Advanced techniques are allowing scientists to witness the process where plant cells generate cellulose fibers.

Transparent wood, made by stripping organic polymers and replacing them with a mixture of egg whites and rice extract, could ...

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How you eat your resistant starch foods matters. That's because heat can affect the structure of starch molecules. For example, “when you cook a potato, heat opens up the starch granule and ...

Cellulose is the major component of the plant cell wall and as such is a major component of all plant biomass on the planet. It is made at the cell surface by a large membrane-bound complex known as ...

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The complete metabolism of carbohydrates, as the most abundant and structurally diverse organic matter on earth, requires the involvement of different carbohydrate-active enzymes (CAZymes).

The MAPK pathway influences cell growth and proliferation, while the activation of the AMPK pathway inhibits energy consuming biosynthetic processes, such as protein, fatty acid, and glycogen ...