P-Coumaroyl-CoA: Monolignol transferase (PMT) acts specifically in the lignin biosynthetic pathway in Brachypodium distachyon

Plant Journal

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 713-726

  Petrik, Deborah L ^a,b   Karlen, Steven D ^c   Cass, Cynthia L ^a,b   Padmakshan, Dharshana ^c   Lu, Fachuang ^c   Liu, Sarah ^c   Le Bris, Philippe ^d   Antelme, Sébastien ^d   Santoro, Nicholas ^e   Wilkerson, Curtis G ^e   Sibout, Richard ^d   Lapierre, Catherine ^d   Ralph, John ^c   Sedbrook, John C ^a,b  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d INSTITUT JEAN PIERRE BOURGIN   (France)

^e MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

BAHD acyltransferase; biomass; Brachypodium distachyon; DFRC method; grass; lignin; lignin acylation; NMR; thioacidolysis

Indexed keywords

ACYLTRANSFERASE; BRACHYPODIUM DISTACHYON; DFRC METHOD; GRASS; THIOACIDOLYSIS;

ACYLATION; BIOMASS; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENES; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

LIGNIN;

BRACHYPODIUM; BRACHYPODIUM DISTACHYON; POACEAE;

4-COUMARIC ACID; COUMARIC ACID; LIGNIN; PLANT PROTEIN;

BIOSYNTHESIS; BRACHYPODIUM; ENZYMOLOGY; METABOLISM; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

BRACHYPODIUM; COUMARIC ACIDS; LIGNIN; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED;

EID: 84896719198     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tpj.12420     Document Type: Article

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