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Letourneau DR, Volmer DA. Mass spectrometry-based methods for the advanced characterization and structural analysis of lignin: A review. MASS SPECTROMETRY REVIEWS 2023; 42:144-188. [PMID: 34293221 DOI: 10.1002/mas.21716] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2020] [Revised: 06/23/2021] [Accepted: 06/28/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Lignin is currently one of the most promising biologically derived resources, due to its abundance and application in biofuels, materials and conversion to value aromatic chemicals. The need to better characterize and understand this complex biopolymer has led to the development of many different analytical approaches, several of which involve mass spectrometry and subsequent data analysis. This review surveys the most important analytical methods for lignin involving mass spectrometry, first looking at methods involving gas chromatography, liquid chromatography and then continuing with more contemporary methods such as matrix assisted laser desorption ionization and time-of-flight-secondary ion mass spectrometry. Following that will be techniques that directly ionize lignin mixtures-without chromatographic separation-using softer atmospheric ionization techniques that leave the lignin oligomers intact. Finally, ultra-high resolution mass analyzers such as FT-ICR have enabled lignin analysis without major sample preparation and chromatography steps. Concurrent with an increase in the resolution of mass spectrometers, there have been a wealth of complementary data analyses and visualization methods that have allowed researchers to probe deeper into the "lignome" than ever before. These approaches extract trends such as compound series and even important analytical information about lignin substructures without performing lignin degradation either chemically or during MS analysis. These innovative methods are paving the way for a more comprehensive understanding of this important biopolymer, as we seek more sustainable solutions for our human species' energy and materials needs.
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- Dane R Letourneau
- Department of Chemistry, Humboldt University Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Humboldt University Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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Jiang S, Tian X, Huang X, Xin J, Yan H. Physcomitrium patens CAD1 has distinct roles in growth and resistance to biotic stress. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2022; 22:518. [PMID: 36344936 PMCID: PMC9641914 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-022-03892-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2022] [Accepted: 10/19/2022] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND Physcomitrium patens provides an evolutionary link between green algae and vascular plants. Although the genome of P. patens includes orthologs of all the core lignin biosynthetic enzymes, the occurrence of lignin in moss is very controversial. Besides, little information is available about the lignin enzymes in moss to date. For example, cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase (CAD) is a crucial enzyme that catalyzes the last step of the lignin biosynthetic pathway, suggesting an ideal way to study the evolutionary process. By investigating the functions of CAD in evolution, this study will elucidate the evolutionary roles of lignin-like in the early stage of land colonization. RESULTS CAD multigene family in P. patens is composed of four genes. The PpCADs contain a conserved glycine-rich domain to catalyze NADPH-dependent reduction to their corresponding alcohols, indicating that PpCADs have the potential to synthesize monolignols by bioinformatics analysis. Even though PpCAD1 could produce lignin in theory, no conventional monomer was detected in the cell wall or cytoplasm of PpCAD1_OE plants. However, the phenylpropanoids were promoted in PpCAD1_OE transformants to modify gametophore architecture and development, making the distribution of phyllids more scarcity and the moss colony more giant, possibly due to the enhanced expression of the AUX-IAA family. The transcripts of at least one gene encoding the enzyme in the lignin biosynthetic pathway were increased in PpCAD1_OE plants. In addition, the PpCAD1_OE gametophore inhibited the Botrytis cinerea assault mainly by enhanced phenylpropanoids in the cell wall instead of influencing transcripts of defense genes pathogenesis-related 10 (PR10) and nonexpresser of PR genes 1 (NPR1). Likewise, ectopic expression of PpCAD1 in Arabidopsis led to a significant increase in lignin content, exhibiting chunky roots, robust seedlings, advanced flowering, and efficient resistance against pathogens. CONCLUSION PpCAD occurs in more than one copy, suggesting functional divergence in the ancestral plant. PpCAD1 catalyzes monolignol biosynthesis and has homologous functions with vascular plants. Despite no detected conventional monolignol, the increased phenylpropanoids in the PpCAD1_OE gametophore, possibly intermediate metabolites in the lignin pathway, had conserved functions during the evolution of terrestrial plants. The results inferred that the lignin enzyme of the early non-vascular plant played roles in stem elongation and resistance against pathogens of P. patens during the conquest of land.
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- Shan Jiang
- School of Life Sciences, Guizhou Normal University, 550001 Guiyang, China
- School of International Education, Guizhou Normal University, 550001 Guiyang, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Guizhou Normal University, 550001 Guiyang, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Guizhou Normal University, 550001 Guiyang, China
- Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Development Regulation, Guizhou Normal University, 550001 Guiyang, China
- Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration on Bioaffiliationersity Conservation in Karst Mountainous Areas of Southwestern China, Guizhou Normal University, 550001 Guiyang, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Guizhou Normal University, 550001 Guiyang, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Guizhou Normal University, 550001 Guiyang, China
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Muro-Villanueva F, Kim H, Ralph J, Chapple C. H-lignin can be deposited independently of CINNAMYL ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE C and D in Arabidopsis. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2022; 189:2015-2028. [PMID: 35522042 PMCID: PMC9342963 DOI: 10.1093/plphys/kiac210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2022] [Accepted: 04/12/2022] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Lignin contributes substantially to the recalcitrance of biomass toward saccharification. To circumvent this problem, researchers have genetically altered lignin, although, in a number of cases, these efforts have resulted in an undesirable yield penalty. Recent findings have shown that by knocking out two subunits (MED5A and MED5B) of the transcriptional regulatory complex Mediator, the stunted growth phenotype of mutants in p-coumaroyl shikimate 3'-hydroxylase, reduced epidermal fluorescence 8-1 (ref8-1), can be alleviated. Furthermore, these plants synthesize a lignin polymer almost entirely derived from p-coumaryl alcohol. Plants deficient in cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase (CAD) are notable in that they primarily incorporate coniferaldehyde and sinapaldehyde into their lignin. We tested the hypothesis that by stacking mutations in the genes encoding for the CAD paralogs C and D on an Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) med5a/5b ref8-1 genetic background, the biosynthesis of p-coumaryl alcohol would be blocked, making p-coumaraldehyde available for polymerization into a novel kind of lignin. The med5a/5b ref8-1 cadc cadd plants are viable, but lignin analysis demonstrated that they continue to synthesize p-hydroxyphenyl lignin despite being mutated for the CADs typically considered to be required for monolignol biosynthesis. In addition, enzyme activity tests showed that even in the absence of CADC and CADD, there is high CAD activity in stems. We tested the potential involvement of other CADs in p-coumaraldehyde biosynthesis in the quintuple mutant by mutating them using the CRISPR/Cas9 system. Lignin analysis demonstrated that the resulting hextuple mutant plants continue to deposit p-coumaryl alcohol-derived lignin, demonstrating a route for the synthesis of p-hydroxyphenyl lignin in Arabidopsis independent of four CAD isoforms.
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- Fabiola Muro-Villanueva
- Department of Biochemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, USA
- Center for Plant Biology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, USA
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- US Department of Energy’s Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center (GLBRC), Wisconsin Energy Institute (WEI), Madison, Wisconsin 53726, USA
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- US Department of Energy’s Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center (GLBRC), Wisconsin Energy Institute (WEI), Madison, Wisconsin 53726, USA
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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Liu B, Tang L, Chen Q, Zhu L, Zou X, Li B, Zhou Q, Fu Y, Lu Y. Lignin Distribution on Cell Wall Micro-Morphological Regions of Fibre in Developmental Phyllostachys pubescens Culms. Polymers (Basel) 2022; 14:312. [PMID: 35054725 PMCID: PMC8779316 DOI: 10.3390/polym14020312] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2021] [Revised: 01/08/2022] [Accepted: 01/11/2022] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Bamboo is a natural fibre reinforced composite with excellent performance which is, to a certain extent, an alternative to the shortage of wood resources. The heterogeneous distribution and molecular structure of lignin is one of the factors that determines its performance, and it is the key and most difficult component in the basic research into the chemistry of bamboo and in bamboo processing and utilization. In this study, the distribution of lignin components and lignin content in micro-morphological regions were measured in semi-quantitative level by age and radial location by means of visible-light microspectrophotometry (VLMS) coupled with the Wiesner and Maule reaction. There as guaiacyl lignin and syringyl lignin in the cell wall of the fibre. Lignin content of the secondary cell wall and cell corner increased at about 10 days, reached a maximum at 1 year, and then decreased gradually. From 17 days to 4 years, the lignin content of the secondary cell wall in the outer part of bamboo is higher than that in the middle part (which is, in turn, higher than that in the inner part of the bamboo). VLSM results of the micro-morphological regions showed that bamboo lignification developed by aging. Guaiacyl and syringl lignin units can be found in the cell wall of the fibre, parenchyma, and vessel. There was a difference in lignin content among different ages, different radial location, and different micro-morphological regions of the cell wall. The fibre walls were rich in guaiacyl lignin in the early stage of lignification and rich in syringyl units in the later stage of lignification. The guaiacyl and syringyl lignin deposition of bamboo green was earlier than that of the middle part of bamboo culm, and that of the middle part of bamboo culm was earlier than that of bamboo yellow. The single molecule lignin content of the thin layer is higher than that of thick layers, while the primary wall is higher than the secondary cell wall, showing that lignin deposition is consistent with the rules of cell wall formation. The obtained cytological information is helpful to understand the origin of the anisotropic, physical, mechanical, chemical, and machining properties of bamboo.
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- Research Institute of Wood Industry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing 100091, China; (B.L.); (L.T.); (Q.C.); (L.Z.); (X.Z.); (B.L.); (Q.Z.)
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- Research Institute of Wood Industry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing 100091, China; (B.L.); (L.T.); (Q.C.); (L.Z.); (X.Z.); (B.L.); (Q.Z.)
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Improvement of saccharide yield from wood by simultaneous enzymatic delignification and saccharification using a ligninolytic enzyme and cellulase. J Biosci Bioeng 2021; 132:213-219. [PMID: 34059424 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiosc.2021.04.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2021] [Revised: 04/29/2021] [Accepted: 04/30/2021] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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White-rot fungi are thought to hold promise for development of a delignification pretreatment process for wood biorefinery that is less energy-consuming than current processes. However, the reaction must take place over weeks and consumes non-neglectable amounts of saccharides. To establish a biological process for wood biorefinery would first require establishment of an enzymatic approach to delignification. Such an approach has the potential to lower costs and reduce saccharide loss. Here, we attempted enzymatic delignification reactions using manganese peroxidases (MnP), a lignin-degrading enzyme, under several reaction conditions. The delignification rate from beech wood meal (particle size <45 μm) of up to 11.0% in 48 h was reached in a MnP reaction supplemented with multiple co-oxidants, glucose, glucose oxidase (GOD) and commercial cellulase. An additional 48-h reaction using fresh MnP/co-oxidants increased the delignification rate to 14.2%. Simultaneous enzymatic delignification and saccharification, which occurs without a need for glucose supplementation, successfully improved the glucose yield to 160% of the reaction without MnP. Development of a more accurate imitation of the mechanisms of delignification that occurs in white-rot fungi has the potential to improve the monosaccharide yield resulting from simultaneous delignification and saccharification.
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Kim JI, Hidalgo-Shrestha C, Bonawitz ND, Franke RB, Chapple C. Spatio-temporal control of phenylpropanoid biosynthesis by inducible complementation of a cinnamate 4-hydroxylase mutant. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2021; 72:3061-3073. [PMID: 33585900 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erab055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2020] [Accepted: 02/04/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Cinnamate 4-hydroxylase (C4H) is a cytochrome P450-dependent monooxygenase that catalyzes the second step of the general phenylpropanoid pathway. Arabidopsis reduced epidermal fluorescence 3 (ref3) mutants, which carry hypomorphic mutations in C4H, exhibit global alterations in phenylpropanoid biosynthesis and have developmental abnormalities including dwarfing. Here we report the characterization of a conditional Arabidopsis C4H line (ref3-2pOpC4H), in which wild-type C4H is expressed in the ref3-2 background. Expression of C4H in plants with well-developed primary inflorescence stems resulted in restoration of fertility and the production of substantial amounts of lignin, revealing that the developmental window for lignification is remarkably plastic. Following induction of C4H expression in ref3-2pOpC4H, we observed rapid and significant reductions in the levels of numerous metabolites, including several benzoyl and cinnamoyl esters and amino acid conjugates. These atypical conjugates were quickly replaced with their sinapoylated equivalents, suggesting that phenolic esters are subjected to substantial amounts of turnover in wild-type plants. Furthermore, using localized application of dexamethasone to ref3-2pOpC4H, we show that phenylpropanoids are not transported appreciably from their site of synthesis. Finally, we identified a defective Casparian strip diffusion barrier in the ref3-2 mutant root endodermis, which is restored by induction of C4H expression.
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- Jeong Im Kim
- Department of Biochemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
- The Center for Direct Catalytic Conversion of Biomass to Biofuels (C3Bio), Discovery Park, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
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- Institute of Cellular and Molecular Botany, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Biochemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
- The Center for Direct Catalytic Conversion of Biomass to Biofuels (C3Bio), Discovery Park, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
- Center for Plant Biology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
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Abid U, Gill YQ, Irfan MS, Umer R, Saeed F. Potential applications of polycarbohydrates, lignin, proteins, polyacids, and other renewable materials for the formulation of green elastomers. Int J Biol Macromol 2021; 181:1-29. [PMID: 33744249 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2021.03.057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2020] [Revised: 02/24/2021] [Accepted: 03/10/2021] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Renewable resources including polycarbohydrates, lignin, proteins, and polyacids are the intrinsically valuable class of materials that are naturally available in great quantities. Their utilization as green additives and reinforcing bio-fillers, in substitution of environmentally perilous petroleum-based fillers, for developing high-performance green rubber blends and composites is presently a highly tempting option. Blending of these renewable materials with elastomers is not straight-forward and research needs to exploit the high functionality of carbohydrates and other natural materials as proper physicochemical interactions are essential. Correlating and understanding the structural properties of lignin, carbohydrates, polyacids, and other biopolymers, before their incorporation in elastomers, is a potential approach towards the development of green elastomers for value-added applications. Promising properties i.e., biodegradability, biocompatibility, morphological characteristics, high mechanical properties, thermal stability, sustainability, and various other characteristics along with recent advancements in the development of green elastomers are reviewed in this paper. Structures, viability, interactions, properties, and use of most common natural polycarbohydrates (chitosan and starch), lignin, and proteins (collagen and gelatin) for elastomer modification are extensively reviewed. Challenges in commercialization, applications, and future perspectives of green elastomers are also discussed. Sustainability analysis of green elastomers is accomplished to elaborate their cost-effectiveness and environmental friendliness.
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- Umer Abid
- Department of Polymer and Process Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology, G. T. Road, PO Box 54890, Lahore, Pakistan.
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- Department of Polymer and Process Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology, G. T. Road, PO Box 54890, Lahore, Pakistan.
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- Department of Polymer and Process Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology, G. T. Road, PO Box 54890, Lahore, Pakistan; Department of Aerospace Engineering, Khalifa University of Science and Technology, PO Box 127788, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
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- Department of Aerospace Engineering, Khalifa University of Science and Technology, PO Box 127788, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
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- Department of Polymer and Process Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology, G. T. Road, PO Box 54890, Lahore, Pakistan.
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Rosado MJ, Rencoret J, Marques G, Gutiérrez A, del Río JC. Structural Characteristics of the Guaiacyl-Rich Lignins From Rice ( Oryza sativa L.) Husks and Straw. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2021; 12:640475. [PMID: 33679856 PMCID: PMC7932998 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.640475] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2020] [Accepted: 01/26/2021] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is a major cereal crop used for human nutrition worldwide. Harvesting and processing of rice generates huge amounts of lignocellulosic by-products such as rice husks and straw, which present important lignin contents that can be used to produce chemicals and materials. In this work, the structural characteristics of the lignins from rice husks and straw have been studied in detail. For this, whole cell walls of rice husks and straw and their isolated lignin preparations were thoroughly analyzed by an array of analytical techniques, including pyrolysis coupled to gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (Py-GC/MS), nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), and derivatization followed by reductive cleavage (DFRC). The analyses revealed that both lignins, particularly the lignin from rice husks, were highly enriched in guaiacyl (G) units, and depleted in p-hydroxyphenyl (H) and syringyl (S) units, with H:G:S compositions of 7:81:12 (for rice husks) and 5:71:24 (for rice straw). These compositions were reflected in the relative abundances of the different interunit linkages. Hence, the lignin from rice husks were depleted in β-O-4' alkyl-aryl ether units (representing 65% of all inter-unit linkages), but presented important amounts of β-5' (phenylcoumarans, 23%) and other condensed units. On the other hand, the lignin from rice straw presented higher levels of β-O-4' alkyl-aryl ethers (78%) but lower levels of phenylcoumarans (β-5', 12%) and other condensed linkages, consistent with a lignin with a slightly higher S/G ratio. In addition, both lignins were partially acylated at the γ-OH of the side-chain (ca. 10-12% acylation degree) with p-coumarates, which overwhelmingly occurred over S-units. Finally, important amounts of the flavone tricin were also found incorporated into these lignins, being particularly abundant in the lignin of rice straw.
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology, Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología de Sevilla, CSIC, Seville, Spain
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Panda C, Li X, Wager A, Chen HY, Li X. An importin-beta-like protein mediates lignin-modification-induced dwarfism in Arabidopsis. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2020; 102:1281-1293. [PMID: 31972869 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.14701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2019] [Revised: 01/08/2020] [Accepted: 01/14/2020] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Perturbation of lignin biosynthesis often results in severe growth and developmental defects in plants, which imposes practical limitations to genetic enhancement of lignocellulosic biomass for biofuel production. Currently, little information is known about the cellular and genetic mechanisms of this important phenomenon. Here we show that defects in both cell division and cell expansion underlie the dwarfism of an Arabidopsis lignin mutant ref8, and report the identification of a GROWTH INHIBITION RELIEVED 1 (GIR1) gene from a suppressor screen. GIR1 encodes an importin-beta-like protein required for the nuclear import of MYB4, a transcriptional repressor of phenylpropanoid metabolism. Disruption of GIR1 and MYB4 similarly alleviates the cellular defects and growth inhibition in ref8, suggesting that the growth rescue effect of gir1 is likely due to compromised MYB4 transport and function. Importantly, the phenylpropanoid perturbation is not alleviated in gir1 ref8 and myb4 ref8, suggesting that the function of MYB4 in growth inhibition of lignin-modified plants is likely to be distinct from its known role in transcriptional regulation of phenylpropanoid biosynthetic genes. This study also provides evidence that lignin-modification-induced dwarfism is not merely due to compromised water transport brought about by lignin deficiency, as gir1 has no effect on the growth inhibition of other lignin mutants that show the collapsed xylem phenotype.
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- Chinmayee Panda
- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695, USA
- Plants for Human Health Institute, North Carolina State University, Kannapolis, NC, 28081, USA
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695, USA
- Plants for Human Health Institute, North Carolina State University, Kannapolis, NC, 28081, USA
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695, USA
- Plants for Human Health Institute, North Carolina State University, Kannapolis, NC, 28081, USA
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695, USA
- Plants for Human Health Institute, North Carolina State University, Kannapolis, NC, 28081, USA
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695, USA
- Plants for Human Health Institute, North Carolina State University, Kannapolis, NC, 28081, USA
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Terrell E, Dellon LD, Dufour A, Bartolomei E, Broadbelt LJ, Garcia-Perez M. A Review on Lignin Liquefaction: Advanced Characterization of Structure and Microkinetic Modeling. Ind Eng Chem Res 2019. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.9b05744] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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- Evan Terrell
- Department of Biological Systems Engineering, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- LRGP, CNRS, Universite de Lorraine, ENSIC, 54000 Nancy, France
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Department of Biological Systems Engineering, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164, United States
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Nguyen ST, Murray PRD, Knowles RR. Light-Driven Depolymerization of Native Lignin Enabled by Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer. ACS Catal 2019. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.9b04813] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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- Suong T. Nguyen
- Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, United States
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Wang B, Sun YC, Sun RC. Fractionational and structural characterization of lignin and its modification as biosorbents for efficient removal of chromium from wastewater: a review. JOURNAL OF LEATHER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING 2019. [DOI: 10.1186/s42825-019-0003-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Solubility of lignin and chitin in ionic liquids and their biomedical applications. Int J Biol Macromol 2019; 132:265-277. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2019.03.182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2018] [Revised: 03/07/2019] [Accepted: 03/25/2019] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Yang M, Zhao W, Singh S, Simmons B, Cheng G. On the solution structure of kraft lignin in ethylene glycol and its implication for nanoparticle preparation. NANOSCALE ADVANCES 2019; 1:299-304. [PMID: 36132484 PMCID: PMC9473202 DOI: 10.1039/c8na00042e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2018] [Accepted: 08/25/2018] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Ethylene glycol (EG) starts to attract attention as a robust solvent for lignin processing. However its solution structure has not been revealed. In this effort, small angle neutron scattering (SANS) and dynamic light scattering are used to understand the dissolution of kraft lignin in EG and the impact of the resultant solution structure on nanoparticle preparation. Lignin solutions with different concentrations (0.6 to 13.0 wt%) were explored by SANS, allowing evaluation of the solvent quality, the conformation of lignin subunits and their aggregation in EG. Molecular interactions between EG and lignin were discussed and compared to those between DMSO and lignin. The process of nanoparticle preparation from EG solutions upon addition of anti-solvents was also discussed.
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- Mingkun Yang
- State Key Laboratory of Organic-Inorganic Composites, College of Life Science and Technology, Beijing University of Chemical Technology North 3rd Ring East, # 15 Beijing 100029 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic-Inorganic Composites, College of Life Science and Technology, Beijing University of Chemical Technology North 3rd Ring East, # 15 Beijing 100029 China
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- Biomass Science and Conversion Technology Department, Sandia National Laboratories 7011 East Avenue Livermore CA 94551 USA
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- Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) 5885 Hollis Street Emeryville CA 94608 USA
- Biological Systems and Engineering Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Berkeley 94702 CA USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic-Inorganic Composites, College of Life Science and Technology, Beijing University of Chemical Technology North 3rd Ring East, # 15 Beijing 100029 China
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Yang H, Zhang X, Luo H, Liu B, Shiga TM, Li X, Kim JI, Rubinelli P, Overton JC, Subramanyam V, Cooper BR, Mo H, Abu-Omar MM, Chapple C, Donohoe BS, Makowski L, Mosier NS, McCann MC, Carpita NC, Meilan R. Overcoming cellulose recalcitrance in woody biomass for the lignin-first biorefinery. BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR BIOFUELS 2019; 12:171. [PMID: 31297159 PMCID: PMC6599248 DOI: 10.1186/s13068-019-1503-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2019] [Accepted: 06/15/2019] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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BACKGROUND Low-temperature swelling of cotton linter cellulose and subsequent gelatinization in trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) greatly enhance rates of enzymatic digestion or maleic acid-AlCl3 catalyzed conversion to hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) and levulinic acid (LA). However, lignin inhibits low-temperature swelling of TFA-treated intact wood particles from hybrid poplar (Populus tremula × P. alba) and results in greatly reduced yields of glucose or catalytic conversion compared to lignin-free cellulose. Previous studies have established that wood particles from transgenic lines of hybrid poplar with high syringyl (S) lignin content give greater glucose yields following enzymatic digestion. RESULTS Low-temperature (- 20 °C) treatment of S-lignin-rich poplar wood particles in TFA slightly increased yields of glucose from enzymatic digestions and HMF and LA from maleic acid-AlCl3 catalysis. Subsequent gelatinization at 55 °C resulted in over 80% digestion of cellulose in only 3 to 6 h with high-S-lignin wood, compared to 20-60% digestion in the wild-type poplar hybrid and transgenic lines high in guaiacyl lignin or 5-hydroxy-G lignin. Disassembly of lignin in woody particles by Ni/C catalytic systems improved yields of glucose by enzymatic digestion or catalytic conversion to HMF and LA. Although lignin was completely removed by Ni/C-catalyzed delignification (CDL) treatment, recalcitrance to enzymatic digestion of cellulose from the high-S lines was reduced compared to other lignin variants. However, cellulose still exhibited considerable recalcitrance to complete enzymatic digestion or catalytic conversion after complete delignification. Low-temperature swelling of the CDL-treated wood particles in TFA resulted in nearly complete enzymatic hydrolysis, regardless of original lignin composition. CONCLUSIONS Genetic modification of lignin composition can enhance the portfolio of aromatic products obtained from lignocellulosic biomass while promoting disassembly into biofuel and bioproduct substrates. CDL enhances rates of enzymatic digestion and chemical conversion, but cellulose remains intrinsically recalcitrant. Cold TFA is sufficient to overcome this recalcitrance after CDL treatment. Our results inform a 'no carbon left behind' strategy to convert total woody biomass into lignin, cellulose, and hemicellulose value streams for the future biorefinery.
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- Haibing Yang
- Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907 USA
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- Laboratory of Renewable Resource Engineering (LORRE), Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907 USA
- Present Address: College of Biosystems Engineering and Food Science, Zhejiang University, 38 Zheda Rd, Xihu Qu, Hangzhou Shi, 310027 Zhejiang Sheng China
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 USA
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- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907 USA
- Department of Food Science and Experimental Nutrition, University of São Paulo, Av. Prof. Lineu Prestes, 580, Bloco 14, São Paulo, SP 05508-000 Brazil
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- Department of Biochemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907 USA
- Plants for Human Health Institute, North Carolina State University, 600 Laureate Way, Room 3227, Kannapolis, NC 28081 USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907 USA
- Department of Horticulture, University of Florida, 1253 Fifield Hall, P.O. Box 110690, Gainesville, FL 32611 USA
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- Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907 USA
- Department of Food Science, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701 USA
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- Laboratory of Renewable Resource Engineering (LORRE), Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907 USA
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- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907 USA
- National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892 USA
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- Bindley Bioscience Center, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907 USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907 USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 USA
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- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907 USA
- Purdue Center for Plant Biology, West Lafayette, USA
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- National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Biosciences Center, Golden, CO 80401 USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115 USA
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115 USA
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- Laboratory of Renewable Resource Engineering (LORRE), Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907 USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907 USA
- Purdue Center for Plant Biology, West Lafayette, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907 USA
- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907 USA
- Purdue Center for Plant Biology, West Lafayette, USA
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- Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907 USA
- Purdue Center for Plant Biology, West Lafayette, USA
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Dou J, Kim H, Li Y, Padmakshan D, Yue F, Ralph J, Vuorinen T. Structural Characterization of Lignins from Willow Bark and Wood. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2018; 66:7294-7300. [PMID: 29932676 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.8b02014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Understanding the chemical structure of lignin in willow bark is an indispensable step to design how to separate its fiber bundles. The whole cell wall and enzyme lignin preparations sequentially isolated from ball-milled bark, inner bark, and wood were comparatively investigated by nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy and three classical degradative methods, i.e., alkaline nitrobenzene oxidation, derivatization followed by reductive cleavage, and analytical thioacidolysis. All results demonstrated that the guaiacyl (G) units were predominant in the willow bark lignin over syringyl (S) and minor p-hydroxyphenyl (H) units. Moreover, the monomer yields and S/G ratio rose progressively from bark to inner bark and wood, indicating that lignin may be more condensed in bark than in other tissues. Additionally, major interunit linkage substructures (β-aryl ethers, phenylcoumarans, and resinols) together with cinnamyl alcohol end groups were relatively quantitated by two-dimensional NMR spectroscopy. Bark and inner bark were rich in pectins and proteins, which were present in large quantities and also in the enzyme lignin preparations.
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- Jinze Dou
- Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems, School of Chemical Engineering , Aalto University , Post Office Box 16300, FI-00076 Aalto , Finland
- Department of Biochemistry and United States Department of Energy Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, Wisconsin Energy Institute , University of Wisconsin-Madison , Madison , Wisconsin 53726 , United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and United States Department of Energy Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, Wisconsin Energy Institute , University of Wisconsin-Madison , Madison , Wisconsin 53726 , United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and United States Department of Energy Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, Wisconsin Energy Institute , University of Wisconsin-Madison , Madison , Wisconsin 53726 , United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and United States Department of Energy Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, Wisconsin Energy Institute , University of Wisconsin-Madison , Madison , Wisconsin 53726 , United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and United States Department of Energy Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, Wisconsin Energy Institute , University of Wisconsin-Madison , Madison , Wisconsin 53726 , United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and United States Department of Energy Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, Wisconsin Energy Institute , University of Wisconsin-Madison , Madison , Wisconsin 53726 , United States
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- Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems, School of Chemical Engineering , Aalto University , Post Office Box 16300, FI-00076 Aalto , Finland
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Capecchi E, Piccinino D, Delfino I, Bollella P, Antiochia R, Saladino R. Functionalized Tyrosinase-Lignin Nanoparticles as Sustainable Catalysts for the Oxidation of Phenols. NANOMATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2018; 8:E438. [PMID: 29914085 PMCID: PMC6027214 DOI: 10.3390/nano8060438] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2018] [Revised: 06/12/2018] [Accepted: 06/14/2018] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Sustainable catalysts for the oxidation of phenol derivatives under environmentally friendly conditions were prepared by the functionalization of lignin nanoparticles with tyrosinase. Lignin, the most abundant polyphenol in nature, is the main byproduct in the pulp and paper manufacturing industry and biorefinery. Tyrosinase has been immobilized by direct adsorption, encapsulation, and layer-by-layer deposition, with or without glutaraldehyde reticulation. Lignin nanoparticles were found to be stable to the tyrosinase activity. After the enzyme immobilization, they showed a moderate to high catalytic effect in the synthesis of catechol derivatives, with the efficacy of the catalyst being dependent on the specific immobilization procedures.
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- Eliana Capecchi
- Department of Biological and Ecological Sciences, University of Tuscia, Via S. Camillo de Lellis snc, 01100 Viterbo, Italy.
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- Department of Biological and Ecological Sciences, University of Tuscia, Via S. Camillo de Lellis snc, 01100 Viterbo, Italy.
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- Department of Biological and Ecological Sciences, University of Tuscia, Via S. Camillo de Lellis snc, 01100 Viterbo, Italy.
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- Department of Chemistry and Drug Technologies, Sapienza University of Rome P.le Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy.
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- Department of Chemistry and Drug Technologies, Sapienza University of Rome P.le Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy.
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- Department of Biological and Ecological Sciences, University of Tuscia, Via S. Camillo de Lellis snc, 01100 Viterbo, Italy.
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Schäfer J, Trierweiler B, Bunzel M. Maturation-related changes of carrot lignins. JOURNAL OF THE SCIENCE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE 2018; 98:1016-1023. [PMID: 28718909 DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.8550] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2016] [Revised: 07/10/2017] [Accepted: 07/11/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND Lignified cell walls are important factors for textural and physiological properties of plant-based foods. However, carrot lignins and their modifications during maturation are poorly described. The objective of this study was to describe carrot lignins in detail and to study lignin structural alterations at later stages of maturity. RESULTS Klason and acetyl bromide soluble lignin contents of insoluble fibers of carrots harvested at different times (26, 29 and 35 weeks after seeding) ranged between 46.38 and 62.68 g kg-1 and between 19.79 and 28.08 g kg-1 , respectively. As determined by both 2D-nuclear magnetic resonance and the derivatization followed by reductive cleavage method, coniferyl alcohol heavily dominated the traditional monolignol composition in carrot lignins, independently of harvest times. By using 2D-nuclear magnetic resonance experiments on isolated lignins, p-hydroxybenzoate was identified as a less common lignin constituent, attached to lignin γ-hydroxyl groups and being increasingly incorporated with maturation. β-Aryl ethers, phenylcoumaran, resinol and dibenzodioxocin structures were identified as lignin interunit linkages, largely independent of harvest times and with β-aryl ethers being expectedly dominant. CONCLUSION Carrots contain guaiacyl-rich lignins that incorporate increasing amounts of p-hydroxybenzoate with maturation. All other lignin characteristics appear to be widely independent of harvest times. © 2017 Society of Chemical Industry.
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- Judith Schäfer
- Department of Food Chemistry and Phytochemistry, Institute of Applied Biosciences, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Department of Safety and Quality of Fruit and Vegetables, Max Rubner-Institut (MRI), Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Department of Food Chemistry and Phytochemistry, Institute of Applied Biosciences, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
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Kim H, Padmakshan D, Li Y, Rencoret J, Hatfield RD, Ralph J. Characterization and Elimination of Undesirable Protein Residues in Plant Cell Wall Materials for Enhancing Lignin Analysis by Solution-State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy. Biomacromolecules 2017; 18:4184-4195. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.7b01223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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- Hoon Kim
- Department
of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin−Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
- Department
of Energy, Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, Wisconsin Energy Institute, Madison, Wisconsin 53726, United States
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- Department
of Energy, Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, Wisconsin Energy Institute, Madison, Wisconsin 53726, United States
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- Department
of Energy, Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, Wisconsin Energy Institute, Madison, Wisconsin 53726, United States
- Department
of Biological System Engineering, University of Wisconsin−Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53726, United States
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- Instituto
de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología de Sevilla (IRNAS), CSIC, 41012 Seville, Spain
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- USDA-ARS Dairy Forage Research Center, 1925 Linden Drive West, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
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- Department
of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin−Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
- Department
of Energy, Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, Wisconsin Energy Institute, Madison, Wisconsin 53726, United States
- Department
of Biological System Engineering, University of Wisconsin−Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53726, United States
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Dier TKF, Rauber D, Jauch J, Hempelmann R, Volmer DA. Novel Mixed-Mode Stationary Phases for Chromatographic Separation of Complex Mixtures of Decomposed Lignin. ChemistrySelect 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/slct.201601673] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- Tobias K. F. Dier
- Institute of Bioanalytical Chemistry; Saarland University; 66123 Saarbrücken Germany
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry; Saarland University; 66123 Saarbrücken Germany
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry; Saarland University; 66123 Saarbrücken Germany
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry; Saarland University; 66123 Saarbrücken Germany
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- Institute of Bioanalytical Chemistry; Saarland University; 66123 Saarbrücken Germany
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Smith RA, Cass CL, Mazaheri M, Sekhon RS, Heckwolf M, Kaeppler H, de Leon N, Mansfield SD, Kaeppler SM, Sedbrook JC, Karlen SD, Ralph J. Suppression of CINNAMOYL- CoA REDUCTASE increases the level of monolignol ferulates incorporated into maize lignins. BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR BIOFUELS 2017; 10:109. [PMID: 28469705 PMCID: PMC5414125 DOI: 10.1186/s13068-017-0793-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2017] [Accepted: 04/18/2017] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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BACKGROUND The cell wall polymer lignin provides structural support and rigidity to plant cell walls, and therefore to the plant body. However, the recalcitrance associated with lignin impedes the extraction of polysaccharides from the cell wall to make plant-based biofuels and biomaterials. The cell wall digestibility can be improved by introducing labile ester bonds into the lignin backbone that can be easily broken under mild base treatment at room temperature. The FERULOYL-CoA MONOLIGNOL TRANSFERASE (FMT) enzyme, which may be naturally found in many plants, uses feruloyl-CoA and monolignols to synthesize the ester-linked monolignol ferulate conjugates. A mutation in the first lignin-specific biosynthetic enzyme, CINNAMOYL-CoA REDUCTASE (CCR), results in an increase in the intracellular pool of feruloyl-CoA. RESULTS Maize (Zea mays) has a native putative FMT enzyme, and its ccr mutants produce an increased pool of feruloyl-CoA that can be used for conversion to monolignol ferulate conjugates. The decreased lignin content and monomers did not, however, impact the plant growth or biomass. The increase in monolignol conjugates correlated with an improvement in the digestibility of maize stem rind tissue. CONCLUSIONS Together, increased monolignol ferulates and improved digestibility in ccr1 mutant plants suggests that they may be superior biofuel crops.
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- Rebecca A. Smith
- Department of Energy Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, The Wisconsin Energy Institute, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1552 University Avenue, Madison, WI 53726-4084 USA
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706 USA
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- Department of Energy Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, School of Biological Sciences, Illinois State University, Normal, IL 61790 USA
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- Department of Energy Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, The Wisconsin Energy Institute, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1552 University Avenue, Madison, WI 53726-4084 USA
- Department of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706 USA
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- Department of Energy Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, The Wisconsin Energy Institute, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1552 University Avenue, Madison, WI 53726-4084 USA
- Department of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706 USA
- Department of Genetics and Biochemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, USA
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- Department of Energy Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, The Wisconsin Energy Institute, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1552 University Avenue, Madison, WI 53726-4084 USA
- Department of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706 USA
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- Department of Energy Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, The Wisconsin Energy Institute, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1552 University Avenue, Madison, WI 53726-4084 USA
- Department of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706 USA
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- Department of Energy Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, The Wisconsin Energy Institute, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1552 University Avenue, Madison, WI 53726-4084 USA
- Department of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706 USA
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- Department of Wood Science, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC Canada
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- Department of Energy Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, The Wisconsin Energy Institute, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1552 University Avenue, Madison, WI 53726-4084 USA
- Department of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706 USA
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- Department of Energy Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, School of Biological Sciences, Illinois State University, Normal, IL 61790 USA
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- Department of Energy Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, The Wisconsin Energy Institute, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1552 University Avenue, Madison, WI 53726-4084 USA
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706 USA
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- Department of Energy Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, The Wisconsin Energy Institute, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1552 University Avenue, Madison, WI 53726-4084 USA
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706 USA
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Lee S, Mo H, Kim JI, Chapple C. Genetic engineering of Arabidopsis to overproduce disinapoyl esters, potential lignin modification molecules. BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR BIOFUELS 2017; 10:40. [PMID: 28239412 PMCID: PMC5316160 DOI: 10.1186/s13068-017-0725-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2016] [Accepted: 02/09/2017] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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BACKGROUND Monolignol-like molecules can be integrated into lignin along with conventional monolignol units, and it has been shown that the incorporation of non-canonical subunits can be used to generate hydrolysable lignin by introduction of ester linkages into the polymer and that this type of lignin is more easily removable. Disinapoyl esters (DSEs), which to some degree resemble the monolignol sinapyl alcohol, may be promising lignin modifying units for this purpose. As a first step toward determining whether this goal is achievable, we manipulated metabolic flux in Arabidopsis to increase the amounts of DSEs by overexpressing sinapoylglucose:sinapoylglucose sinapoyltransferase (SST) which produces two main DSEs, 1,2-disinapoylglucose, and another compound we identify in this report as 3,4-disinapoyl-fructopyranose. RESULTS We succeeded in overproducing DSEs by introducing an SST-overexpression construct into the sinapoylglucose accumulator1 (sng1-6) mutant (SST-OE sng1-6) which lacks several of the enzymes that would otherwise compete for the SST substrate, sinapoyglucose. Introduction of cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase-c (cad-c) and cad-d mutations into the SST-OE sng1-6 line further increased DSEs. Surprisingly, a reduced epidermal fluorescence (ref) phenotype was observed when SST-OE sng1-6 plants were evaluated under UV light, which appears to have been induced by the sequestration of DSEs into subvacuolar compartments. Although we successfully upregulated the accumulation of the target DSEs, we did not find any evidence showing the integration of DSEs into the cell wall. CONCLUSIONS Our results suggest that although phenylpropanoid metabolic engineering is possible, a deeper understanding of sequestration and transport mechanisms will be necessary for successful lignin engineering through this route.
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- Shinyoung Lee
- Department of Biochemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907 USA
- Center for Plant Aging Research, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Daegu, 711-873 Republic of Korea
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907 USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907 USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907 USA
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Del Río JC, Prinsen P, Cadena EM, Martínez ÁT, Gutiérrez A, Rencoret J. Lignin-carbohydrate complexes from sisal (Agave sisalana) and abaca (Musa textilis): chemical composition and structural modifications during the isolation process. PLANTA 2016; 243:1143-58. [PMID: 26848983 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-016-2470-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2015] [Accepted: 01/14/2016] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Two types of lignins occurred in different lignin-carbohydrate fractions, a lignin enriched in syringyl units, less condensed, preferentially associated with xylans, and a lignin with more guaiacyl units, more condensed, associated with glucans. Lignin-carbohydrate complexes (LCC) were isolated from the fibers of sisal (Agave sisalana) and abaca (Musa textilis) according to a plant biomass fractionation procedure recently developed and which was termed as "universally" applicable to any type of lignocellulosic material. Two LCC fractions, namely glucan-lignin (GL) and xylan-lignin (XL), were isolated and differed in the content and composition of carbohydrates and lignin. In both cases, GL fractions were enriched in glucans and comparatively depleted in lignin, whereas XL fractions were depleted in glucans, but enriched in xylans and lignin. Analysis by two-dimensional Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (2D-NMR) and Derivatization Followed by Reductive Cleavage (DFRC) indicated that the XL fractions were enriched in syringyl (S)-lignin units and β-O-4' alkyl-aryl ether linkages, whereas GL fractions have more guaiacyl (G)-lignin units and less β-O-4' alkyl-aryl ether linkages per lignin unit. The data suggest that the structural characteristics of the lignin polymers are not homogeneously distributed within the same plant and that two different lignin polymers with different composition and structure might be present. The analyses also suggested that acetates from hemicelluloses and the acyl groups (acetates and p-coumarates) attached to the γ-OH of the lignin side chains were extensively hydrolyzed and removed during the LCC fractionation process. Therefore, caution must be paid when using this fractionation approach for the structural characterization of plants with acylated hemicelluloses and lignins. Finally, several chemical linkages (phenylglycosides and benzyl ethers) could be observed to occur between lignin and xylans in these plants.
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- José C Del Río
- Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología de Sevilla, CSIC, P.O. Box 1052, 41080, Seville, Spain.
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- Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología de Sevilla, CSIC, P.O. Box 1052, 41080, Seville, Spain
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- Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología de Sevilla, CSIC, P.O. Box 1052, 41080, Seville, Spain
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- Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, CSIC, Ramiro de Maeztu 9, 28040, Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología de Sevilla, CSIC, P.O. Box 1052, 41080, Seville, Spain
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- Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología de Sevilla, CSIC, P.O. Box 1052, 41080, Seville, Spain
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Lourenço A, Rencoret J, Chemetova C, Gominho J, Gutiérrez A, del Río JC, Pereira H. Lignin Composition and Structure Differs between Xylem, Phloem and Phellem in Quercus suber L. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2016; 7:1612. [PMID: 27833631 PMCID: PMC5081372 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2016.01612] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2016] [Accepted: 10/12/2016] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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The composition and structure of lignin in different tissues-phellem (cork), phloem and xylem (wood)-of Quercus suber was studied. Whole cell walls and their respective isolated milled lignins were analyzed by pyrolysis coupled with gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (Py-GC/MS), two-dimensional nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (2D-NMR) and derivatization followed by reductive cleavage (DFRC). Different tissues presented varied p-hydroxyphenyl:guaiacyl:syringyl (H:G:S) lignin compositions. Whereas lignin from cork has a G-rich lignin (H:G:S molar ratio 2:85:13), lignin from phloem presents more S-units (H:G:S molar ratio of 1:58:41) and lignin from xylem is slightly enriched in S-lignin (H:G:S molar ratio 1:45:55). These differences were reflected in the relative abundances of the different interunit linkages. Alkyl-aryl ethers (β-O-4') were predominant, increasing from 68% in cork, to 71% in phloem and 77% in xylem, as consequence of the enrichment in S-lignin units. Cork lignin was enriched in condensed structures such as phenylcoumarans (β-5', 20%), dibenzodioxocins (5-5', 5%), as corresponds to a lignin enriched in G-units. In comparison, lignin from phloem and xylem presented lower levels of condensed linkages. The lignin from cork was highly acetylated at the γ-OH of the side-chain (48% lignin acetylation), predominantly over G-units; while the lignins from phloem and xylem were barely acetylated and this occurred mainly over S-units. These results are a first time overview of the lignin structure in xylem, phloem (generated by cambium), and in cork (generated by phellogen), in agreement with literature that reports that lignin biosynthesis is flexible and cell specific.
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- Ana Lourenço
- Centro de Estudos Florestais, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade de LisboaLisboa, Portugal
- *Correspondence: Ana Lourenço
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- Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología de SevillaSeville, Spain
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- Centro de Estudos Florestais, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade de LisboaLisboa, Portugal
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- Centro de Estudos Florestais, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade de LisboaLisboa, Portugal
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- Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología de SevillaSeville, Spain
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- Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología de SevillaSeville, Spain
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- Centro de Estudos Florestais, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade de LisboaLisboa, Portugal
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Properties, Chemical Characteristics and Application of Lignin and Its Derivatives. PRODUCTION OF BIOFUELS AND CHEMICALS FROM LIGNIN 2016. [DOI: 10.1007/978-981-10-1965-4_1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Tsuji Y, Vanholme R, Tobimatsu Y, Ishikawa Y, Foster CE, Kamimura N, Hishiyama S, Hashimoto S, Shino A, Hara H, Sato-Izawa K, Oyarce P, Goeminne G, Morreel K, Kikuchi J, Takano T, Fukuda M, Katayama Y, Boerjan W, Ralph J, Masai E, Kajita S. Introduction of chemically labile substructures into Arabidopsis lignin through the use of LigD, the Cα-dehydrogenase from Sphingobium sp. strain SYK-6. PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL 2015; 13:821-32. [PMID: 25580543 DOI: 10.1111/pbi.12316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2014] [Revised: 11/07/2014] [Accepted: 11/25/2014] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Bacteria-derived enzymes that can modify specific lignin substructures are potential targets to engineer plants for better biomass processability. The Gram-negative bacterium Sphingobium sp. SYK-6 possesses a Cα-dehydrogenase (LigD) enzyme that has been shown to oxidize the α-hydroxy functionalities in β-O-4-linked dimers into α-keto analogues that are more chemically labile. Here, we show that recombinant LigD can oxidize an even wider range of β-O-4-linked dimers and oligomers, including the genuine dilignols, guaiacylglycerol-β-coniferyl alcohol ether and syringylglycerol-β-sinapyl alcohol ether. We explored the possibility of using LigD for biosynthetically engineering lignin by expressing the codon-optimized ligD gene in Arabidopsis thaliana. The ligD cDNA, with or without a signal peptide for apoplast targeting, has been successfully expressed, and LigD activity could be detected in the extracts of the transgenic plants. UPLC-MS/MS-based metabolite profiling indicated that levels of oxidized guaiacyl (G) β-O-4-coupled dilignols and analogues were significantly elevated in the LigD transgenic plants regardless of the signal peptide attachment to LigD. In parallel, 2D NMR analysis revealed a 2.1- to 2.8-fold increased level of G-type α-keto-β-O-4 linkages in cellulolytic enzyme lignins isolated from the stem cell walls of the LigD transgenic plants, indicating that the transformation was capable of altering lignin structure in the desired manner.
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- Yukiko Tsuji
- Graduate School of Bio-Applications and Systems Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
- Department of Plant Systems Biology, VIB, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA
- US Department of Energy, Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, Wisconsin Energy Institute, Madison, WI, USA
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- Graduate School of Bio-Applications and Systems Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Tokyo, Japan
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- US Department of Energy, Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, Wisconsin Energy Institute, Madison, WI, USA
- Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, Nagaoka University of Technology, Niigata, Japan
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- Graduate School of Bio-Applications and Systems Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Tokyo, Japan
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- Center for Sustainable Resource Science, RIKEN, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Malaysia-Japan International Institute of Technology, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Graduate School of Bio-Applications and Systems Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
- Department of Plant Systems Biology, VIB, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
- Department of Plant Systems Biology, VIB, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
- Department of Plant Systems Biology, VIB, Ghent, Belgium
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- Center for Sustainable Resource Science, RIKEN, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Bioengineering, Nagaoka University of Technology, Niigata, Japan
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
- Department of Plant Systems Biology, VIB, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA
- US Department of Energy, Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, Wisconsin Energy Institute, Madison, WI, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, Nagaoka University of Technology, Niigata, Japan
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- Graduate School of Bio-Applications and Systems Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Tokyo, Japan
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Rencoret J, Prinsen P, Gutiérrez A, Martínez ÁT, Del Río JC. Isolation and structural characterization of the milled wood lignin, dioxane lignin, and cellulolytic lignin preparations from brewer's spent grain. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2015; 63:603-613. [PMID: 25520237 DOI: 10.1021/jf505808c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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The structure of the lignin from brewer's spent grain (BSG) has been studied in detail. Three different lignin preparations, the so-called "milled-wood" lignin (MWL), dioxane lignin (DL), and cellulolytic lignin (CEL), were isolated from BSG and then thoroughly characterized by pyrolysis GC/MS, 2D-NMR, and derivatization followed by reductive cleavage (DFRC). The data indicated that BSG lignin presents a predominance of guaiacyl units (syringyl/guaiacyl ratio of 0.4-0.5) with significant amounts of associated p-coumarates and ferulates. The flavone tricin was also present in the lignin from BSG, as also occurred in other grasses. 2D-NMR (HSQC) revealed that the main substructures present are β-O-4' alkyl-aryl ethers (77-79%) followed by β-5' phenylcoumarans (11-13%) and lower amounts of β-β' resinols (5-6%) and 5-5' dibenzodioxocins (3-5%). The results from 2D-NMR (HMBC) and DFRC indicated that p-coumarates are acylating the γ-carbon of lignin side chains and are mostly involved in condensed structures. DFRC analyses also indicated a minor degree of γ-acylation with acetate groups, which takes place preferentially on S lignin (6% of S units are acetylated) over G lignin (only 1% of G units are acetylated).
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- Jorge Rencoret
- Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología de Sevilla (IRNAS), CSIC, P.O. Box 1052, E-41080 Seville, Spain
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Disruption of Mediator rescues the stunted growth of a lignin-deficient Arabidopsis mutant. Nature 2014; 509:376-80. [PMID: 24670657 DOI: 10.1038/nature13084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 220] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2013] [Accepted: 01/27/2014] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Lignin is a phenylpropanoid-derived heteropolymer important for the strength and rigidity of the plant secondary cell wall. Genetic disruption of lignin biosynthesis has been proposed as a means to improve forage and bioenergy crops, but frequently results in stunted growth and developmental abnormalities, the mechanisms of which are poorly understood. Here we show that the phenotype of a lignin-deficient Arabidopsis mutant is dependent on the transcriptional co-regulatory complex, Mediator. Disruption of the Mediator complex subunits MED5a (also known as REF4) and MED5b (also known as RFR1) rescues the stunted growth, lignin deficiency and widespread changes in gene expression seen in the phenylpropanoid pathway mutant ref8, without restoring the synthesis of guaiacyl and syringyl lignin subunits. Cell walls of rescued med5a/5b ref8 plants instead contain a novel lignin consisting almost exclusively of p-hydroxyphenyl lignin subunits, and moreover exhibit substantially facilitated polysaccharide saccharification. These results demonstrate that guaiacyl and syringyl lignin subunits are largely dispensable for normal growth and development, implicate Mediator in an active transcriptional process responsible for dwarfing and inhibition of lignin biosynthesis, and suggest that the transcription machinery and signalling pathways responding to cell wall defects may be important targets to include in efforts to reduce biomass recalcitrance.
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Petrik DL, Karlen SD, Cass CL, Padmakshan D, Lu F, Liu S, Le Bris P, Antelme S, Santoro N, Wilkerson CG, Sibout R, Lapierre C, Ralph J, Sedbrook JC. p-Coumaroyl-CoA:monolignol transferase (PMT) acts specifically in the lignin biosynthetic pathway in Brachypodium distachyon. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2014; 77:713-26. [PMID: 24372757 PMCID: PMC4282527 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.12420] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2013] [Revised: 12/16/2013] [Accepted: 12/18/2013] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Grass lignins contain substantial amounts of p-coumarate (pCA) that acylate the side-chains of the phenylpropanoid polymer backbone. An acyltransferase, named p-coumaroyl-CoA:monolignol transferase (OsPMT), that could acylate monolignols with pCA in vitro was recently identified from rice. In planta, such monolignol-pCA conjugates become incorporated into lignin via oxidative radical coupling, thereby generating the observed pCA appendages; however p-coumarates also acylate arabinoxylans in grasses. To test the authenticity of PMT as a lignin biosynthetic pathway enzyme, we examined Brachypodium distachyon plants with altered BdPMT gene function. Using newly developed cell wall analytical methods, we determined that the transferase was involved specifically in monolignol acylation. A sodium azide-generated Bdpmt-1 missense mutant had no (<0.5%) residual pCA on lignin, and BdPMT RNAi plants had levels as low as 10% of wild-type, whereas the amounts of pCA acylating arabinosyl units on arabinoxylans in these PMT mutant plants remained unchanged. pCA acylation of lignin from BdPMT-overexpressing plants was found to be more than three-fold higher than that of wild-type, but again the level on arabinosyl units remained unchanged. Taken together, these data are consistent with a defined role for grass PMT genes in encoding BAHD (BEAT, AHCT, HCBT, and DAT) acyltransferases that specifically acylate monolignols with pCA and produce monolignol p-coumarate conjugates that are used for lignification in planta.
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- Deborah L Petrik
- School of Biological Sciences, Illinois State UniversityNormal, IL, 61790, USA
- Department of Energy Great Lakes Bioenergy Research CenterMadison, WI, 53706, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, The Department of Energy's Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, The Wisconsin Energy Institute, University of WisconsinMadison, WI, 53726, USA
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- School of Biological Sciences, Illinois State UniversityNormal, IL, 61790, USA
- Department of Energy Great Lakes Bioenergy Research CenterMadison, WI, 53706, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, The Department of Energy's Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, The Wisconsin Energy Institute, University of WisconsinMadison, WI, 53726, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, The Department of Energy's Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, The Wisconsin Energy Institute, University of WisconsinMadison, WI, 53726, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, The Department of Energy's Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, The Wisconsin Energy Institute, University of WisconsinMadison, WI, 53726, USA
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- INRA, Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin (IJPB) UMR1318, Saclay Plant Science78000, Versailles, France
- AgroParisTech, Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin (IJPB) UMR1318, Saclay Plant Science78000, Versailles, France
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- INRA, Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin (IJPB) UMR1318, Saclay Plant Science78000, Versailles, France
- AgroParisTech, Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin (IJPB) UMR1318, Saclay Plant Science78000, Versailles, France
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- Department of Energy's Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, Michigan State UniversityEast Lansing, MI, 48824, USA
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- Department of Plant Biology, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Department of Energy's Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, Michigan State UniversityEast Lansing, MI, 48824, USA
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- INRA, Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin (IJPB) UMR1318, Saclay Plant Science78000, Versailles, France
- AgroParisTech, Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin (IJPB) UMR1318, Saclay Plant Science78000, Versailles, France
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- INRA, Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin (IJPB) UMR1318, Saclay Plant Science78000, Versailles, France
- AgroParisTech, Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin (IJPB) UMR1318, Saclay Plant Science78000, Versailles, France
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- Department of Biochemistry, The Department of Energy's Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, The Wisconsin Energy Institute, University of WisconsinMadison, WI, 53726, USA
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- School of Biological Sciences, Illinois State UniversityNormal, IL, 61790, USA
- Department of Energy Great Lakes Bioenergy Research CenterMadison, WI, 53706, USA
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Hao Z, Mohnen D. A review of xylan and lignin biosynthesis: Foundation for studying Arabidopsisirregular xylemmutants with pleiotropic phenotypes. Crit Rev Biochem Mol Biol 2014; 49:212-41. [DOI: 10.3109/10409238.2014.889651] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Matsui N, Ohira T. Analysis of broad leaf lignin of Japanese angiospermous trees by DFRC (derivatization followed by reductive cleavage) method. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2013; 72:112-115. [PMID: 23891438 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2013.06.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2012] [Accepted: 06/14/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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The DFRC (Derivatization Followed by Reductive Cleavage) analysis of lignin gives phenylpropanoid (C6-C3 type) degradation products from arylether linkages and can be used to detect lignin specifically from plant tissues, excluding other (poly) phenolic substances. DFRC analysis was employed to investigate the lignin composition in broad-leaves of typical Japanese angiosperms. Many leaves gave both guaiacyl- (G, 3-methoxyphenyl-) and syringyl- (S, 3,5-dimethoxyphenyl-) type degradation products, which indicates the existence of lignin in angiospermous leaves, and the leaf lignin has common structural elements with xylem lignin of the same tree. However, the results sometimes differed among species. Persimmon and cherry leaves revealed only trace amounts of degradation products. These results show the heterogeneous distribution of leaf lignin in angiospermous tree species. The syringyl/guaiacyl ratio of leaf lignin DFRC products was apparently lower than that of xylem lignin, which suggests the role of leaf lignin as a material to reinforce leaf vascular tissue for water conduction, like the low S/G ratio in woody vessel element cells.
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- Naoyuki Matsui
- Wood Extractives Laboratory, Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute (FFPRI), Matsunosato 1, Tsukuba 305-8687, Japan.
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You TT, Mao JZ, Yuan TQ, Wen JL, Xu F. Structural elucidation of the lignins from stems and foliage of Arundo donax Linn. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2013; 61:5361-5370. [PMID: 23646880 DOI: 10.1021/jf401277v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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As one of the potential energy crops, Arundo donax Linn. is a renewable source for the production of biofuels and bioproducts. In the present study, milled wood lignin (MWL) and alkaline lignin (AL) from stems and foliage of A. donax were isolated and characterized by FT-IR spectroscopy, UV spectroscopy, GPC, ³¹P NMR, 2D HSQC NMR, and DFRC. The results indicated that both stem and foliage lignins were HGS type lignins. The semiquantitative HSQC spectra analysis demonstrated a predominance of β-O-4' aryl ether linkages (71-82%), followed by β-β', β-5', β-1', and α,β-diaryl ethers linkages in the lignins. Compared to stem lignins, foliage lignins had less β-O-4' alkyl-aryl ethers, lower weight-average molecular weight, less phenolic OH, more H units, and lower S/G ratio. Moreover, tricin was found to incorporate into the foliage lignins (higher content of condensed G units) in significant amounts and might be alkaline-stable.
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- Ting-Ting You
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Lignocellulosic Chemistry, Beijing Forestry University , Beijing, China
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Mostaghni F, Teimouri A, Mirshokraei SA. Synthesis, spectroscopic characterization and DFT calculations of β-O-4 type lignin model compounds. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2013; 110:430-436. [PMID: 23583880 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2013.03.075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2012] [Revised: 02/09/2013] [Accepted: 03/17/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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β-O-4 type lignin model compounds with the title of Erythro-2-(2-methoxyphenoxy)-1-(3,4,5-trimethoxyphenyl)-1,3-propanediol and Erythro-2-(2-methoxyphenoxy)-1-(4-Hydroxy-3,5-dimethoxyphenyl)-1,3-propanediol were synthesised and some modifications and improvements on them were introduced. These compounds were characterized by IR, Mass and NMR spectroscopy. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations were performed for the title compounds using the standard 6-31G(*) basis set. IR, (13)C and (1)H NMR of the title compounds were calculated at the DFT-B3LYP level of theory using the 6-31G(*) basis set. In this work comparison between the experimental and the theoretical results indicates that the DFT-B3LYP method is able to provide satisfactory results for predicting the properties of the considered compounds.
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- Fatemeh Mostaghni
- Chemistry Department, Payame Noor University, 19395-4697 Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran
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Shigeto J, Kiyonaga Y, Fujita K, Kondo R, Tsutsumi Y. Putative cationic cell-wall-bound peroxidase homologues in Arabidopsis, AtPrx2, AtPrx25, and AtPrx71, are involved in lignification. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2013; 61:3781-8. [PMID: 23551275 DOI: 10.1021/jf400426g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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The final step of lignin biosynthesis, which is catalyzed by a plant peroxidase, is the oxidative coupling of the monolignols to growing lignin polymers. Cationic cell-wall-bound peroxidase (CWPO-C) from poplar callus is a unique enzyme that has oxidative activity for both monolignols and synthetic lignin polymers. This study shows that putative CWPO-C homologues in Arabidopsis , AtPrx2, AtPrx25, and AtPrx71, are involved in lignin biosynthesis. Analysis of stem tissue using the acetyl bromide method and derivatization followed by the reductive cleavage method revealed a significant decrease in the total lignin content of ATPRX2 and ATPRX25 deficient mutants and altered lignin structures in ATPRX2, ATPRX25, and ATPRX71 deficient mutants. Among Arabidopsis peroxidases, AtPrx2 and AtPrx25 conserve a tyrosine residue on the protein surface, and this tyrosine may act as a substrate oxidation site as in the case of CWPO-C. AtPrx71 has the highest amino acid identity with CWPO-C. The results suggest a role for CWPO-C and CWPO-C-like peroxidases in the lignification of vascular plant cell walls.
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- Jun Shigeto
- Department of Forest and Forest Products Sciences, Kyushu University , 6-10-1 Hakozaki, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, 812-8581 Japan
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Rencoret J, Ralph J, Marques G, Gutiérrez A, Martínez ÁT, del Río JC. Structural characterization of lignin isolated from coconut (Cocos nucifera) coir fibers. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2013; 61:2434-45. [PMID: 23398235 DOI: 10.1021/jf304686x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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The structure of the isolated milled "wood" lignin from coconut coir has been characterized using different analytical methods, including Py-GC/MS, 2D NMR, DFRC, and thioacidolysis. The analyses demonstrated that it is a p-hydroxyphenyl-guaiacyl-syringyl (H-G-S) lignin, with a predominance of G units (S/G ratio 0.23) and considerable amounts of associated p-hydroxybenzoates. Two-dimensional NMR indicated that the main substructures present in this lignin include β-O-4' alkyl aryl ethers followed by phenylcoumarans and resinols. Two-dimensional NMR spectra also indicated that coir lignin is partially acylated at the γ-carbon of the side chain with p-hydroxybenzoates and acetates. DFRC analysis showed that acetates preferentially acylate the γ-OH in S rather than in G units. Despite coir lignin's being highly enriched in G-units, thioacidolysis indicated that β-β' resinol structures are mostly derived from sinapyl alcohol. Finally, we find evidence that the flavone tricin is incorporated into the coconut coir lignin, as has been recently noted for various grasses.
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- Jorge Rencoret
- Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología de Sevilla (IRNAS), CSIC , PO Box 1052, E-41080 Seville, Spain
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Butler E, Devlin G, Meier D, McDonnell K. Characterisation of spruce, salix, miscanthus and wheat straw for pyrolysis applications. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2013; 131:202-9. [PMID: 23347928 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2012.12.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2012] [Revised: 11/14/2012] [Accepted: 12/05/2012] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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This research details the characterisation of four Irish-grown lignocellulosic biomasses for pyrolysis by biomass composition analysis, TGA, and Py-GC/MS-FID. Ash content (mf) increased in the order spruce (0.26 wt.%) < salix (1.16 wt.%) < miscanthus (3.43 wt.%) < wheat straw (3.76 wt.%). Analysis of hydrolysis-derived sugar monomers showed that xylose concentrations (4.69–26.76 wt.%) ranged significantly compared to glucose concentrations (40.98–49.82 wt.%). Higher hemicellulose and ash contents probably increased non-volatile matter, and decreased the temperature of maximum degradation by TGA as well as yields of GC-detectable compounds by Py-GC/MS-FID. Differences in composition and degradation were reflected in the pyrolysate composition by lower quantities of sugars (principally levoglucosan), pyrans, and furans for salix, miscanthus, and wheat straw compared to spruce, and increased concentrations of cyclopentenones and acids.
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- Eoin Butler
- Bioresources Research Centre, Biosystems Engineering, UCD School of Biosystems, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland.
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Asikkala J, Tamminen T, Argyropoulos DS. Accurate and reproducible determination of lignin molar mass by acetobromination. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2012; 60:8968-73. [PMID: 22870925 DOI: 10.1021/jf303003d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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The accurate and reproducible determination of lignin molar mass by using size exclusion chromatography (SEC) is challenging. The lignin association effects, known to dominate underivatized lignins, have been thoroughly addressed by reaction with acetyl bromide in an excess of glacial acetic acid. The combination of a concerted acetylation with the introduction of bromine within the lignin alkyl side chains is thought to be responsible for the observed excellent solubilization characteristics acetobromination imparts to a variety of lignin samples. The proposed methodology was compared and contrasted to traditional lignin derivatization methods. In addition, side reactions that could possibly be induced under the acetobromination conditions were explored with native softwood (milled wood lignin, MWL) and technical (kraft) lignin. These efforts lend support toward the use of room temperature acetobromination being a facile, effective, and universal lignin derivatization medium proposed to be employed prior to SEC measurements.
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- Janne Asikkala
- Department of Chemistry, P.O. Box 55, 00014, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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del Río JC, Rencoret J, Prinsen P, Martínez ÁT, Ralph J, Gutiérrez A. Structural characterization of wheat straw lignin as revealed by analytical pyrolysis, 2D-NMR, and reductive cleavage methods. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2012; 60:5922-35. [PMID: 22607527 DOI: 10.1021/jf301002n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 321] [Impact Index Per Article: 26.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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The structure of the lignin in wheat straw has been investigated by a combination of analytical pyrolysis, 2D-NMR, and derivatization followed by reductive cleavage (DFRC). It is a p-hydroxyphenyl-guaiacyl-syringyl lignin (with an H:G:S ratio of 6:64:30) associated with p-coumarates and ferulates. 2D-NMR indicated that the main substructures present are β-O-4'-ethers (∼~75%), followed by phenylcoumarans (~11%), with lower amounts of other typical units. A major new finding is that the flavone tricin is apparently incorporated into the lignins. NMR and DFRC indicated that the lignin is partially acylated (~10%) at the γ-carbon, predominantly with acetates that preferentially acylate guaiacyl (12%) rather than syringyl (1%) units; in dicots, acetylation is predominantly on syringyl units. p-Coumarate esters were barely detectable (<1%) on monomer conjugates released by selectively cleaving β-ethers in DFRC, indicating that they might be preferentially involved in condensed or terminal structures.
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- José C del Río
- Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología de Sevilla (IRNAS), CSIC, PO Box 1052, E-41080 Seville, Spain
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del Río JC, Prinsen P, Rencoret J, Nieto L, Jiménez-Barbero J, Ralph J, Martínez AT, Gutiérrez A. Structural characterization of the lignin in the cortex and pith of elephant grass (Pennisetum purpureum) stems. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2012; 60:3619-34. [PMID: 22414389 DOI: 10.1021/jf300099g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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The structure of the lignin in the cortex and pith of elephant grass (Pennisetum purpureum) stems was studied both in situ and in isolated milled "wood" lignins by several analytical methods. The presence of p-coumarate and ferulate in the cortex and pith, as well as in their isolated lignins, was revealed by pyrolysis in the presence of tetramethylammonium hydroxide, and by 2D NMR, and indicated that ferulate acylates the carbohydrates while p-coumarate acylates the lignin polymer. 2D NMR showed a predominance of alkyl aryl ether (β-O-4') linkages (82% of total interunit linkages), with low amounts of "condensed" substructures, such as resinols (β-β'), phenylcoumarans (β-5'), and spirodienones (β-1'). Moreover, the NMR also indicated that these lignins are extensively acylated at the γ-carbon of the side chain. DFRC analyses confirmed that p-coumarate groups acylate the γ-OHs of these lignins, and predominantly on syringyl units.
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- José C del Río
- Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología de Sevilla (IRNAS), CSIC, Seville, Spain.
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The degree of polymerization (DP) of softwood and hardwood milled wood lignin samples and their branching degrees were quantitatively evaluated by a novel end-group titration approach composed of QQ-HSQC, (31)P NMR, and DFRC coupled with (31)P NMR analysis techniques. The DP of lignin can be calculated when the C9 formula, the amounts of phenolic groups, pinoresinol (β-β), diphenylethane (β-1), and phenolic diphenyl (5-5') lignin subunits have been determined. Data on the degree of polymerization of lignin obtained by NMR techniques were not affected by supramolecular aggregation processes. (31)P NMR analysis coupled with DFRC and QQ-HSQC allowed a detailed evaluation of the occurrence of condensed units in lignin and showed the terminal nature of diphenyl ether and diphenyl subunits. The resulting data unequivocally show that milled wood lignin is a linear oligomer.
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- Claudia Crestini
- Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Chimiche, Tor Vergata University, Via della Ricerca Scientifica, 00133, Rome, Italy.
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Dixit P, Mukherjee PK, Sherkhane PD, Kale SP, Eapen S. Enhanced tolerance and remediation of anthracene by transgenic tobacco plants expressing a fungal glutathione transferase gene. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2011; 192:270-6. [PMID: 21621917 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2011.05.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2010] [Revised: 05/06/2011] [Accepted: 05/06/2011] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Plants can be used for remediation of polyaromatic hydrocarbons, which are known to be a major concern for human health. Metabolism of xenobiotic compounds in plants occurs in three phases and glutathione transferases (GST) mediate phase II of xenobiotic transformation. Plants, although have GSTs, they are not very efficient for degradation of exogenous recalcitrant xenobiotics including polyaromatic hydrocarbons. Hence, heterologous expression of efficient GSTs in plants may improve their remediation and degradation potential of xenobiotics. In the present study, we investigated the potential of transgenic tobacco plants expressing a Trichoderma virens GST for tolerance, remediation and degradation of anthracene-a recalcitrant polyaromatic hydrocarbon. Transgenic plants with fungal GST showed enhanced tolerance to anthracene compared to control plants. Remediation of (14)C uniformly labeled anthracene from solutions and soil by transgenic tobacco plants was higher compared to wild-type plants. Transgenic plants (T(0) and T(1)) degraded anthracene to naphthalene derivatives, while no such degradation was observed in wild-type plants. The present work has shown that in planta expression of a fungal GST in tobacco imparted enhanced tolerance as well as higher remediation potential of anthracene compared to wild-type plants.
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- Prachy Dixit
- Nuclear Agriculture and Biotechnology Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai 400085, India
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Crestini C, Melone F, Saladino R. Novel multienzyme oxidative biocatalyst for lignin bioprocessing. Bioorg Med Chem 2011; 19:5071-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2011.05.058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2011] [Revised: 05/23/2011] [Accepted: 05/26/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Sette M, Wechselberger R, Crestini C. Elucidation of Lignin Structure by Quantitative 2D NMR. Chemistry 2011; 17:9529-35. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201003045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 211] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2010] [Revised: 04/14/2011] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Ambavaram MM, Krishnan A, Trijatmiko KR, Pereira A. Coordinated activation of cellulose and repression of lignin biosynthesis pathways in rice. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2011; 155:916-31. [PMID: 21205614 PMCID: PMC3032476 DOI: 10.1104/pp.110.168641] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2010] [Accepted: 12/22/2010] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Cellulose from plant biomass is the largest renewable energy resource of carbon fixed from the atmosphere, which can be converted into fermentable sugars for production into ethanol. However, the cellulose present as lignocellulosic biomass is embedded in a hemicellulose and lignin matrix from which it needs to be extracted for efficient processing. Here, we show that expression of an Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) transcription factor, SHINE (SHN), in rice (Oryza sativa), a model for the grasses, causes a 34% increase in cellulose and a 45% reduction in lignin content. The rice AtSHN lines also exhibit an altered lignin composition correlated with improved digestibility, with no compromise in plant strength and performance. Using a detailed systems-level analysis of global gene expression in rice, we reveal the SHN regulatory network coordinating down-regulation of lignin biosynthesis and up-regulation of cellulose and other cell wall biosynthesis pathway genes. The results thus support the development of nonfood crops and crop wastes with increased cellulose and low lignin with good agronomic performance that could improve the economic viability of lignocellulosic crop utilization for biofuels.
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A novel and efficient oxidative functionalization of lignin by layer-by-layer immobilised Horseradish peroxidase. Bioorg Med Chem 2011; 19:440-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2010.11.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2010] [Revised: 10/25/2010] [Accepted: 11/04/2010] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Weng JK, Akiyama T, Bonawitz ND, Li X, Ralph J, Chapple C. Convergent evolution of syringyl lignin biosynthesis via distinct pathways in the lycophyte Selaginella and flowering plants. THE PLANT CELL 2010; 22:1033-45. [PMID: 20371642 PMCID: PMC2879749 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.109.073528] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2009] [Revised: 03/08/2010] [Accepted: 03/22/2010] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Phenotypic convergence in unrelated lineages arises when different organisms adapt similarly under comparable selective pressures. In an apparent example of this process, syringyl lignin, a fundamental building block of plant cell walls, occurs in two major plant lineages, lycophytes and angiosperms, which diverged from one another more than 400 million years ago. Here, we show that this convergence resulted from independent recruitment of lignin biosynthetic cytochrome P450-dependent monooxygenases that route cell wall monomers through related but distinct pathways in the two lineages. In contrast with angiosperms, in which syringyl lignin biosynthesis requires two phenylpropanoid meta-hydroxylases C3'H and F5H, the lycophyte Selaginella employs one phenylpropanoid dual meta-hydroxylase to bypass several steps of the canonical lignin biosynthetic pathway. Transgenic expression of the Selaginella hydroxylase in Arabidopsis thaliana dramatically reroutes its endogenous lignin biosynthetic pathway, yielding a novel lignin composition not previously identified in nature. Our findings demonstrate a unique case of convergent evolution via distinct biochemical strategies and suggest a new way to genetically reconstruct lignin biosynthesis in higher plants.
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- Department of Biochemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907
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- U.S. Dairy Forage Research Center, U.S. Department of Agriculture–Agricultural Research Service, Madison, Wisconsin 53706
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- Department of Biochemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907
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- U.S. Dairy Forage Research Center, U.S. Department of Agriculture–Agricultural Research Service, Madison, Wisconsin 53706
- Department of Biochemistry (Enzyme Institute) and Department of Energy Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53726
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- Department of Biochemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907
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Kim H, Ralph J. Solution-state 2D NMR of ball-milled plant cell wall gels in DMSO-d(6)/pyridine-d(5). Org Biomol Chem 2010; 8:576-91. [PMID: 20090974 PMCID: PMC4070321 DOI: 10.1039/b916070a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 315] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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NMR fingerprinting of the components of finely divided plant cell walls swelled in DMSO has been recently described. Cell wall gels, produced directly in the NMR tube with perdeutero-dimethylsulfoxide, allowed the acquisition of well resolved/dispersed 2D (13)C-(1)H correlated solution-state NMR spectra of the entire array of wall polymers, without the need for component fractionation. That is, without actual solubilization, and without apparent structural modification beyond that inflicted by the ball milling and ultrasonication steps, satisfactorily interpretable spectra can be acquired that reveal compositional and structural details regarding the polysaccharide and lignin components in the wall. Here, the profiling method has been improved by using a mixture of perdeuterated DMSO and pyridine (4 : 1, v/v). Adding pyridine provided not only easier sample handling because of the better mobility compared to the DMSO-d(6)-only system but also considerably elevated intensities and improved resolution of the NMR spectra due to the enhanced swelling of the cell walls. This modification therefore provides a more rapid method for comparative structural evaluation of plant cell walls than is currently available. We examined loblolly pine (Pinus taeda, a gymnosperm), aspen (Populus tremuloides, an angiosperm), kenaf (Hibiscus cannabinus, an herbaceous plant), and corn (Zea mays L., a grass, i.e., from the Poaceae family). In principle, lignin composition (notably, the syringyl : guaiacyl : p-hydroxyphenyl ratio) can be quantified without the need for lignin isolation. Correlations for p-coumarate units in the corn sample are readily seen, and a variety of the ferulate correlations are also well resolved; ferulates are important components responsible for cell wall cross-linking in grasses. Polysaccharide anomeric correlations were tentatively assigned for each plant sample based on standard samples and various literature data. With the new potential for chemometric analysis using the 2D NMR fingerprint, this gel-state method may provide the basis for an attractive approach to providing a secondary screen for selecting biomass lines and for optimizing biomass processing and conversion efficiencies.
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- Hoon Kim
- Department of Biochemistry, and DOE Great Lakes BioEnergy Research Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA. ; Fax: +1 (608) 265-2904; Tel: +1 (608) 262-1629
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- Department of Biochemistry, DOE Great Lakes BioEnergy Research Center, and Department of Biological Systems Engineering, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA. ; Fax: +1 (608) 265-2904; Tel: +1 (608) 890-2429
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Discovery of Lignin in Seaweed Reveals Convergent Evolution of Cell-Wall Architecture. Curr Biol 2009; 19:169-75. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2008.12.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 305] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2008] [Revised: 12/08/2008] [Accepted: 12/10/2008] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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