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Biology of the Fungal Cell pp 97–120Cite as

A Molecular and Genomic View of the Fungal Cell Wall

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Part of the book series: The Mycota ((MYCOTA,volume 8))

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The fungal cell wall is anessential organelle that accounts for 15–30% of the cellular dry weight and therefore represents a substantial metabolic investment for the cell. In return, possession of a cell wall makes it possible to withstand turgor pressures varying from about half a megapascal in normal cells up to eight megapascals in specialized cells, such as appressoria, which are used by some plant pathogens to penetrate plant cell walls (Howard et al. 1991). The wall also helps to maintain stable osmotic conditions inside the cell. Further, it maintains cell shape, allows morphogenesis, and protects the cell against physical damage. Other functions of the wall, such as adhesiveness and protection against desiccation, are related to the frequent presence of an external protein coat surrounding the skeletal part of the wall. Saccharomyces cerevisiae is the best-studied fungus to date and this raises the question in how far the cell wall biology of Sac. cerevisiae might be representative for other ascomycetous species, including mycelial fungi, and going one step further, whether it might also shed light on the cell wall biology of basidiomycetous fungi.

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Klis, F.M., Ram, A.F.J., De Groot, P.W.J. (2007). A Molecular and Genomic View of the Fungal Cell Wall. In: Howard, R.J., Gow, N.A.R. (eds) Biology of the Fungal Cell. The Mycota, vol 8. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-70618-2_4

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