Xyloglucan evolution and the terrestrialization of green plants
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Summary: Xyloglucan (XyG) is the major noncellulosic nonpectic matrix polysaccharide in cell walls of most land plants. Initially thought to be restricted to land plants, the last decade has seen the detection of XyG and the discovery of synthesis and modification/degradation genes in charophycean green algae (CGA). Recently, a totally new function of XyG was discovered as a potent soil aggregator released by roots and rhizoids of all major groups of land plants. In this Viewpoint, I show the presence of a complex XyG genetic machinery in most CGA groups. I discuss the context of XyG evolution in light of the terrestrialization of early CGA that gave rise to embryophytes and its possible role in early soil formation.
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The earliest ancestor of land plants is currently understood to have been a form of freshwater, terrestrial algae.
“The earliest ancestor of land plants is currently understood to have been a form of freshwater, terrestrial algae (Kenrick and Crane, 1997; Del-Bem, 2018).”
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In “Xyloglucan evolved during the colonization of land by charophytes” (page unavailable), Del-Bem describes charophycean green algae as ancestors of land plants and discusses a terrestrial-algal ancestry. But the paper contrasts that proposal with the more commonly held view of aquatic algae evolving near drying pools. It does not establish that a freshwater, terrestrial ancestor is the current consensus. (LLM, conf=0.85)
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“The earliest ancestor of land plants is currently understood to have been a form of freshwater, terrestrial algae (Kenrick and Crane, 1997; Del-Bem, 2018).”
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- Authors
- Del‐Bem, L.
- Affiliations
- Universidade Federal da Bahia (BR)
- Corresponding author
- Del‐Bem, Luiz‐Eduardo
- Venue
- New Phytologist
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2018-05-31
- Volume
- 219
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 1150-1153
- ISSN
- 0028-646X (ISSN-L)
- 1469-8137
- OpenAlex
- W2807461724
- Cited by
- 30
- References
- 3
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 5 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 5 · 2018: 2
- FWCI
- 3.17
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- New Phytologist (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Plant Science › Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Plant Science › Plant Surface Properties and Treatments
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Food Science › Polysaccharides Composition and Applications
- Keywords
- xyloglucan, land colonization, plant cell wall polysaccharides, soil aggregation, root exudates, rhizoids, land plant evolution
- MeSH terms
- Biological Evolution, Glucans, Models, Biological, Xylans, Genes, Plant, Charophyceae, Viridiplantae
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