L. F. L. Wilson

Structure, function and assembly of soybean primary cell wall cellulose synthases

This study characterizes the structure and function of soybean primary cell wall cellulose synthases, revealing their assembly and interaction mechanisms for cellulose biosynthesis.

Evolution of glucuronoxylan side chain variability in vascular plants and the counter-adaptation of pathogenic cell-wall-degrading hydrolases

The paper identifies the genetic basis of xylan side chain variability in plants and shows how pathogens adapt to degrade these structures, revealing evolutionary adaptations in both biosynthesis and degradation.

The biosynthesis, degradation, and function of cell wall β-xylosylated xyloglucan mirrors that of arabinoxyloglucan

The paper identifies enzymes involved in the biosynthesis and degradation of β-xylosylated xyloglucan and shows their potential role in gut bacterial nutrition.

Evolutionarily diverse caveolins share a common structural framework built around amphipathic discs

The paper predicts structures for 73 caveolins across animal diversity and identifies conserved structural elements and amphipathic disc assembly, revealing an ancient structural framework predating Metazoa.

Eudicot primary cell wall glucomannan is related in synthesis, structure and function to xyloglucan

The paper shows that β-galactoglucomannan (β-GGM) in eudicot primary cell walls is structurally and functionally similar to xyloglucan (XyG).