xylan

Also known as xylans

alt=|thumb|481x481px|Structure of xylan in hardwood. thumb|481x481px|Plant cell wall is composed of cellulose, hemicellulose, pectin and glycoproteins. Hemicelluloses (a heterogeneous group of polysaccharides) cross-link glycans interlocking the cellulose fibers and form a mesh like structure to deposit other polysaccharides.

Research

8,904 papers

Xylan biosynthesis.Current opinion in biotechnology · 2014
Outstanding questions on xylan biosynthesis.Plant science : an international journal of experimental plant biology · 2022
Xylan structural diversity, biosynthesis, and functional regulation in plants.International journal of biological macromolecules · 2025
Xylan in drug delivery: A review of its engineered structures and biomedical applications.European journal of pharmaceutics and biopharmaceutics : official journal of Arbeitsgemeinschaft fur Pharmazeutische Verfahrenstechnik e.V · 2020
Xylan decoration patterns and the plant secondary cell wall molecular architecture.Biochemical Society transactions · 2016

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Composition
Occurrence
Plant cell structure
Algae
Food science
Crystallinity
Biosynthesis
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Xylan (; ) (CAS number: 9014-63-5) is a type of hemicellulose, a polysaccharide consisting mainly of xylose residues. It is found in plants, in the secondary cell walls of dicots and all cell walls of grasses. Xylan is considered to be the second most abundant plant biopolymer, and the third most abundant polysaccharide on Earth after cellulose and chitin.