What does the cell wall do?
What does the cell wall do? The cell wall surrounds the plasma membrane of plant cells and provides tensile strength and protection against mechanical and osmotic stress. It also allows cells to develop turgor pressure, which is the pressure of the cell contents against the cell wall. What does the cell wall prevent? Because the cell wall prevents a cell from expanding, some proteins in the matrix are responsible for loosening the structure of the wall when a cell grows. In addition, the porosity of the matrix permits soluble factors to diffuse across the cell wall and interact with receptors...