Conversion of guaiacyl to syringyl moieties on the cinnamyl alcohol pathway during the biosynthesis of lignin in angiosperms

Planta

Volumn 210, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 831-835

  Matsui, Naoyuki ^a,b   Chen, Fang ^a   Yasuda, Seiichi ^a   Fukushima, Kazuhiko ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Angiosperm; Coniferyl alcohol; Lignin biosynthesis; Sinapyl alcohol

Indexed keywords

AGLYCONE; ANGIOSPERM; BIOCHEMICAL PATHWAY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CINNAMYL ALCOHOL PATHWAY; LIGNIN; PLANT DEVELOPMENT;

MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 0034015731     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004250050686     Document Type: Article

References (22)

1. Chen F, Yasuda S, Fukushima K (1999) Evidence for a novel biosynthetic pathway that regulates the ratio of syringyl to guaiacyl residues in lignin in the differentiating xylem of Magnolia kobus DC. Planta 207: 597-603
2. Fukushima K, Terashima N (1990) Heterogeneity in formation of lignin. XIII. Formation of p-hydroxyphenyl lignin in various hardwoods visualized by microautoradiography. J Wood Chem Technol 10: 413-433
3. Fukushima K, Terashima N (1991) Heterogeneity in formation of lignin. XIV. Formation and structure of lignin in differentiating xylem of Ginkgo biloba. Holzforschung 45: 87-94
4. Humphreys JM, Hemm MR, Chapple C (1999) New routes for lignin biosynthesis defined by biochemical characterization of recombinant ferulate 5-hydroxylase, a multifunctional cytochrome P450-dependent monooxygenase. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 96: 10045-10050
5. Higuchi T (1996) Biosynthesis of wood components. In: Timell TE (ed) Biochemistry and molecular biology of wood. Springer, Berlin Heidelberg New York, pp 156-168
6. Knobloch KH, Hahlblock K (1977) 4-Coumarate: CoA ligase from cell suspension cultures of Petroselinium hortense Hoffm. Arch Biochem Biophys 184: 237-248
7. Kutsuki H, Shimada M, Higuchi T (1982) Distribution and roles of p-hydroxycinnamate: CoA ligase in lignin biosynthesis. Phyto-chemistry 21: 267-271
8. Lapierre C, Monties B, Roland C (1985) Thioacidolysis of lignin: comparison with acidolysis. J Wood Chem Technol 5: 277-292
9. Lee D, Meyer K, Chapple C, Douglas CJ (1997) Antisense suppression of 4-coumarate: Coenzyme A ligase activity in arabidopsis leads to altered lignin subunit composition. Plant Cell 9: 1985-1998
10. Li L, Popko JL, Zhang XH, Osakabe K, Tsai CJ, Joshi CP, Chiang VL (1997) A novel multifunctional O-methyltransferase implicated in a dual methylation pathway associated with lignin biosynthesis in loblolly pine. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 94: 5461-5466
11. 3H at the hydroxymethyl group of side chain, and incorporation of the label into magnolia and ginkgo lignin. Holzforschung 48: 375-380
12. Matsui N, Fukushima K, Yasuda S, Terashima N (1996a) On the behavior of monolignol glucosides in lignin biosynthesis. III. Synthesis of variously labeled coniferin and incorporation of the label into syringin in the shoot of Magnolia kobus. Holzforschung 50: 408-412
13. Matsui N, Fukushima K, Terashima N, Yasuda S (1996b) Synthesis of radio-labeled caffeyl alcohol- and 5-hydroxyconiferyl alcohol-4-O-β-D-glucosides. Mokuzai Gakkaishi 42: 1020-1024
14. Maury S, Geoffroy P, Legrand M (1999) Tobacco O-methyltransferases involved in phenylpropanoid metabolism. The different caffeoyl-coenzyme A/5-hydroxyferuloyl-coenzyme A 3/5-O-methyltransferase and caffeic acicl/5-hydroxyferulic acid 3/5-O-methyltransferase classes have distinct substrate specificities and expression patterns. Plant Physiol 121: 215-223
15. Osakabe K, Tsao CC, Li L, Popko JL, Umezawa T, Carraway DT, Smeltzer RH, Joshi CP, Chiang VL (1999) Coniferyl aldehyde 5-hydroxylation and methylation direct syringyl lignin biosynthesis in angiosperms. Proc Nail Acad Sci USA 96: 8955-8960
16. Pakusch AE, Kneusel RE, Matern U (1989) S-Adenosyl-L-methionine: trans-caffeoyl-eoenzyme A 3-O-methyltransferase from elicitor-treated parsley cell suspension cultures. Arch Biochem Biophys 271: 488-494
17. Terashima N, Fukushima K, Tsuchiya S, Takabe S (1986a) Heterogeneity in formation of lignin. VII. An autoradiographic study on the formation of guaiacyl and syringyl lignin in poplar. J Wood Chem Technol 6: 495-504
18. Terashima N, Fukushima K, Takabe K (1986b) Heterogeneity in formation of lignin. VIII. An autoradiographic study on the formation of guaiacyl and syringyl lignin in Magnolia kobus DC. Holzforschung (Suppl) 40: 101-105
19. Whetten R, Sederoff R (1995) Lignin biosynthesis. Plant Cell 7: 1001-1013
20. Ye ZH (1997) Association of caffeoyl coenzyme A 3-O-methyl-transferase expression with lignifying tissues in several dicot plants. Plant Physiol 115: 1341-1350
21. Ye ZH, Varner JE (1995) Differential expression of two O-methyltransferases in lignin biosynthesis in Zinnia elegans. Plant Physiol 108: 459-467
22. Ye ZH, Kneusel RE, Matern U, Varner JE (1994) An alternative methylation pathway in lignin biosynthesis in zinnia. Plant Cell 6: 1427-1439