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. 2018 Jan 15;7(1):6. doi: 10.3390/plants7010006

Figure 2.

Figure 2

A schematic model for the functions of different LTPs in cuticle assembly. The figure shows three different roles for LTPs in cuticle development. LTPg (orange) is attached to the plasma membrane through its’ GPI-anchor and dock the cuticle monomer when it is leaving the ABC transporter. The Transporter LTP (purple) is then transferring the cuticle monomer from the LTPg through the cell wall to the site of cuticle polymerization [6,20]. The Adhesion LTP (yellow) has a structural role adhering the hydrophobic cuticle to the hydrophilic cell wall, as previously suggested in [28].