

Nature Communications (Sep 2020)

Wood hemicelluloses exert distinct biomechanical contributions to cellulose fibrillar networks

Jennie Berglund,
Deirdre Mikkelsen,
Bernadine M. Flanagan,
Sushil Dhital,
Stefan Gaunitz,
Gunnar Henriksson,
Mikael E. Lindström,
Gleb E. Yakubov,
Michael J. Gidley,
Francisco Vilaplana

Affiliations

Jennie Berglund: Wallenberg Wood Science Centre, Department of Fibre and Polymer Technology, School of Engineering Sciences in Chemistry, Biotechnology and Health, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Deirdre Mikkelsen: ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Cell Walls, Centre for Nutrition and Food Sciences, Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia
Bernadine M. Flanagan: ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Cell Walls, Centre for Nutrition and Food Sciences, Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia
Sushil Dhital: ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Cell Walls, Centre for Nutrition and Food Sciences, Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia
Stefan Gaunitz: Wallenberg Wood Science Centre, Department of Fibre and Polymer Technology, School of Engineering Sciences in Chemistry, Biotechnology and Health, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Gunnar Henriksson: Wallenberg Wood Science Centre, Department of Fibre and Polymer Technology, School of Engineering Sciences in Chemistry, Biotechnology and Health, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Mikael E. Lindström: Wallenberg Wood Science Centre, Department of Fibre and Polymer Technology, School of Engineering Sciences in Chemistry, Biotechnology and Health, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Gleb E. Yakubov: ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Cell Walls, School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia
Michael J. Gidley: ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Cell Walls, Centre for Nutrition and Food Sciences, Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia
Francisco Vilaplana: Wallenberg Wood Science Centre, Department of Fibre and Polymer Technology, School of Engineering Sciences in Chemistry, Biotechnology and Health, KTH Royal Institute of Technology

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18390-z
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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Hemicelluloses are an essential constituent of plant cell walls, but the individual biomechanical roles remain elusive. Here the authors report on the interaction of wood hemicellulose with bacterial cellulose during deposition and explore the resultant fibrillar architecture and mechanical properties.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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