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Wang H, Feng X, Zhang Y, Wei D, Zhang Y, Jin Q, Cai Y. PbUGT72AJ2-Mediated Glycosylation Plays an Important Role in Lignin Formation and Stone Cell Development in Pears (Pyrus bretschneideri). Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms23147893. [PMID: 35887241 PMCID: PMC9318811 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23147893] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2022] [Revised: 07/08/2022] [Accepted: 07/11/2022] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Glycosylation is necessary for many processes of plant secondary metabolism. It can maintain plant homeostasis and is of great significance to normal plant growth and development. At present, the significance of glycosylation for lignin biosynthesis has been proven in some plants, but it has not yet been reported in pears. We used in situ hybridization, in vitro expression, substrate catalysis, transgenic Arabidopsisthaliana, and transient transformation of pear fruit in our investigation, which was predicated on the identification of a gene PbUGT72AJ2 that may be involved in lignin monolignol glycosylation according to our previous work. These results revealed that PbUGT72AJ2 transcripts were localized to some pulp cell walls, lignin deposition, and stone cell areas of pear fruit. The recombinant PbUGT72AJ2-pGEX4T-1 protein had activity against coniferyl alcohol and sinapyl alcohol, and its catalytic efficiency against coniferyl alcohol was higher than that against sinapyl alcohol. When PbUGT72AJ2 was transferred into Arabidopsisthaliana mutants, it was found that some characteristics of Arabidopsisthalianaugt72e3 mutants were restored. In Arabidopsisthaliana, overexpression of PbUGT72AJ2 enhanced the contents of coniferin and syringin, whereas lignification did not change significantly. Transient transformation of pear fruit showed that when PbUGT72AJ2 in pear fruit was silenced by RNA interference, the content of lignin and stone cells in pear fruit increased, whereas the gene PbUGT72AJ2 was overexpressed in pear fruit, and there was almost no change in the pear fruit compared with the control. Lignin deposition in pear fruit was closely related to stone cell development. In this study, we proved that PbUGT72AJ2 plays an important role in lignin deposition and stone cell development in pear fruit, which provides a molecular biological basis for improving pear fruit quality at the molecular level.
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- Han Wang
- School of Life Sciences, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230036, China; (H.W.); (X.F.); (Y.Z.); (D.W.); (Y.Z.); (Q.J.)
- Anhui Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center for Development & Utilization of Regional Characteristic Plants, Anhui Agricultural University, No. 130, Changjiang West Road, Hefei 230036, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230036, China; (H.W.); (X.F.); (Y.Z.); (D.W.); (Y.Z.); (Q.J.)
- Anhui Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center for Development & Utilization of Regional Characteristic Plants, Anhui Agricultural University, No. 130, Changjiang West Road, Hefei 230036, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230036, China; (H.W.); (X.F.); (Y.Z.); (D.W.); (Y.Z.); (Q.J.)
- Anhui Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center for Development & Utilization of Regional Characteristic Plants, Anhui Agricultural University, No. 130, Changjiang West Road, Hefei 230036, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230036, China; (H.W.); (X.F.); (Y.Z.); (D.W.); (Y.Z.); (Q.J.)
- Anhui Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center for Development & Utilization of Regional Characteristic Plants, Anhui Agricultural University, No. 130, Changjiang West Road, Hefei 230036, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230036, China; (H.W.); (X.F.); (Y.Z.); (D.W.); (Y.Z.); (Q.J.)
- Anhui Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center for Development & Utilization of Regional Characteristic Plants, Anhui Agricultural University, No. 130, Changjiang West Road, Hefei 230036, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230036, China; (H.W.); (X.F.); (Y.Z.); (D.W.); (Y.Z.); (Q.J.)
- Anhui Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center for Development & Utilization of Regional Characteristic Plants, Anhui Agricultural University, No. 130, Changjiang West Road, Hefei 230036, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230036, China; (H.W.); (X.F.); (Y.Z.); (D.W.); (Y.Z.); (Q.J.)
- Anhui Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center for Development & Utilization of Regional Characteristic Plants, Anhui Agricultural University, No. 130, Changjiang West Road, Hefei 230036, China
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Wang H, Zhang Y, Feng X, Peng F, Mazoor MA, Zhang Y, Zhao Y, Han W, Lu J, Cao Y, Cai Y. Analysis of the β-Glucosidase Family Reveals Genes Involved in the Lignification of Stone Cells in Chinese White Pear ( Pyrus bretschneideri Rehd.). FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 13:852001. [PMID: 35620693 PMCID: PMC9127867 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.852001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2022] [Accepted: 03/31/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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BGLU β-glucosidases in glycoside hydrolase family 1 (GH1) are involved in many processes of plant secondary metabolism. In particular, its de-glycosylation function plays an important role in the transport of lignin monolignols. No comprehensive study of the BGLU family in Chinese pear (Pyrus bretschneideri Rehd.) has been reported yet. In this study, the 50 BGLU family members from Chinese white pear were identified. Three candidate genes, PbBGLU1, PbBGLU15, and PbBGLU16, that may be involved in lignin synthesis were screened by bioinformatics analysis and qRT-PCR. Subcellular localization showed that all three of these candidate genes were expressed in the extracellular region. Then, we analyzed the functions of PbBGLU1 and PbBGLU16. In situ hybridization analysis showed that PbBGLU1 transcripts were not only localized to some pulp cell walls, lignin deposition, and stone cell areas of a pear fruit, but that was also a small amount of enrichment in normal pear flesh cells. PbBGLU16 transcripts were only enriched in lignin deposition and stone cell areas of pear fruit. Enzyme activity analysis revealed that GST-PbBGLU1 and GST-PbBGLU16 had a stronger activity and higher catalytic efficiency for coniferin than syringin. In addition, GST-PbBGLU16 exhibited the higher activity and catalytic efficiency for the two substrates compared with GST-PbBGLU1. The transformation of PbBGLU1 and PbBGLU16 into Arabidopsis identified that the lignin contents of Arabidopsis BGLU-45 mutant, PbBGLU1-RE, and PbBGLU16-RE were not changed than that of wild-type. However, compared with wild-type Arabidopsis, the overexpression of the plant's lignin increased in varying degrees. The effect of PbBGLU16 on the lignin increment was greater than that of PbBGLU1 in Arabidopsis. In pear fruits, with transient overexpression of PbBGLU1, the contents of lignin and stone cells were significantly higher (0.01 < P < 0.05) than those with empty vector injection pear fruits. After transient expression of PbBGLU16, lignin in pear fruit increased significantly (0.01 < P < 0.05) and stone cells showed a very significant difference (P < 0.01) compared with the control group. However, RNA interference silenced these two genes in pear fruit, which seemed to have no impression on lignin and stone cells. This study provides a molecular biological basis for improving pear fruit quality at the molecular level.
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- Han Wang
- School of Life Sciences, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Specialty Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, China
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Baiya S, Pengthaisong S, Kitjaruwankul S, Ketudat Cairns JR. Structural analysis of rice Os4BGlu18 monolignol β-glucosidase. PLoS One 2021; 16:e0241325. [PMID: 33471829 PMCID: PMC7817009 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0241325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2020] [Accepted: 12/28/2020] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Monolignol glucosides are storage forms of monolignols, which are polymerized to lignin to strengthen plant cell walls. The conversion of monolignol glucosides to monolignols is catalyzed by monolignol β-glucosidases. Rice Os4BGlu18 β-glucosidase catalyzes hydrolysis of the monolignol glucosides, coniferin, syringin, and p-coumaryl alcohol glucoside more efficiently than other natural substrates. To understand more clearly the basis for substrate specificity of a monolignol β-glucosidase, the structure of Os4BGlu18 was determined by X-ray crystallography. Crystals of Os4BGlu18 and its complex with δ-gluconolactone diffracted to 1.7 and 2.1 Å resolution, respectively. Two protein molecules were found in the asymmetric unit of the P212121 space group of their isomorphous crystals. The Os4BGlu18 structure exhibited the typical (β/α)8 TIM barrel of glycoside hydrolase family 1 (GH1), but the four variable loops and two disulfide bonds appeared significantly different from other known structures of GH1 β-glucosidases. Molecular docking studies of the Os4BGlu18 structure with monolignol substrate ligands placed the glycone in a similar position to the δ-gluconolactone in the complex structure and revealed the interactions between protein and ligands. Molecular docking, multiple sequence alignment, and homology modeling identified amino acid residues at the aglycone-binding site involved in substrate specificity for monolignol β-glucosides. Thus, the structural basis of substrate recognition and hydrolysis by monolignol β-glucosidases was elucidated.
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- Supaporn Baiya
- Faculty of Science at Sriracha, Kasetsart University, Sriracha Campus, Sriracha, Chonburi, Thailand
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- School of Chemistry, Institute of Science and Center for Biomolecular Structure, Function and Application, Suranaree University of Technology, Muang, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand
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- Faculty of Science at Sriracha, Kasetsart University, Sriracha Campus, Sriracha, Chonburi, Thailand
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- School of Chemistry, Institute of Science and Center for Biomolecular Structure, Function and Application, Suranaree University of Technology, Muang, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand
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Baiya S, Mahong B, Lee SK, Jeon JS, Ketudat Cairns JR. Demonstration of monolignol β-glucosidase activity of rice Os4BGlu14, Os4BGlu16 and Os4BGlu18 in Arabidopsis thaliana bglu45 mutant. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2018; 127:223-230. [PMID: 29614441 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2018.03.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2017] [Revised: 03/22/2018] [Accepted: 03/23/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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The glycoside hydrolase family 1 members Os4BGlu14, Os4BGlu16, and Os4BGlu18 were proposed to be rice monolignol β-glucosidases. In vitro studies demonstrated that the Os4BGlu16 and Os4BGlu18 hydrolyze the monolignol glucosides coniferin and syringin with high efficiency compared to other substrates. The replacement of the conserved catalytic acid/base glutamate residue by a nonionizable glutamine residue in Os4BGlu14 suggested that it may be inactive as a β-glucosidase. Here, we investigated the activities of Os4BGlu14, Os4BGlu16, and Os4BGlu18 in planta by recombinant expression of their genes in the Arabidopsis bglu45-2 (monolignol β-glucosidase) mutant and analysis of monolignol glucosides by ultra-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (UPLC-MSMS). The bglu45-2 line exhibits elevated monolignol glucoside levels, but lower amounts of coniferin, syringin, and p-coumaryl alcohol glucoside were seen in Arabidopsis bglu45-2 rescued lines complemented by the Os4BGlu14, Os4BGlu16, and Os4BGlu18 genes. These data suggest that the bglu45-2 mutant has a broader effect on monolignols than previously reported and that the Os4BGlu14, Os4BGlu16 and Os4BGlu18 proteins act as monolignol β-glucosidases to complement the defect. An OsBGlu16-GFP fusion protein localized to the cell wall. This apoplastic localization and the effect of these enzymes on monolignol glucoside levels suggest monolignol glucosides from the vacuole may meet the monolignol β-glucosidases, despite their different localization.
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- Supaporn Baiya
- Faculty of Science at Sriracha, Kasetsart University, Sriracha Campus, Chonburi, 20230, Thailand; Center for Biomolecular Structure, Function and Application, Suranaree University of Technology, Nakhon Ratchasima, 30000, Thailand
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- Graduate School of Biotechnology, Kyung-Hee University, Yongin, 17104, South Korea
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- Graduate School of Biotechnology, Kyung-Hee University, Yongin, 17104, South Korea
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- Graduate School of Biotechnology, Kyung-Hee University, Yongin, 17104, South Korea.
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- Center for Biomolecular Structure, Function and Application, Suranaree University of Technology, Nakhon Ratchasima, 30000, Thailand; School of Chemistry, Institute of Science, Suranaree University of Technology, Nakhon Ratchasima, 30000, Thailand; Laboratory of Biochemistry, Chulabhorn Research Institute, Bangkok, 10210, Thailand.
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Chan YY, Hwang TL, Kuo PC, Hung HY, Wu TS. Constituents of the Fruits of Citrus medica L. var. sarcodactylis and the Effect of 6,7-Dimethoxy-coumarin on Superoxide Anion Formation and Elastase Release. Molecules 2017; 22:molecules22091454. [PMID: 28862688 PMCID: PMC6151612 DOI: 10.3390/molecules22091454] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2017] [Revised: 08/30/2017] [Accepted: 08/30/2017] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Investigation of the chemical constituents from the fruits of Citrus medica L. var. sarcodactylis Swingle has led to the characterization of a new sesquiterpene 1 along with thirty-two known compounds. The structure of 1 was established on the basis of 2D NMR spectroscopic and mass spectrometric analyses, and the known compounds were identified by comparison of their physical and spectroscopic data with those reported in the literature. In addition, most of the isolated compounds were evaluated for the activity assayed by the in vitro inhibition of superoxide anion generation and elastase release by human neutrophils. The results showed that only 6,7-dimethoxycoumarin (5) exhibited significant inhibition of superoxide anion generation, with IC50 value of 3.8 ± 1.4 μM.
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- Yu-Yi Chan
- Department of Biotechnology, Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Tainan 71005, Taiwan.
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- Graduate Institute of Natural Products, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan.
- Research Center for Chinese Herbal Medicine, Research Center for Food and Cosmetic Safety, and Graduate Institute of Health Industry Technology, College of Human Ecology, Chang Gung University of Science and Technology, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan.
- Department of Anesthesiology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan.
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- School of Pharmacy, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 701, Taiwan.
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- School of Pharmacy, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 701, Taiwan.
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- School of Pharmacy, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 701, Taiwan.
- Department of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy and Health Care, Tajen University, Pingtung 907, Taiwan.
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Yoshinaga A, Kamitakahara H, Takabe K. Distribution of coniferin in differentiating normal and compression woods using MALDI mass spectrometric imaging coupled with osmium tetroxide vapor treatment. TREE PHYSIOLOGY 2016; 36:643-52. [PMID: 26507270 PMCID: PMC4886284 DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpv116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2015] [Accepted: 10/02/2015] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometric imaging (MALDI-MSI) was employed to detect monolignol glucosides in differentiating normal and compression woods of two Japanese softwoods, Chamaecyparis obtusa and Cryptomeria japonica Comparison of matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry collision-induced dissociation fragmentation analysis and structural time-of-flight (MALDI-TOF CID-FAST) spectra between coniferin and differentiating xylem also confirmed the presence of coniferin in differentiating xylem. However, as matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) and MALDI-TOF CID-FAST spectra of sucrose were similar to those of coniferin, it was difficult to distinguish the distribution of coniferin and sucrose using MALDI-MSI and collision-induced dissociation measurement only. To solve this problem, osmium tetroxide vapor was applied to sections of differentiating xylem. This vapor treatment caused peak shifts corresponding to the introduction of two hydroxyl groups to the C=C double bond in coniferin. The treatment did not cause a peak shift for sucrose, and therefore was effective in distinguishing coniferin and sucrose. Thus, it was found that MALDI-MSI combined with osmium tetroxide vapor treatment is a useful method to detect coniferin in differentiating xylem.
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- Arata Yoshinaga
- Laboratory of Tree Cell Biology, Division of Forest and Biomaterials Science, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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- Laboratory of The Chemistry of Biomaterials, Division of Forest and Biomaterials Science, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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- Laboratory of Tree Cell Biology, Division of Forest and Biomaterials Science, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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Nam JW, Kim SY, Yoon T, Lee YJ, Kil YS, Lee YS, Seo EK. Heat Shock Factor 1 Inducers from the Bark ofEucommia ulmoidesas Cytoprotective Agents. Chem Biodivers 2013; 10:1322-7. [DOI: 10.1002/cbdv.201200401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2012] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Zhou Z, He X, Feng L, Liu R, Ren G. Chemical constituents from the roots of Dendropanax chevalieri. BIOCHEM SYST ECOL 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bse.2012.12.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Liu CJ. Deciphering the enigma of lignification: precursor transport, oxidation, and the topochemistry of lignin assembly. MOLECULAR PLANT 2012; 5:304-17. [PMID: 22307199 DOI: 10.1093/mp/ssr121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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Plant lignification is a tightly regulated complex cellular process that occurs via three sequential steps: the synthesis of monolignols within the cytosol; the transport of monomeric precursors across plasma membrane; and the oxidative polymerization of monolignols to form lignin macromolecules within the cell wall. Although we have a reasonable understanding of monolignol biosynthesis, many aspects of lignin assembly remain elusive. These include the precursors' transport and oxidation, and the initiation of lignin polymerization. This review describes our current knowledge of the molecular mechanisms underlying monolignol transport and oxidation, discusses the intriguing yet least-understood aspects of lignin assembly, and highlights the technologies potentially aiding in clarifying the enigma of plant lignification.
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- Chang-Jun Liu
- Biology Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973, USA.
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Emiliani G, Traversi ML, Anichini M, Giachi G, Giovannelli A. Transcript Accumulation Dynamics of Phenylpropanoid Pathway Genes in the Maturing Xylem and Phloem of Picea abies during Latewood Formation. JOURNAL OF INTEGRATIVE PLANT BIOLOGY 2011; 53:783-799. [PMID: 21767344 DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7909.2011.01069.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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In temperate regions, latewood is produced when cambial activity declines with the approach of autumnal dormancy. The understanding of the temporal (cambium activity vs dormancy) and spatial (phloem, cambial region, maturing xylem) regulation of key genes involved in the phenylpropanoid pathway during latewood formation represents a crucial step towards providing new insights into the molecular basis of xylogenesis. In this study, the temporal pattern of transcript accumulation of 12 phenylpropanoid genes (PAL1, C4H3/5, C4H4, 4CL3, 4CL4, HCT1, C3H3, CCoAOMT1, COMT2, COMT5, CCR2) was analyzed in maturing xylem and phloem of Picea abies during latewood formation. Quantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction analyses revealed a well-defined RNA accumulation pattern of genes involved in the phenylpropanoid pathway during latewood formation. Differences in the RNA accumulation patterns were detected between the different tissue types analyzed. The results obtained here demonstrated that the molecular processes involved in monolignol biosynthesis are not restricted to the cambial activity timeframe but continued after the end of cambium cell proliferation. Furthermore, since it has been shown that lignification of maturing xylem takes place in late autumn, we argue on the basis of our data that phloem could play a key role in the monolignol biosynthesis process.
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- Giovanni Emiliani
- Trees and Timber Institute-National Research Council, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, ItalyDepartment of Chemistry "U. Schiff", University of Florence, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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- Trees and Timber Institute-National Research Council, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, ItalyDepartment of Chemistry "U. Schiff", University of Florence, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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- Trees and Timber Institute-National Research Council, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, ItalyDepartment of Chemistry "U. Schiff", University of Florence, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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- Trees and Timber Institute-National Research Council, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, ItalyDepartment of Chemistry "U. Schiff", University of Florence, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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- Trees and Timber Institute-National Research Council, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, ItalyDepartment of Chemistry "U. Schiff", University of Florence, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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Verne S, Jaquish B, White R, Ritland C, Ritland K. Global transcriptome analysis of constitutive resistance to the white pine weevil in spruce. Genome Biol Evol 2011; 3:851-67. [PMID: 21852250 PMCID: PMC3296464 DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evr069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/30/2011] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Constitutive defense mechanisms are critical to the understanding of defense mechanisms in conifers because they constitute the first barrier to attacks by insect pests. In interior spruce, trees that are putatively resistant and susceptible to attacks by white pine weevil (Pissodes strobi) typically exhibit constitutive differences in traits such as resin duct size and number, bark thickness, and terpene content. To improve our knowledge of their genetic basis, we compared globally the constitutive expression levels of 17,825 genes between 20 putatively resistant and 20 putatively susceptible interior spruce trees from the British Columbia tree improvement program. We identified 54 upregulated and 137 downregulated genes in resistant phenotypes, relative to susceptible phenotypes, with a maximum fold change of 2.24 and 3.91, respectively. We found a puzzling increase of resistance by downregulated genes, as one would think that "procuring armaments" is the best defense. Also, although terpenes and phenolic compounds play an important role in conifer defense, we found few of these genes to be differentially expressed. We found 15 putative small heat-shock proteins (sHSP) and several other stress-related proteins to be downregulated in resistant trees. Downregulated putative sHSP belong to several sHSP classes and represented 58% of all tested putative sHSP. These proteins are well known to be involved in plant response to various kinds of abiotic stress; however, their role in constitutive resistance is not yet understood. The lack of correspondence between transcriptome profile clusters and phenotype classifications suggests that weevil resistance in spruce is a complex trait.
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- Sébastien Verne
- Department of Forest Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Kalamalka Forestry Centre, British Columbia Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations, Vernon, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Statistics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Forest Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Forest Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Rodrigo CP, James WH, Zwier TS. Single-conformation ultraviolet and infrared spectra of jet-cooled monolignols: p-coumaryl alcohol, coniferyl alcohol, and sinapyl alcohol. J Am Chem Soc 2011; 133:2632-41. [PMID: 21294542 DOI: 10.1021/ja109218j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Single-conformation spectroscopy of the three lignin monomers (hereafter "monolignols") p-coumaryl alcohol (pCoumA), coniferyl alcohol (ConA), and sinapyl alcohol (SinA) has been carried out on the isolated molecules cooled in a supersonic expansion. Laser-induced fluorescence excitation, dispersed fluorescence, resonant two-photon ionization, UV-UV hole-burning, and resonant ion-dip infrared spectroscopy were carried out as needed to obtain firm assignments for the observed conformers of the three molecules. In each case, two conformers were observed, differing in the relative orientations of the vinyl and OH substituents para to one another on the phenyl ring. In pCoumA, the two conformers have S(0)-S(1) origins nearly identical in size, split from one another by only 7 cm(-1), in close analogy with previous results of Morgan et al. on p-vinylphenol ( Chem. Phys. 2008 , 347 , 340 ). ConA, with its methoxy group ortho to the OH group, also has two low-energy conformers forming a syn/anti pair, in this case with the OH group locked into an orientation in which it forms an intramolecular H-bond with the adjacent methoxy group. The electronic frequency shift between the two conformers is dramatically increased to 805 cm(-1), with the dominant conformer of ConA (with S(0)-S(1) origin at 32 640 cm(-1)) about 5 times the intensity of its minor counterpart (with S(0)-S(1) origin at 33 444 cm(-1)). The presence of an OH···OCH(3) intramolecular H-bond is established by the shift of the OH stretch fundamental of the OH group to 3599 cm(-1), as it is in o-methoxyphenol ( Fujimaki et al. J. Chem. Phys. 1999 , 110 , 4238 ). Analogous single-conformation UV and IR spectra of o-methoxy-p-vinylphenol show a close similarity to ConA and provide a basis for a firm assignment of the red-shifted (blue-shifted) conformer of both molecules to the syn (anti) conformer. The two observed conformers of SinA, with its two methoxy group straddling the OH group, have S(0)-S(1) origins split by 239 cm(-1) (33 055 and 33 294 cm(-1)), a value between those in pCoumA and ConA. A combination of experimental data and calculations on the three monolignols and simpler derivatives is used to establish that the conformational preferences of the monolignols reflect the preferences of each of the ring substituents separately, enhanced by the presence of the intramolecular OH···OCH(3) H-bond. Taken as a whole, the presence of multiple flexible substituents locks in certain preferred orientations of the groups relative to one another, even in the apparently flexible allyl alcohol side chain (-CH═CH-CH(2)OH), where the OH group orients itself so that the hydrogen is pointed back over the vinyl π cloud in order to minimize interactions between the oxygen lone pairs and the π electrons.
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- Chirantha P Rodrigo
- Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907-2084, USA
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Sequestration and transport of lignin monomeric precursors. Molecules 2011; 16:710-27. [PMID: 21245806 PMCID: PMC6259261 DOI: 10.3390/molecules16010710] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2010] [Revised: 01/13/2011] [Accepted: 01/17/2011] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Lignin is the second most abundant terrestrial biopolymer after cellulose. It is essential for the viability of vascular plants. Lignin precursors, the monolignols, are synthesized within the cytosol of the cell. Thereafter, these monomeric precursors are exported into the cell wall, where they are polymerized and integrated into the wall matrix. Accordingly, transport of monolignols across cell membranes is a critical step affecting deposition of lignin in the secondarily thickened cell wall. While the biosynthesis of monolignols is relatively well understood, our knowledge of sequestration and transport of these monomers is sketchy. In this article, we review different hypotheses on monolignol transport and summarize the recent progresses toward the understanding of the molecular mechanisms underlying monolignol sequestration and transport across membranes. Deciphering molecular mechanisms for lignin precursor transport will support a better biotechnological solution to manipulate plant lignification for more efficient agricultural and industrial applications of cell wall biomass.
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Bonawitz ND, Chapple C. The Genetics of Lignin Biosynthesis: Connecting Genotype to Phenotype. Annu Rev Genet 2010; 44:337-63. [PMID: 20809799 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-genet-102209-163508] [Citation(s) in RCA: 371] [Impact Index Per Article: 26.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Nicholas D. Bonawitz
- Department of Biochemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907-2063;
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- Department of Biochemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907-2063;
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Achyuthan KE, Achyuthan AM, Adams PD, Dirk SM, Harper JC, Simmons BA, Singh AK. Supramolecular self-assembled chaos: polyphenolic lignin's barrier to cost-effective lignocellulosic biofuels. MOLECULES (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2010; 15. [PMID: 21116223 PMCID: PMC6259226 DOI: 10.3390/molecules15128641] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Phenylpropanoid metabolism yields a mixture of monolignols that undergo chaotic, non-enzymatic reactions such as free radical polymerization and spontaneous self-assembly in order to form the polyphenolic lignin which is a barrier to cost-effective lignocellulosic biofuels. Post-synthesis lignin integration into the plant cell wall is unclear, including how the hydrophobic lignin incorporates into the wall in an initially hydrophilic milieu. Self-assembly, self-organization and aggregation give rise to a complex, 3D network of lignin that displays randomly branched topology and fractal properties. Attempts at isolating lignin, analogous to archaeology, are instantly destructive and non-representative of in planta. Lack of plant ligninases or enzymes that hydrolyze specific bonds in lignin-carbohydrate complexes (LCCs) also frustrate a better grasp of lignin. Supramolecular self-assembly, nano-mechanical properties of lignin-lignin, lignin-polysaccharide interactions and association-dissociation kinetics affect biomass deconstruction and thereby cost-effective biofuels production.
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- Komandoor Elayavalli Achyuthan
- Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI), Emeryville, CA 94550, USA
- Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM 87185, USA; E-Mails: (S.M.D.); (J.C.H.)
- Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: ; Tel.: +1-505-284-8979; Fax: +1-505-844-1198
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- Biology Department, Northern New Mexico College, Espanola, NM 87532, USA; E-Mail: (A.M.A.)
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- Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI), Emeryville, CA 94550, USA
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA; E-Mail:
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- Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM 87185, USA; E-Mails: (S.M.D.); (J.C.H.)
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- Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM 87185, USA; E-Mails: (S.M.D.); (J.C.H.)
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- Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI), Emeryville, CA 94550, USA
- Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, CA 94550, USA; E-Mails: (B.A.S.); (A.K.S.)
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- Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI), Emeryville, CA 94550, USA
- Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, CA 94550, USA; E-Mails: (B.A.S.); (A.K.S.)
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Supramolecular self-assembled chaos: polyphenolic lignin's barrier to cost-effective lignocellulosic biofuels. Molecules 2010; 15:8641-88. [PMID: 21116223 DOI: 10.3390/molecules15118641] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2010] [Revised: 11/22/2010] [Accepted: 11/25/2010] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Phenylpropanoid metabolism yields a mixture of monolignols that undergo chaotic, non-enzymatic reactions such as free radical polymerization and spontaneous self-assembly in order to form the polyphenolic lignin which is a barrier to cost-effective lignocellulosic biofuels. Post-synthesis lignin integration into the plant cell wall is unclear, including how the hydrophobic lignin incorporates into the wall in an initially hydrophilic milieu. Self-assembly, self-organization and aggregation give rise to a complex, 3D network of lignin that displays randomly branched topology and fractal properties. Attempts at isolating lignin, analogous to archaeology, are instantly destructive and non-representative of in planta. Lack of plant ligninases or enzymes that hydrolyze specific bonds in lignin-carbohydrate complexes (LCCs) also frustrate a better grasp of lignin. Supramolecular self-assembly, nano-mechanical properties of lignin-lignin, lignin-polysaccharide interactions and association-dissociation kinetics affect biomass deconstruction and thereby cost-effective biofuels production.
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Fagerstedt KV, Kukkola EM, Koistinen VVT, Takahashi J, Marjamaa K. Cell wall lignin is polymerised by class III secretable plant peroxidases in Norway spruce. JOURNAL OF INTEGRATIVE PLANT BIOLOGY 2010; 52:186-94. [PMID: 20377680 DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7909.2010.00928.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Class III secretable plant peroxidases occur as a large family of genes in plants with many functions and probable redundancy. In this review we are concentrating on the evidence we have on the catalysis of lignin polymerization by class III plant peroxidases present in the apoplastic space in the xylem of trees. Some evidence exists on the specificity of peroxidase isozymes in lignin polymerization through substrate specificity studies, from antisense mutants in tobacco and poplar and from tissue and cell culture lines of Norway spruce (Picea abies) and Zinnia elegans. In addition, real time (RT-)PCR results have pointed out that many peroxidases have tissue specific expression patterns in Norway spruce. Through combining information on catalytic properties of the enzymes, on the expression patterns of the corresponding genes, and on the presence of monolignols and hydrogen peroxide in the apoplastic space, we can show that specific peroxidases catalyze lignin polymerization in the apoplastic space of Norway spruce xylem.
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- Kurt V Fagerstedt
- Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Plant Biology, Helsinki University, Helsinki, Finland.
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Fan L, Shi WJ, Hu WR, Hao XY, Wang DM, Yuan H, Yan HY. Molecular and biochemical evidence for phenylpropanoid synthesis and presence of wall-linked phenolics in cotton fibers. JOURNAL OF INTEGRATIVE PLANT BIOLOGY 2009; 51:626-37. [PMID: 19566641 DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7909.2009.00840.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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The mature cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) fiber is a single cell with a typically thickened secondary cell wall. The aim of this research was to use molecular, spectroscopic and chemical techniques to investigate the possible occurrence of previously overlooked accumulation of phenolics during secondary cell wall formation in cotton fibers. Relative quantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction analysis showed that GhCAD6 and GhCAD1 were predominantly expressed among seven gene homologs, only GhCAD6 was up-regulated during secondary wall formation in cotton fibers. Phylogenic analysis revealed that GhCAD6 belonged to Class I and was proposed to have a major role in monolignol biosynthesis, and GhCAD1 belonged to Class III and was proposed to have a compensatory mechanism for monolignol biosynthesis. Amino acid sequence comparison showed that the cofactor binding sites of GhCADs were highly conserved with high similarity and identity to bona fide cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenases. The substrate binding site of GhCAD1 is different from GhCAD6. This difference was confirmed by the different catalytic activities observed with the enzymes. Cell wall auto-fluorescence, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and chemical analyses confirmed that phenolic compounds were bound to the cell walls of mature cotton fibers. Our findings may suggest a potential for genetic manipulation of cotton fiber properties, which are of central importance to agricultural, cotton processing and textile industries.
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- Ling Fan
- Institute of Nuclear and Biological Technologies, Xinjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Urumqi 830091, China.
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Marjamaa K, Kukkola EM, Fagerstedt KV. The role of xylem class III peroxidases in lignification. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2009; 60:367-76. [PMID: 19264758 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ern278] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Lignification is a cell wall fortifying process which occurs in xylem tissue in a scheduled manner during tissue differentiation. In this review, enzymes and the genes responsible for lignin biosynthesis have been studied with an emphasis on lignin polymerizing class III secretable plant peroxidases. Our aim is to understand the cell and molecular biology of the polymerization of lignin especially in tracheids and vessels of woody species but much of the experimental evidence comes from herbaceous plants. Class III peroxidases pose many problems for empirical work as their encoding genes are variable, their substrate specificities are wide and the half-life of many of the isozymes is very long. However, there is some evidence for the role of specific peroxidases in lignin polymerization through antisense mutants in tobacco and poplar and from tissue and cell culture lines of Picea abies and Zinnia elegans. Peroxidase enzyme action has been shown by substrate specificity studies and, for example, RT-PCR results have pointed out that many peroxidases have tissue-specific expression patterns. Tissue-level location of gene expression of some peroxidases has been studied by in situ hybridization and their cellular localization with antibodies and using EGFP-fusion genes. From these, it can be concluded that, although many of the xylem class III peroxidases have the potential for functioning in the synthesis of the lignin polymer, the combined information of catalytic properties, expression, and localization can reveal differences in the significance of different peroxidases in the lignification process.
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- Kaisa Marjamaa
- Technical Research Center of Finland (VTT), PL 1000, 02044 VTT, Finland
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Youn UJ, Chen QC, Jin WY, Lee IS, Kim HJ, Lee JP, Chang MJ, Min BS, Bae KH. Cytotoxic lignans from the stem bark of Magnolia officinalis. JOURNAL OF NATURAL PRODUCTS 2007; 70:1687-1689. [PMID: 17918910 DOI: 10.1021/np070388c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Three new lignans, 4'-methoxymagndialdehyde ( 1), 4'-methoxymagnaldehyde B ( 2), and 4'-methoxymagnaldehyde E ( 3), were isolated from hexane- and EtOAc-soluble fractions of the stem bark of Magnolia officinalis, together with eight known compounds ( 4- 11). The structures of compounds 1- 3 were determined on the basis of spectroscopic and physicochemical data analysis. Compounds 1- 11 were tested in vitro for their cytotoxic activity against the K562, HeLa, and A549 cancer cell lines. Among the compounds tested, compound 1 showed the most potent cytotoxic activity against these cancer cell lines, with IC50 values of 3.9, 1.5, and 3.7 microg/mL, respectively.
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- Ui-Joung Youn
- College of Pharmacy, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 305-764, Korea
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Méchin V, Baumberger S, Pollet B, Lapierre C. Peroxidase activity can dictate the in vitro lignin dehydrogenative polymer structure. PHYTOCHEMISTRY 2007; 68:571-9. [PMID: 17187834 DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2006.11.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2006] [Revised: 11/09/2006] [Accepted: 11/10/2006] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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The objective of this study was to assess the influence of the peroxidase/coniferyl alcohol (CA) ratio on the dehydrogenation polymer (DHP) synthesis. The soluble and unsoluble fractions of horseradish peroxidase (HRP)-catalyzed CA dehydrogenation mixtures were recovered in various proportions, depending on the polymerization mode (Zutropf ZT/Zulauf ZL) and HRP/CA ratio (1.6-1100purpurogallin U mmol(-1)). The ZL mode yielded 0-57%/initial CA of unsoluble condensed DHPs (thioacidolysis yields <200micromolg(-1)) with a proportion of uncondensed CA end groups increasing with the HRP/CA ratio (7.2-55.5%/total uncondensed CA). Systematically lower polymer yields (0-49%/initial CA) were obtained for the ZT mode. In that mode, a negative correlation was established between the beta-O-4 content (thioacidolysis yields: 222-660micromolg(-1)) and the HRP/CA ratio. In both modes, decreasing the HRP/CA ratio below 18Ummol(-1) favoured an end-wise polymerization process evidenced by the occurrence of tri-, tetra- and pentamers involving at least one beta-O-4 bond. At low ratio, the unsoluble ZT DHP was found to better approximate natural lignins than DHPs previously synthesized with traditional methods. Besides its possible implication in lignin biosynthesis, peroxidase activity is a crucial parameter accounting for the structural variations of in vitro DHPs.
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- Valérie Méchin
- UMR 206 Chimie Biologique, INRA/INA PG, F-78850 Thiverval Grignon, France.
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Chen W, Tang W, Lou L, Zhao W. Pregnane, coumarin and lupane derivatives and cytotoxic constituents from Helicteres angustifolia. PHYTOCHEMISTRY 2006; 67:1041-7. [PMID: 16631831 DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2006.03.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2005] [Revised: 02/15/2006] [Accepted: 03/07/2006] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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2alpha,7beta,20alpha-Trihydroxy-3beta,21-dimethoxy-5-pregnene (1), 6,7,9alpha-trihydroxy-3,8,11alpha-trimethylcyclohexo-[d,e]-coumarin (2), 3beta-hydroxy-27-benzoyloxylup-20(29)-en-28-oic acid (3), and 3beta-hydroxy-27-benzoyloxylup-20(29)-en-28-oic acid methyl ester (4), along with 24 known compounds were isolated and structurally characterized from roots and aerial parts of Helicteres angustifolia (Sterculiaceae). In a preliminary bioassay, the two cucurbitacin derivatives, cucurbitacin D and J exhibited significant inhibitory activities against the growth of both hepatocellular carcinoma BEL-7402 cells and malignant melanoma SK-MEL-28 cells in vitro.
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- Wenliang Chen
- Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Department of Natural Products Chemistry, 555 Zuchongzhi Road, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201203, People's Republic of China
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Tsuji Y, Chen F, Yasuda S, Fukushima K. Unexpected behavior of coniferin in lignin biosynthesis of Ginkgo biloba L. PLANTA 2005; 222:58-69. [PMID: 15986215 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-005-1517-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2004] [Accepted: 12/29/2004] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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To gain insight into the behavior of monolignol glucoside in Ginkgo biloba L., we examined glucosides potentially involved in lignin biosynthetic pathway. Coniferin (coniferyl alcohol 4O-beta-D-glucoside) is a strong candidate for the storage form of monolignol. Coniferaldehyde glucoside may also have a role in lignin biosynthesis; this was examined with tracer experiments using labeled glucosides fed to stem segments. A series of tracer experiments showed that coniferin and coniferaldehyde glucoside were modified into coniferyl alcohol and then efficiently incorporated into lignin under the experimental conditions used. Interestingly, more than half of the administered coniferin underwent an oxidation to the aldehyde form before its aglycone; coniferyl alcohol was polymerized into lignin. This suggests that there is an alternative pathway for coniferin to enter the monolignol biosynthetic pathway, in addition to the direct pathway beginning with the deglucosylation of coniferin catalyzed by beta-glucosidase. Enzymatic assays revealed that coniferaldehyde glucoside was produced enzymatically from coniferin, and that coniferaldehyde glucoside can be deglucosylated to yield coniferaldehyde, which could be fated to become coniferyl alcohol . Albeit the findings cannot be taken as proof for the in-planta functioning, these results present a possibility for the existence of alternative pathway in which some of the stored coniferin is oxidized to coniferaldehyde glucoside, which is deglucosylated to generate coniferaldehyde that joins the monolignol biosynthesis pathway.
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- Yukiko Tsuji
- Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan
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Lim EK, Jackson RG, Bowles DJ. Identification and characterisation of Arabidopsis glycosyltransferases capable of glucosylating coniferyl aldehyde and sinapyl aldehyde. FEBS Lett 2005; 579:2802-6. [PMID: 15907484 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2005.04.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2005] [Revised: 04/03/2005] [Accepted: 04/04/2005] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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This study describes the substrate recognition profile of UGT72E1, an UDP-glucose:glycosyltransferase of Arabidopsis thaliana that is the third member of a branch of glycosyltransferases, capable of conjugating lignin monomers and related metabolites. The data show that UGT72E1, in contrast to the two closely related UGTs 72E2 and 72E3, is specific for sinapyl and coniferyl aldehydes. The biochemical properties of UGT72E1 are characterised, and are compared with that of UGT72E2, which is capable of glycosylating the aldehydes as well as coniferyl and sinapyl alcohols.
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- Eng-Kiat Lim
- CNAP, Department of Biology, University of York, UK
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Karonen M, Hämäläinen M, Nieminen R, Klika KD, Loponen J, Ovcharenko VV, Moilanen E, Pihlaja K. Phenolic extractives from the bark of Pinus sylvestris L. and their effects on inflammatory mediators nitric oxide and prostaglandin E2. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2004; 52:7532-7540. [PMID: 15675800 DOI: 10.1021/jf048948q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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The anti-inflammatory properties of phenolic pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) bark extract were studied. The pine bark extract was fractionated by liquid-liquid extractions and semipreparative high-performance liquid chromatography to reveal the most potent constituents. The phenolic compositions of three pine bark samples obtained, a crude extract, a chloroform fraction, and a semipreparative fraction, were analyzed using high-performance liquid chromatography with UV diode array detection and/or electrospray ionization mass spectrometry. In addition, eight compounds were isolated and identified by NMR and MS techniques. In total 28 phenolic compounds were identified. The effects of the three pine bark samples on the synthesis of two proinflammatory mediators, nitric oxide and prostaglandin E(2), were measured. It was shown that pine bark contains compounds that inhibit the production of these proinflammatory mediators.
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- Maarit Karonen
- Environmental Chemistry and Structural Chemistry Group, Department of Chemistry, University of Turku, Vatselankatu 2, FIN-20014 Turku, Finland
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Lapierre C, Pilate G, Pollet B, Mila I, Leplé JC, Jouanin L, Kim H, Ralph J. Signatures of cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase deficiency in poplar lignins. PHYTOCHEMISTRY 2004; 65:313-21. [PMID: 14751302 DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2003.11.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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A series of transgenic poplars down-regulated for cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase (CAD) was analyzed by thioacidolysis. Among the lignin-derived monomers, the indene compounds that were recently shown to originate from sinapaldehyde incorporated into lignins through 8-O-4-cross-coupling, were found to increase as a function of CAD deficiency level. While these syringyl markers were recovered in substantial amounts in the most severely depressed lines, the markers for coniferaldehyde incorporation were recovered in only low amounts. In conjunction with these additional sinapaldehyde units and relative to the control samples, lignins in CAD-deficient poplar lines had less conventional syringyl-units and beta-O-4-bonds and more free phenolic groups. We found that almost half of the polymers in the most deficient lines could be solubilized in alkali and at room temperature. This unusual behavior suggests that lignins in CAD-deficient poplars occur as small, alkali-leachable lignin domains. That mainly sinapaldehyde incorporates into the lignins of CAD-deficient poplars suggests that the recently identified sinapyl alcohol dehydrogenase (SAD), which is structurally distinct from the CAD enzyme targeted herein, does not play any substantial role in constitutive lignification in poplar.
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- Catherine Lapierre
- UMR 206 INRA-INAPG Chimie Biologique, Institut National Agronomique, F-78850 Thiverval-Grignon, France.
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Materska M, Piacente S, Stochmal A, Pizza C, Oleszek W, Perucka I. Isolation and structure elucidation of flavonoid and phenolic acid glycosides from pericarp of hot pepper fruit Capsicum annuum L. PHYTOCHEMISTRY 2003; 63:893-898. [PMID: 12895536 DOI: 10.1016/s0031-9422(03)00282-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Hot pepper fruits (Capsicum annuum L.) var. Bronowicka Ostra have been studied with regard to content of flavonoids and other phenolics. Nine compounds were isolated from pericarp of pepper fruits by preparative HPLC. Their structures were identified by chromatographic (analytical HPLC) and spectroscopic (UV, NMR) techniques. Two of the identified compounds, trans-p-ferulylalcohol-4-O-(6-(2-methyl-3-hydroxypropionyl) glucopyranoside and luteolin-7-O-(2-apiofuranosyl-4-glucopyranosyl-6-malonyl)-glucopyranoside were found for the first time in the plant kingdom. Additionally compounds: trans-p-feruloyl-beta-D-glucopyranoside, trans-p-sinapoyl-beta- D-glucopyranoside, quercetin 3-O-alpha-L-rhamnopyranoside-7-O-beta-D-glucopyranoside, luteolin 6-C-beta-D-glucopyranoside-8-C-alpha-L-arabinopyranoside, apigenin 6-C-beta-D-glucopyranoside-8-C-alpha-L-arabinopyranoside and luteolin 7-O-[2-(beta-D-apiofuranosyl)-beta-D-glucopyranoside] were found for the first time in pepper fruit Capsicum annuum L.
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- Malgorzata Materska
- Agricultural University, Department of Chemistry, ul. Akademicka 15, 20-950 Lublin, Poland.
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